Tom Jolliffe revisits the Universal Soldier franchise… With a 4K release for the cult classic due soon, as well as the release of director Roland Emmerich’s WWII epic Midway, now seems a good time to revisit the original Universal Soldier, and the eclectic sequels it spawned. Universal Soldier The early 90’s. In the wake of […]
Nicolas Winding Refn’s Maniac Cop remake gets the green light from HBO as TV series
Way back in 2014 it was announced that Drive filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn was looking to produce a remake of the cult 1988 slasher Maniac Cop with director John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Regeneration). While the project has been on and off over the past five years, Deadline now brings word that it is officially moving […]
Why Maniac Cop is the remake you didn’t know you needed
Tom Jolliffe looks at the long rumoured remake of Maniac Cop… Hands up who’s seen Maniac Cop… Okay, a fair few cult movie enthusiasts of a certain age. Bruce Campbell and Tom Atkins facing off against a vengeful, presumed dead ex-cop, played by the late, most granite jawed actor in history, Robert Z’Dar. It’s pure […]
Maniac Cop director teases “completely different” tone for the remake
John Hyams, the director of the Maniac Cop remake, has teased a new tone for the film. News of a Maniac Cop remake has been around for years but the film’s attached director John Hymas has now offered an update on the project from producer Nicolas Winding Refn. Speaking with The Movie Crypt podcast (via EW), Hyams […]
Director John Hyams says Maniac Cop remake is still happening
Back in 2015, it was announced that a remake of the 80s cult classic Maniac Cop was in development, with John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning) directing, Nicolas Winding Refn (The Neon Demon) producing, and Ed Brubaker (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) penning the script. Since then, there seems to have been very little […]
Nicolas Winding Refn’s Maniac Cop reboot is dead
Having spent several years in development, it was reported earlier this year that the Nicolas Winding Refn-produced Maniac Cop was set to finally move forward this summer under director John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Regeneration) from a script by Ed Brubaker (Captain America: The Winter Soldier). However, since then we’ve had no further updates, and it seems […]
Directorial Vision vs Crowd Pleasing
Tom Jolliffe on directorial vision vs crowd pleasing… We’ve all done it in our lives. The crowd leans a certain way and we adhere to that. Maybe it was in school. Oasis vs Blur (yes, I’m old). The consensus is Oasis, so you put Oasis in your tape deck to please everyone. Secretly though you’re […]
Nicolas Winding Refn moving ahead with Maniac Cop remake
Nicolas Winding Refn has been talking about the prospect of a Maniac Cop remake for years now. Well, now it looks like it’s finally going ahead. According to Variety, Vendian Entertainment has teamed up with Wild Bunch and Refn’s Space Rocket on a multi-year first look deal. The slasher Maniac Cop will be the first project produced and financed as part […]