Remake of Beloved Bruce Campbell Horror Movie Gets Exciting Update

Back in 2019, HBO gave a limited series order to the TV remake of Bruce Campbell‘s iconic 1988 horror movie, with acclaimed Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn attached as an executive producer. Now, it seems like Refn has ultimately decided to move the Maniac Cop project in a different direction, following the Warner Bros. Discovery merger.

What’s the new update for the Maniac Cop remake?

During a recent appearance on the Icons of Fright podcast, original Maniac Cop director William Lustig opened up about the long-in-development remake, confirming that the project will now move forward as a movie rather than as a miniseries. He also revealed that production on the film is expected to begin sometime in the fall and explained why the series was scrapped.

“Nic has it on as his next project that will shoot in the fall,” Lustig shared. “What happened with HBO was, HBO got sold to Discovery, and Discovery — after they’d spent over a million dollars developing the scripts for the series — Discovery says, ‘We’re not in the Maniac Cop business,’ They gave all the scripts back to us, so we didn’t have to pay a turnaround, so that was it with HBO.”

He continued, “Now it’s moving ahead. I can’t announce the company, but it will become known. It’s sort of like one of these things that’s bouncing around in your head, and you wanna just get it out. I think Nic is at that point. This thing had so many fits and starts. It’s moving ahead and expected to start shooting in the fall.”

Lustig directed the cult classic horror movie from a screenplay written by Larry Cohen. It was set in New York City about a murderous ex-cop who has come back from the dead to seek revenge on his enemies. The film starred Robert Z’Dar, Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree, William Smith, and Sheree North. Refn, who is expected to also helm the project, has been developing the remake since 2016.

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