It looks like the Escape From New York remake will be a go – with 20th Century Fox behind it. It was announced that the studio has won the bidding war for the film and emerged victorious. But the better news is that original writer/director of the 1981 cult classic, John Carpenter will be executive producing and have creative input over the film. Read on for more details.
Snake Plissken is back! Fox has emerged from competitive bidding and closed a deal to remake the 1981 John Carptenter-directed cult classic Escape From New York. Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman’s The Picture Company will produce.
The original was released by Avco Embassy, and the rights were own by Studiocanal. Carpenter will be an executive producer and will exert creative influence over the project. Fox’s Mike Ireland brought it in and will steer. The hope is to reinvent the property with an eye toward launching a new franchise.
In the original film, the anti-hero Snake Plissken was played by Carpenter favorite Kurt Russell and set in a futuristic 1997. The President’s Air Force One crashes into Manhattan, which has now become a maximum security prison cut off from the outside world. The authorities realize the only way to get the President out alive is to send in someone who is as bad as the criminals on the inside…Snake Plissken. Plissken is a ruthless criminal given a deal to bring the Pres back alive and gain his freedom.
There is no script as of yet, but I’m sure it will be fast-tracked and we will bring you any news on the film as it develops.
Source: Deadline
