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1. Breck Eisner in talks to direct Escape From New York

(Science fiction films)

... is credited with breathing new life into the project and succeeding in the difficult task of capturing the humour of John Carpenter’s iconic ant-hero Snake Plissken "without slipping into camp". That announcement ...

Created on 27 April 2010

2. The Escape From New York remake is not dead in the water!

(Science fiction films)

... iconic Snake Plissken (immortalised by Kurt Russell) and then he too dropped out; and the screenplay by Ken Nolan was itself dropped and Jonathan Mostow (director of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) ...

Created on 11 February 2010

3. What's happening with the Escape From New York remake?

(Science fiction films)

... could do the project justice. Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down) wrote the screenplay and Gerard Butler (300) was to star as Snake Plissken, the iconic character brought to life by Kurt Russell in the original. ...

Created on 19 January 2008

4. Escape From New York: yet another remake

(Science fiction films)

... movement) and is blown up over the island (ok, they’re a resistance movement employing terrorist tactics). Snake Plissken, a disillusioned war hero and recent convict played by Kurt Russell, is offered ...

Created on 02 September 2007