The notion of a Maniac Cop remake (or prequel) got me excited when Nicolas Winding Refn hopped on board the project in 2012. Since then, things have been quiet yet a significant update arrived in a Screen Daily report this morning which says the redo is alive and well. Refn is still on board to produce with William Lustig.
And get this: Ed Brubaker is attached to script.
Brubaker is a pretty major writer in the comic book medium. To give you a point of reference: He penned the Captain America/Winter Soldier story arc. He also created "Fatale."
Maniac Cop is based on the 1988 film directed by Lustig and written by Larry Cohen and concerns a…well, maniac dressed in a police officer's uniform who goes on killing spree in New York City.
Back in 2012, Cohen had stated the intent was to do more of a prequel with the Refn project. But that intent seems to have given way to more of a "remake" approach.
