New Line recently let the rights to the cult classic Escape from New York expire and I hope that is a good thing. They had been working on a remake for a few years now and have had directors and stars lined up for it. Director Len Wiseman (Underworld, Live Free and Die Hard) was at the helm with Gerald Butler (300) ready to dawn the eye patch and portray Snake Plissken. For some reason or another, scripts, directors, and stars have come and gone and now the property is open again. Wouldn't it be great if a new studio got this and turned it over to original director John Carpenter and star Kurt Russell? They could finish their trilogy with 'Escape from Earth' which they wrote while making Escape from LA..
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I know Carpenter has not done alot lately except cash checks from all the remakes being done on his old movies but he does have The Ward that just recently came out. Russell has been laying low lately but the look he threw down in Grindhouse very well suggests he could pull off Plissken one more time. Maybe everyone thinks he's dead? Anyway, scrap the remake and bring back the originals.
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