Hollywood tried to revive the property in 2016, but it was turned into a TV show a few years later, with Refn as an executive producer. There’s no word on the show being set until 2023, but Refn now has some free time to get behind the director’s chair (and probably write, as he does with most of his films). Mubi will pay the bill and handle distribution to other territories in North America. After box office and awards success Substance-And perhaps Refn’s own lineage – the studio is said to be interested in giving it a theatrical release.
Original mad cop, Directed by Will Lustig, released in 1988, it stars Robert Z’Dar as a former policeman who returns from the dead and kills the armed brothers who framed him. Despite a cast including Bruce Campbell, Richard Roundtree, and Tom Atkins, it didn’t set the world on fire, but it did get two direct-to-video sequels. As for this new one, Mubi founder/CEO Efe Cacarale said it’s “not a remake in Nicolas’ hands. It’s a revival…and he’s really the filmmaker rekindling this iconic thing.”
Refn himself said this in a statement mad cop They have always appealed to him, and the current cultural climate “provokes an immediate, uncomfortable reaction. […] The time has come for a revolutionary new vision to emerge, where there is no safety, no safety net, only destruction.” We’ll have more on the new mad cop Because production will start in January 2027.
[via Deadline]
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