The Escape From New York Remake Is Happening, Get The Details — cinemablend.com

According to Deadline, Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman’s The Picture Company will produce the film, while John Carpenter, who wrote and directed the original, will work as an executive producer and is also set to have some creative control over it too. That will be of some relief to aficionados of the original. However, these same people will also be more than aware that there have been dozens of remakes made that have only disgraced their illustrious predecessors by being purely lame new incarnations. At the moment, Fox are hopeful that they upcoming remake will help to rejuvenate the property, and those involved are already planning to turn it into a brand-new franchise.

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