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‘Escape From New York’: New Movie from ‘Scream’ Filmmaker Won’t Be a Remake!!

The filmmaking collective Radio Silence has recently given an update on what fans can expect from their new Escape From New York movie, which serves as a reboot of the John Carpenter classic. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly in a recent interview, the trio was asked about what fans might expect from the film. According to Tyler Gillett, the trio is excited to be working on … Continue reading ‘Escape From New York’: New Movie from ‘Scream’ Filmmaker Won’t Be a Remake!!

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‘Escape From New York’: ‘Scream’ Filmmakers to Helm Reboot!!

Coming off a number of high-profile projects, directing collective Radio Silence has apparently found its next film. Radio Silence — whose real names are Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, along with producer Chad Villela — will be directing the long-awaited reboot of the 1981 action classic Escape From New York, originally directed by horror master John Carpenter. The filmmakers are now attached to the reboot … Continue reading ‘Escape From New York’: ‘Scream’ Filmmakers to Helm Reboot!!

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‘Escape from New York’ Remake Lands ‘Upgrade’s Leigh Whannell to Write!!!

Upgrade writer-director Leigh Whannell is keeping busy. A few days ago, we reported that Whannell was set to write and direct a new version of The Invisible Man for Universal that would scrap all the Dark Universe plans and go for something that doesn’t have to worry about an interconnected universe. Now Whannell is attached to write the remake of John Carpenter’s classic 1981 sci-fi … Continue reading ‘Escape from New York’ Remake Lands ‘Upgrade’s Leigh Whannell to Write!!!

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Robert Rodriguez in Talks to Direct ‘Escape From New York’ Remake!!!

The wheels on the Escape From New York remake are in motion once again. THR reports that 20th Century Fox is eyeing Sin City director Robert Rodriguez to helm their remake of John Carpenter’s dystopian action classic. Carpenter is on board as executive producer, and Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman of The Picture Co. (Non-Stop)  will produce. The 1981 film starred Kurt Russell as the … Continue reading Robert Rodriguez in Talks to Direct ‘Escape From New York’ Remake!!!

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Luc Besson Found Guilty of Plagiarizing ‘Escape from New York’ for ‘Lockout’!!!

Apparently there is such thing as blatantly ripping off another movie and being held accountable for it. The Fifth Element filmmaker Luc Besson took some flack for the 2012 sci-fi film Lockout, which he co-wrote and executive produced (but didn’t direct), when folks started pointing out how similar the film’s plot was to John Carpenter’s 1981 classic Escape from New York. One such person who found the … Continue reading Luc Besson Found Guilty of Plagiarizing ‘Escape from New York’ for ‘Lockout’!!!

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