Maniac Cop will mark the third collaboration between Refn and Wild Bunch, which handled international sales on Only God Forgives and The Neon Demon both of which competed at the Cannes Film Festival.
Cult director and horror movie know-it-all Bill Lustig’s 1988 exploitation classic Maniac Cop has long been targeted for a remake, a pet project of none other than Danish auteur (and horror movie obsessive) Nicolas Winding Refn (The Neon Demon).
Prescience MA’s Merlin Funds will be financing the film, which is being produced by Refn and Børglum’s Copenhagen-set banner Space Rocket Nation, along with Bold Films.
Variety reported yesterday that the film is finally 100% a go, set to shoot this summer in LA with Wild Bunch on board to handle world sales.