Escape From New York Remake Seems to Finally Be on Track as Zack Snyder Joins as Writer and Director
The project is entering active development and will be shopped to studios, with John Carpenter attached as executive producer.
- Filmmaker Zack Snyder is attached to write and direct a reimagining of John Carpenter's cult classic Escape From New York, intended as a theatrical release with Snyder producing alongside Stone Quarry partners Deborah Snyder and Wesley Coller.
- Hollywood has attempted to revive the 1981 dystopian action film for decades, with creatives including director Robert Rodriguez and production team Radio Silence previously circling the project before StudioCanal prioritized it.
- Snyder aims to create a "down and dirty" movie using practical effects similar to his feature debut, Dawn of the Dead, with The Picture Company partners Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman producing alongside Carpenter as executive producer.
- Currently in post-production on indie drama The Last Photograph, Snyder is stepping away from superhero and sci-fi genres as the Escape From New York package is taken to market in the coming weeks.
- Carpenter co-wrote the 1981 classic, which introduced audiences to iconic anti-hero Snake Plissken, played by Kurt Russell, and grossed more than $50 million worldwide, establishing a high bar for any new production.
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Escape from New York Remake Seems to Finally Be on Track as Zack Snyder Joins as Writer and Director
Man of Steel and 300 Director Zack Snyder has reportedly signed on to write and direct an Escape from New York remake.The Hollywood Reporter reported on the reimagining of John Carpenter's influential dystopian action movie today. Its sources said the project is being put together with the intention of eventually seeing it released in theaters.The Escape from New York remake seems to be in its early stages, with the site saying that it will be "…
Zack Snyder to Write and Direct 'Escape From New York' Reimagining for Studiocanal
“300” filmmaker Zack Snyder is attached to write and direct a remimagining of John Carpenter’s cult classic “Escape From New York” for Studiocanal and The Picture Company, TheWrap has learned. The package, based on the Kurt Russell sci-fi action classic, will hit the studios and steamers in the coming weeks. “Escape from New York” is a 1981 independent sci-fi action film from legendary filmmaker John Carpenter. Carpenter co-wrote the screenplay …
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