Overview
- Refn announced the project publicly on Instagram Friday and will direct and produce Maniac Cop through his NWR Originals banner.
- MUBI is providing full financing and has taken wide theatrical rights for many territories, including North America, Latin America, the U.K. and Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, Benelux, Turkey, Australia and New Zealand.
- Production is reported to be set to begin in Los Angeles in January 2027, with casting and other key creative hires not yet announced and described by outlets as forthcoming.
- Goodfellas is listed as a co-producer while Veterans will handle international sales, and Christina Erritzøe, Kimberly Willming and Vincent Maraval are named as producers or executive producers on the project.
- The film is presented by Refn and producers as a ‘resurrection’ rather than a straight remake, reviving a property with a long development history that previously included feature and HBO/Canal+ series attempts and attachments such as John Hyams and a script by Ed Brubaker.