Escape From New York Remake is Back On Again
Out of all the movies that have been rumoured to be getting a remake over the past decade, John Carpenter’s Escape from New York seems to have experienced more false starts than most. The 1981 cult classic has been slated for a redo since 2007 (perhaps even earlier) and even had directors like Brett Ratner, Len Wiseman and Breck Eisner all attached to direct at some point. Gerard Butler was also supposedly going to strap on the eye patch as Snake Plissken, but ultimately New Line let the rights lapse and the project quickly faded away… until now. This week the rights were acquired by producer Joel Silver, who will be partnering with Studio Canal to try and finally get an Escape from New York remake off the ground. What are the odds we will be able to dodge this bullet a second time?
According to Deadline, Silver Pictures and Studio Canal are teaming up to build a franchise that will start with “an entirely new take” on Escape from New York. Not surprisingly, they are hoping for a Snake Plissken trilogy and they are looking at the first film as a Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes-style origin story. They are now in search of a writer to pen the remake.
Joel Silver and Studio Canal previously worked together on a couple of Liam Neeson thrillers (Unknown and the upcoming Non-Stop), and the obvious implication is that they may be considering Neeson for the lead role. Deadline also mentions Gerard Butler, Tom Hardy and Jeremy Renner as possible candidates, although at this point that is pure speculation based on previous rumours. Is an Escape from New York remake something you would be open to? Who would you like to see in the lead role?
Comments (7)
Joel Silver! Yeh!
Posted by Derek McFarland on March 18th, 2013“Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes-style origin story”
What does that even mean!?
Posted by Owozifa on March 18th, 2013Is MGS connected to Solid Snake?
Posted by Johnny on March 18th, 2013i.. i think i’ve got a semi
Posted by a horse on March 18th, 2013Joel Silver, who is known for his “quiet” movies, full of love and cuddling, is perfect as a Producer. The director is one of the normal “Choices”, Wiseman, Rat-ner, Eisner und I direct everything Howard.
Hope they (He) choose somebody else, like Michael Davis, whoose Shoot em up is still on of kind action orgy.
Posted by Stinker on March 19th, 2013Johnny MGS is Solid Snake. Kojima took the character of Snake & Name from Escape.
As for this, I think a reboot of Escape from New York is valid considering there are two buildings which are not there anymore, but, as for an origin story. Not feeling it.
What is there to tell of Snake? His war stories? The fact he got these medals? You don’t need to tell eeeeevvvveerrryyyyything
Posted by Steve Kasan on March 19th, 2013I’d like to see Robert Rodriguez direct a reboot and break the trend of “realistic & gritty”. Of the rumored leads I would pick Taylor Kitsch, he would kick ass.
Posted by Bas on March 20th, 2013Leave a Reply