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Summary
- The
Escape from New York
remake has lost its latest directors. - Tyler Gillett has confirmed that he and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin are no longer involved in the project.
- Directors that have previously been attached to the project include Len Wiseman and Robert Rodriguez.
The Escape from New York remake has lost its latest directors. The original 1981 movie was directed by John Carpenter and starred Kurt Russell as near-future Special Forces soldier Snake Plissken, who is tasked with rescuing the President (Donald Pleasence) after he is stranded on the island of Manhattan, which has been turned into a high-security prison. A remake of the property has been in the works since 2007, but it has been trapped in development hell with a revolving door of writers and directors, with the most recently announced filmmakers attached being Radio Silence’s Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin.
ComicBook.com spoke with Gillett and Bettinelli-Olpin while they were promoting the VOD release of their movie Abigail. During their conversation, the duo were asked if they were still in development on the Escape from New York remake and Gillett confirmed that they are no longer involved. He shared that, due to issues with the rights, “we just weren’t in a position to make the clock” and “we’re not attached in any official capacity,” though he seems to imply that they would still make the project if they were asked some time down the road. Read Gillett’s full quote below:
We are not, unfortunately. I think titles like that bounce around for a while and I think they’ve tried to get that out of the blocks a few times. I think it’s just ultimately a tricky rights issue thing. There’s a clock on it and we just weren’t in a position to make the clock, ultimately. But who knows? I think, in hindsight, it feels crazy that we would think we would, post-Scream, step into a John Carpenter franchise. You never know. There’s still interest in it and we’ve had a few conversations about it but we’re not attached in any official capacity.
More to come…
Source: ComicBook.com
Escape From New York
John Carpenter takes on the role of writer, composer, and director in Escape from New York, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi film where a large portion of New York City is converted into the biggest prison in the world, with all criminals in the United States sentenced there. When the President is kidnapped and taken abruptly into the heart of the prison, the government will turn to former soldier turned convict Snake Plissken to rescue him within twenty-four hours in exchange for a full pardon of his crimes.
- Release Date
- July 10, 1981
- Studio(s)
- Embassy Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Embassy Pictures
- Cast
- Isaac Hayes , Donald Pleasance , Kurt Russell , Lee Van Cleef , Harry Dean Stanton , Adrienne Barbeau
- Runtime
- 99 minutes
- Franchise(s)
- Escape from New York
- Budget
- $6 million
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