Remake chatter over Maniac Cop has been on our radar for close to eleven years now and the word out of Cannes is that director Nicolas Winding Refn is setting up to make this his next venture. To assert his resolve, the filmmaker issued some teaser imagery on Instagram overlooking Los Angeles where he will commence filming in January. The image shows text that reads “Maniac Cop by NWR” with a caption that reads “2027”.
This is kind of a strange movie to remake.
I don’t think it’ll bring it much of a cult crowd or anything. Then again, maybe nobody will be upset that it’s remade like they would a cult classic. Plus it’s not highly highly problematic like Fatal Games or other lgtbq slasher/killer movies of the era.
I’m also not sure about the timing, as Cordell is a somewhat sympathetic cop character, and cops in the US do not have a good rap at the moment.
Maybe if they lean into the corruption and being framed well it would work.
I’m sure it will only loosely be based on the original thing; fail to see any copaganda vibes in his work thus far, quite the contrary.
dude came up with “drive” just cruising LA and let his mental imagery take over.
stoked, his recent output notwithstanding.