Sarà Nicolas Winding Refn a dirigere il remake di Maniac Cop, il poliziesco con venature horror di William Lustig, che a cavallo tra ’80 e ’90 assunse a film di culto, con due sequel ufficiali.
La trilogia originale diventerà una serie per HBO, con Refn e John Hyams alla scrittura.
Secondo quanto ha dichiarato Refn: “I’ve always been a devoted admirer of John Hyams. We’ve been talking about a re-imagining of the ‘Maniac Cop’ films for a number of years, but as we continued to work on the material, we found ourselves wanting to explore the world we were creating in greater depth.”
“Turning ‘Maniac Cop’ into a series will allow us to realize our wildest ambitions and to reach an enormous audience though partners HBO and Canal Plus. This show will be an unadulterated, action-packed horror odyssey. Given the current state of the world, though, ‘Maniac Cop’ will also be a strong commentary on the decline of civilization.”
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