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Escape From New York
Release Date: TBA
Genres: Action, Remake, Science Fiction, Thriller
Production Phase: Development Hell
Who's Making It: Breck Eisner [Rumored] (Director), Allan Loeb (Screenwriter), Ken Nolan (Screenwriter), Neal H. Moritz (Producer), Samuel Hadida (Producer)
Premise: Snake Plissken, incarcerated for life in the federal supermax prison of a walled-off, radioactive New York City, tries to make his parole by finding a way to get a trapped female state senator out of... More »
What We Think: We remember the original Escape From New York and how bad-ass Kurt Russell was as Snake Plissken. Any idea to bring back the character of Snake is great but finding a way to successfully appease... More »
Sunday, July 31, 2011
New Line Cinema has let the option expire on the rights for their Escape From New York remake. At this point they're up for grabs again, if there are any takers.
- Deadline. Comment on this Scoop (1)Sunday, April 25, 2010
After his remake of The Crazies brought in $32 million dollars and didn't alienate the horror crowd, now director Breck Eisner is in talks to become the new man calling action for the Escape From New York remake. Allan Loeb (Wall Street 2) wrote the latest draft of the screenplay.
- The Hollywood Reporter. Comment on this Scoop (0)