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Creative team is still pushing the Maniac Cop remake forward

The MANIAC COP remake is a project I have great interest in, as a fan of the original trilogy (well, not of the third film so much, but the first two are awesome). I want to see more of the...

Posted 8 years ago

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John Hyams to direct thriller Alone, remake of Swedish film Gone

Posted 8 years ago

Back in 2011, Swedish filmmakers Mattias Olsson and Henrik JP Åkesson made their feature directorial debuts with the thriller GONE (or FÖRSVUNNEN), which was written by Olsson. Olsson has now written the screenplay for an English language remake of their...

Maniac Cop creator Larry Cohen says the remake isn’t happening

Posted 9 years ago

Not long ago, it seemed pretty certain that we were going to be getting a remake of the 1988 William Lustig / Larry Cohen film MANIAC COP. Filming was scheduled to take place in Los Angeles this year, with Nicolas...

Nicolas Winding Refn’s Maniac Cop remake shoots this summer! Casting begins

Posted 9 years ago

It seems like forever ago now that we brought you the news that NEON DEMON helmer Nicolas Winding Refn was going to be bringing us a new version of the 80s slasher classic MANIAC COP. Today we finally have news...

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’ Maniac Cop remake to film in NYC next spring

Posted 10 years ago

Last week we learned that UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: REGENERATION and UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: DAY OF RECKONING director John Hyams has signed on to direct the remake of William Lustig's awesome 1988 film MANIAC COP for producers Lustig and Nicolas Winding Refn. Talking...

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

Posted 10 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...

Want to see Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, director’s cut? Now you can!

Posted 13 years ago

I can’t imagine this already-brutal movie being any more brutal, but it’s apparently possible. Available right now on Amazon Instant Watch is John Hyams’ UNIVERSAL SOLIDER: DAY OF RECKONING – The Unrated Director’s Cut. Now, I’m not entirely sure what’s...

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