Robert Rodriguez Set to Direct The ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK Remake

Sin City director Robert Rodriguez has been brought on to helm 20th Century Fox's remake of John Carpenter's 1981 classic, Escape From New York. This seems like the type of movie that Rodriguez would want to jump in and make as it fits his style. 

I'm not really keen on the fact that Escape From New York is getting the remake treatment, but we all knew it was coming. I guess Rodriguez is a decent enough director to come in and attempt to do something better than what Carpenter did.

Carpenter is on board to executive produce the project so the film obviously has his blessing, but why in the hell can't they come up with some new and original awesome movie shit! I hate that this is road Hollywood has gone down. At least Netflix is taking chances on the original movies that Hollywood is passing on. 

The original movie was set in a futuristic 1997. Kurt Russell starred in the film as Snake Plissken, a badass former special forces operative and con who is conscripted to rescue the President of the United States after Air Force One crashes in New York, which has been transformed into a maximum security prison. Plissken is given 22 hours to liberate the president and a tape he carries that holds the key to peace. If he doesn't pull it off... he'll explode.

If you're curious about what the new film will entail, some rumored story details leaked a few months ago. You can read that here.

Rodriguez is currently directing James Cameron's Battle Angel, and I assume Escape From New York will be his next project. Is anyone excited about this Escape From New York remake or the fact that Rodriguez is directing? 

Source: Deadline

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