According to TwitchFilm, Universal Soldier: Regeneration and Day of Reckoning director John Hyams will be helming the Nicolas Winding Refn-produced remake of Maniac Cop. Note that this hasn’t been 100% confirmed but apparently the news comes directly from Refn himself.
The original 1988 film starred Bruce Campbell and Tom Atkins and was about a mysterious uniformed police office who was killing people on the streets of New York City. Given the current climate that we see on the news and on social media websites, something tells me this remake will be very relevant when it comes out.
I do have to say that Hyams has done amazing things with the Universal Soldier series. Regenration is a phenomenally entertaining film and Day of Reckoning has some fantastic action sequences that make you wonder how it went straight-to-video. With him behind the camera, I’m sure Maniac Cop will at the very least be a damn good ride.
