After his successful Amazon series "Too Old To Die Young", Wending is now headed to the realm of television. The "Drive" filmmaker will be collaborating with filmmaker John Hyams (Universal Soldier movies) for making the cult classic movie "Maniac Cop" into a television series for HBO.

Released in 1988, Maniac Cop follows a killer dressed in a police uniform who begins murdering innocent people on the streets of New York City. Directed by William Lustig and written by Larry Cohen, the movie starred Bruce Campbell as the unforgiving, brutal "Maniac Cop" along with Tom Atkins, Robert Z Dar' and Laurene Landon.

Refn said in a statement: `Turning 'Maniac Cop' into a series will allow us to realize our wildest ambitions and to reach an enormous audience through partners HBO and Canal Plus. This show will be an unadulterated, action-packed horror odyssey. Given the current state of the world, though, 'Maniac Cop' will also be a strong commentary on the decline of civilization.`