Studio found out way back that remaking John Carpenter‘s filmography is a lot easier than coming up with original ideas. Take David Gordon Green‘s latest take on the “Halloween” franchise, for example. Or the sub-par remakes of “The Thing” (actually a prequel) and “The Fog” from 2011 and 2005, respectively. But one film Carpenter fans have actually wanted to see come back for a long time is 1981’s “Escape From New York.” Now it seems twentieth Century Studios might lastly have their new incarnation of the movie shifting ahead, one thing that’s been within the works since 2007.
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Both Bloody Disgusting and Deadline report that twentieth Century Studios has new administrators hooked up to the long-gestating “New York” remake. So, who’s subsequent as much as tackle the aim of a profitable John Carpenter remake? It’s the Radio Silence guys, the directing workforce of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, and Chad Villella. The trio is at present in manufacturing on their slasher follow-up to this 12 months’s “Scream 5” for Spyglass Media, due in theaters subsequent 12 months. Their earlier work collectively contains 2019’s “Ready Or Not.”
But is the Radio Silence workforce the fitting one to helm an “Escape From New York” remake? Previous administrators hooked up to the undertaking embody Robert Rodriguez and Leigh Whannell, each of whom ultimately stepped apart. And that’s as a result of this very effectively could also be a doomed undertaking; in spite of everything, it’s been in improvement for 15 years at this level. Having Radio Silence on board now offers some cautious optimism, however till this new tackle Carpenter’s movie enters pre-production, don’t get hopes up that it’ll really hit theaters.
For these unfamiliar with “Escape From New York,” Kurt Russell stars as Snake Plissken, an American battle hero turned legendary felony despatched to a city-wide penitentiary on Manhattan Island in an alternate SF model of 1997. But earlier than Plissken enters, terrorists hijack Air Force One, crashing the aircraft with the President on board, into the jail island. Prison personnel enlists Plissken on a last-ditch mission to save lots of the President’s life: if he doesn’t discover him in 24 hours, Plissken dies from an explosive machine in his neck. Will the anti-hero discover the President within the sprawling jail and its myriad gangs, together with one led by the dominant Duke?
Critics and audiences love Carpenter’s movie, and it’s a real cult traditional. However, its 1997 sequel “Escape From L.A.” didn’t fare as effectively with everybody, which killed plans to make a 3rd movie. That undertaking ultimately grew to become Carpenter’s disastrously messy “Ghost Of Mars” with Ice Cube and Natasha Henstridge, which followers of the director think about the start of his downfall. But a brand new tackle “Escape From New York” is greater than welcome now. The movie’s premise could also be ridiculous, however it’s additionally ridiculously superior, too, and in the fitting fingers could possibly be fairly magical. Maybe the Radio Silence guys are the fitting males for the job.