Ed Brubaker

The Winding Refn-produced Maniac Cop remake has its funding!

Posted 10 years ago

The long-in-development MANIAC COP remake from Nicolas Winding Refn (whose NEON DEMON will strike this summer) finally scored its funding! In yet another Cannes coup, Refn's Space Rocket and Wild Bunch have partnered with Vendian Entertainment for a first-look deal...

The Maniac Cop remake sales art has been detained from Nicolas Winding Refn

Posted 10 years ago

MANIAC COP is getting ready to stalk the streets once more, courtesy of UNIVERSAL SOLDIER director John Hyams under the watchful eye of producers Nicolas Winding Refn and original director Bill Lustig. The new sales art, which debuted at AFM,...

John Hyams set to direct Maniac Cop remake; Nicolas Winding Refn producing

Posted 11 years ago

Since 2012, Nicolas Winding Refn has been attached as a producer on a planned remake of William Lustig's MANIAC COP, and it appears the project may have finally found a director. At Fantastic Fest, Refn announced that John Hyams (UNIVERSAL...

Maniac Cop remake to be directed by Universal Soldier: DOR’s John Hyams!

Posted 11 years ago

Now this is a remake I can get behind! We’ve know for years that Nicolas Winding Refn has been put in charge of bringing a remake of William Lustig’s MANIAC COP to the screen, but now we know who will...

Ed Brubaker talks the Nicholas Winding Refn-produced Maniac Cop remake

Posted 12 years ago

We've known for a while that DRIVE and ONLY GOD FORGIVES director Nicolas Winding Refn had been working on getting a remake of William Lustig's MANIAC COP going, and earlier this month we learned that Ed Brubaker (CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE...

Nicolas Winding Refn’s Maniac Cop remake taps Ed Brubaker to script

Posted 12 years ago

It was more than two years ago when we first heard rumblings that DRIVE and ONLY GOD FORGIVES director Nicolas Winding Refn was set to team up with legendary genre director William Lustig for a remake of Lustig's cult classic...

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to produce movie adaptation of DC Comics Sleeper

Posted 12 years ago

Aside from wearing the batsuit, Ben Affleck will take part in another comic property. The actor has boarded the long in-development adaptation of DC Comics/Wildstorm’s SLEEPER. Affleck and Matt Damon will partner on the project as producers. The 2003 comic...