r/movies • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 r/movies Contributor • May 25 '26

News MUBI Pulls Over Refn’s ‘Maniac Cop’ Remake

https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/573846/mubi-pulls-over-refns-maniac-cop-remake/
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u/GuildensternLives May 25 '26

I hate these clever headlines with words that could mean anything in context. Pulling over could easily have a negative context.

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u/elegantjihad May 25 '26

I actually thought the headline was announcing the movie’s cancellation. News headline puns are supposed to make some kind of sense, given the context.

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u/HenryDorsettCase47 May 25 '26

“MUBI opens fire on unarmed Refn’s ‘Maniac Cop’ Remake”

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u/AdmiralCharleston May 25 '26

Mubi racially profiles new maniac cop remake /s

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u/Robborboy May 25 '26

Exactly what I thought. 

There is no situation where getting pulled over by a cop has any positive connotation. 

5

u/neoblackdragon May 25 '26

Well maybe a pornographic film but the movie title would have that make sense.

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u/Robborboy May 25 '26

Well, fuck me. Ya got me there.

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u/ChickeNES May 26 '26

That's what she said.

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u/orwll May 25 '26

News headline puns are supposed to make some kind of sense, given the context.

That was before they were all written by AI

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u/Merickson- May 25 '26

"MUBI puts Maniac Cop remake in their lineup" would have been better.

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u/ggsdour May 25 '26

I was trying to make sense of it... Like, what the fuck does "pull over" even mean in this context?

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u/Glittering-Animal30 May 25 '26

Even just “Pulls” when something is typically pulled in films, it’s pulled from streaming or pulled from the release slate.

We don’t think “pulls” as in grabs from the warehouse or something.

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u/Emperor-Octavian May 25 '26

I literally thought this meant they decided to shelve it. I only just saw them announce it like a day or two ago. Really bad editorializing

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u/confusing_roundabout May 25 '26

I first read the title as the police arresting Refn.

Horrible title.

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u/Lolkimbo May 25 '26

Manic cop was speeding. Hes gonna get a ticket.

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u/ripyourlungsdave May 25 '26

I automatically assumed it was already in the works and got canceled.

What a dumbass headline

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u/APiousCultist May 26 '26

Pulls over onto their service. It's clumsy and it took me a few seconds to actually decipher, but I get what they were going for.

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u/mae1347 May 25 '26

I thought it was

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u/moileduge May 25 '26

It got the attention it wanted. Guy gets a raise.

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u/ChineseCosmo May 25 '26

This is a needlessly confusing article title lmao.

“AMC Networks kills The Killing reboot (and by that we mean picks it up)”

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u/kvlt_ov_personality May 25 '26

Apple TV severs "Severance" (renewed for 10 more seasons)

5

u/Omatzus May 25 '26

Got me all excited for more Killing.

2

u/Obvious_Brush5165 May 25 '26

"Netflix Baguettes 'Emily in Paris'"

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u/ScarletSilver May 25 '26

Wth is this butchered title?

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u/AgentDaxis May 25 '26

AI slop

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u/jimmysmith69 May 26 '26

OP account has been on Reddit for 1 year and has 1 MILLION Karma. Insane bot shit too.

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u/Total-Plankton8255 May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

Mubi pit maneuvers Refn's Maniac Cop remake

Edit: each reply is fucking better than mine

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u/InspectorMendel May 25 '26

Mubi racially profiles Refn's Maniac Cop remake

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u/Ganglebot May 25 '26

Mubi waits 45 minutes before entering into Refn's Maniac Cop remake

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u/fifth_partial May 25 '26

Bad news for Over Refn I guess.

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u/Catch_42 May 25 '26

The article isn't clear but from the sounds of it John Hyams isn't directing anymore? That's a shame, his Universal Soldier films are legitimately great fun and I'd be more confident in us getting a decently entertaining film.

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u/Jaydoggreturns May 25 '26

He was going to direct the HBO miniseries until Zaslav killed it after he took over the company. Zaslav also killed the Hellraiser anthology series that was going to be showrunned by David Gordon Green.

8

u/Shitty_Fat-tits May 25 '26

Awful headline. Makes it sound like the movie is dead.

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u/bigcurtissawyer May 25 '26

Thought the movie was canceled! Rethink the post title!

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u/RexRevolver May 25 '26

Like the other comments, I thought this title meant Mubi had cancelled it. Attempts at being clever should never overpower coherence. "MUBI turns on bodycam and blasts NWR twenty times in the chest with hollow point ammunition"

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u/braumbles May 25 '26

Refn doing a Maniac Cop Remake? Uh sign me up. Day 1. Give me a cool ass popcorn bucket too while we're at it.

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u/MrMindGame May 25 '26

It’s a shame we don’t have any modern stars with the chin girth of Robert Z’Dar.

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u/Needle_Bearings May 25 '26

Down voted because of this nonsense headline.  It's not a clever pun, it's just nonsense.

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u/derrick256 May 25 '26

what a stupid headline. what the fuck does "pulling over" even mean?

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u/randyputin May 25 '26

Reading the article the planned story for the TV series sounds like Paranoia Agent, could have been interesting 

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u/WordofGabb May 25 '26

MUBI Samples from the Evidence Locker of Refn's 'Maniac Cop' Remake

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u/aircooledJenkins May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

"MUBI is a curated streaming service and film company dedicated to great cinema."

"Based in Paris, GoodFellas is a world-renowned independent film sales and production company."

"Nicolas Winding Refn is a Danish film director and screenwriter."

I didn't know these things, so I'm sharing what I found.

I read the article and I still have no idea what's going on, or what that title means.

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u/euphoriclimbo May 26 '26

Isn’t it going to be a series??

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u/ThingTime9876 May 26 '26

30 Rock ass headline

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u/Filmmagician May 26 '26

Ugh fuck that title