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http://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3...uel-exclusive/

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There are new details surfacing behind Twentieth Century Fox reboot of John Carpenter‘s 1981 cult-classic Escape From New York, but there are two very important elements that are missing from the reports. First, and more importantly, it’s going to act as a prequel to Carpenter’s film, while the second, which could be changed by the time filming begins, is that Snake Plissken will not have eye eyepatch. Those are exclusive details that Bloody Disgusting can share first.

In other news, TheWrap is reporting that Neal Cross, creator of the BBC crime series “Luther,” beat out several writers to win the writing job, and delivered a first-draft in late October. The original Dystopian action film, as they explain, starred Kurt Russell as eye-patched, wisecracking Plissken, a prisoner enlisted to save the president of the United States after his plane crashed on a future Manhattan-turned-maximum security prison. Carpenter directed the film, which he co-wrote with Nick Castle. Ernest Borgnine, Isaac Hayes, Harry Dean Stanton, Lee Van Cleef and Adrienne Barbeau co-starred.

The prequel is to reboot the franchise much like Fox did with Planet of the Apes, setting up a trilogy that leads into the classic film, but is also in canon.

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Here’s 10 revelations they shared from the latest screenplay:

1. Snake Plissken’s real name.

Plissken in the previous two “Escape” films didn’t have a name, but now he does: He’s Colonel Robert “Snake” Plissken.

2. Our bad guy won’t be the Duke of New York.

Instead, he’s the lean, intensely charismatic Thomas Newton, the playboy heir to an agrochemical and biotech corporation. Five years ago, he decided to donate his entire fortune. Sounds like a good guy, right? He’s not.

3. The role originated by Lee Van Cleef will now be played by a woman.

The film will introduce us to CIA Deputy Executive Director Roberta Hauk.

4. New York City isn’t a maximum security prison.

Weird, right? Because New York being a prison was kind of crucial to the whole “escape from New York” concept. In the reboot, New York is breathtakingly lovely. Manhattan is the island we know, but with more towering glass structures and a high, undulating glass wall. The sky is alive with drones as serene as bees, and artificial intelligence controls all in the form of an ethnically ambiguous, cheery young woman called April. A small staff of technicians and researchers known as “Seers” monitor all.

5. The remake doesn’t start in New York City.

The original “Escape” film deleted the opening scene that showed how Snake Plissken was apprehended. The new version won’t. Its set in another major city, one not in the United States.

6. The film imagines a world in chaos.

Globally, one in every seventy five human begins is now either a refugee, internally displaced, or seeking asylum.

7. A hurricane is coming.

It’s called Superstorm Ellery.

8. April’s security won’t be as good as everyone hoped.

That will make the whole city vulnerable.

9. Snake has only eleven hours to complete his mission.

In the original film, he had 22 hours. Plissken’s mission is to bring in Newton alive.

10. Newton has a failsafe.

It’s a mysterious device called Fat Boy — an ominous, dull metal sphere about the size of a car, in a nest of conduits and cabling.
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It all comes down to the Director, who is going to be the Director? They get a music video shmuck, then prepare for Snake to be slicked up and tarnished all at the same time.



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Is Snake a woman?
Probably.


Probably played by Jennifer Lawrence.
Pfft, like anybody would be able to take JLaw seriously as an antihero being forced to fight her way through a hellish dystopia.

Seriously, though, one of the little details mentioned is that they're confirming that Snake's real first name is Robert (a possible reference to the "S.D. Bob Plissken" line from L.A.), so Snake is probably still going to be male in this film. Apparently they're also going to change Bob Hauk (Van Cleef's character) to a woman, so...that's obviously going to be Viola Davis.



Well, yeah, what's the point of a prequel if it doesn't show how he gets the eyepatch?
Wow, I didn't even realize that. I just saw "doesn't have eyepatch" and flipped a bitch.



This might just do nobody any good.
I wish David Leitch was doing this instead of Deadpool 2.

But as a sequel. Escape from Planet Earth starring Kurt as Old Snake.



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They could have done worse. Have they cast whose playing Snake yet?
No word on casting yet.

I'm not sure if casting an avowed Carpenter fan and schlock auteur like Rodriguez is going to be any better a director than your average studio hack. It's giving me flashbacks to Doomsday and how much that played like Neil Marshall trying to make his own version of Escape From New York to underwhelming effect, to say nothing of how Rodriguez's own output has consisted of some seriously diminishing returns since at least Sin City.



This is going to be like The Predator and Dark Fate. Once you watch it you'll rewatch the original and have even more appreciation for how utterly awesome and classic it is



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Eh, between Upgrade and The Invisible Man I think Whannell has done a pretty decent job of proving he's got the goods to deliver something that won't be a complete embarrassment to the brand.