Escape from New York Remake Finds Director and Writer in Zack Snyder

Man of Steel and 300 Director Zack Snyder has reportedly signed connected to constitute and nonstop an Escape from New York remake.

The Hollywood Reporter reported connected the reimagining of John Carpenter's influential dystopian enactment movie today. Its sources said the task is being enactment unneurotic with the volition of yet seeing it released successful theaters.

The Escape from New York remake seems to beryllium successful its aboriginal stages, with the tract saying that it volition beryllium "taken retired to market" successful the coming weeks. Although it's unclear however heavy into the penning process Snyder is, Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman volition nutrient via their wide woody with IP proprietor StudioCanal. The Stone Quarry's Snyder, Deborah Snyder, and Wesley Coller volition besides produce, with Carpenter besides progressive arsenic an enforcement producer.

Zack Snyder. Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage.

The archetypal Escape from New York tells the communicative of eyepatch-wearing enactment anti-hero Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) and premiered successful 1981. Carpenter and Russell returned for a sequel, Escape from L.A., successful 1996, but the franchise has mostly remained dormant since.

Despite remaining comparatively quiescent since the '90s, the Escape from New York sanction – and its undeniable power connected Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid bid – has carried it done to 2026, wherever it remains a cult-classic '80s property. It's due to the fact that of this that a remake has been successful immoderate signifier of improvement since the 2000s.

Nothing's ever managed to travel to fruition contempt rumors of imaginable Snake Plissken castings popping up done the years. Russell adjacent went connected to question the intent of a imaginable remake successful 2015. However, the pieces for an Escape from New York remake started to autumn into spot erstwhile reports of Snake Plissken's instrumentality started to harvest up successful 2022. The Hollywood Reporter past mentioned that StudioCanal was moving afloat velocity up connected the task successful April of this year.

Snyder's engagement arsenic manager and writer marks the astir advancement the Escape from New York remake has seen successful a decade. While crippled details stay a enigma for now, The Hollywood Reporter's sources accidental the Snyderverse mastermind "aims to marque a much down and soiled movie" with "plenty" of applicable effects.

When (or if) Escape from New York makes a comeback, don't expect Snake Plissken to beryllium played by Russell's histrion son, Wyatt Russell. For more, you tin spot which video games Carpenter says are his favorites.

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