Escape from New York (2009 film)
| Escape from New York (remake) | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | TBA |
| Written by | Ken Nolan |
| Produced by | Neal Moritz |
| Starring | Gerard Butler |
| Music by | TBA |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
Release date | TBA 2009 |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9,200,000 |
Escape from New York is the remake of John Carpenter's Escape from New York is a 1981 science fiction action film directed and scored by John Carpenter. Gerard Butler will be playing as Snake Plissken who was once played as Kurt Russell .
Production
According to a March 12, 2007 article in Variety magazine, Gerard Butler is close to signing a deal where he will play Snake Plissken in a remake of Carpenter's movie.Neal Moritz will produce and Ken Nolan will write the screenplay which will combine an origin story for Plissken with the story from the 1981 movie. An article in the Hollywood Reporter revealed that New Line Cinema has acquired the rights to the film from co-rights holder StudioCanal who will control the European rights and Carpenter who will serve as an executive producer and is quoted as saying, "Snake is one of my fondest creations. Kurt Russell did an incredible job, and it would be fun to see someone else try [1] .