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Butler to Escape NY? Mar. 13, 2007
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Prior to 300 most people (aside from his rabid PHANTOM OF THE OPERA fans) weren't all that knowledgable about Gerard Butler. Now with the $70 million-plus opening of 300, I don't think Butler will have that problem anymore. Case in point: a bidding war has erupted over a remake of ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK with Butler set to star. CAA put together the package with Butler starring, Neal Moritz producing and a script by Ken Nolan (BLACK HAWK DOWN). Butler would star in the Snake Plissken role Kurt Russell made famous in John Carpenter's cult classic. I'm not sure I fully support a ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK remake (especially one remade by Neal "STEALTH" Moritz) but if there has to be a guy to step in for Russell in Plissken's shoes, Butler is definitely that guy. Butler can be seen next in the dramedy PS, I LOVE YOU with Hilary Swank.

Extra Tidbit: Butler played Renton in the British stage production of TRAINSPOTTING.

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DevilsRejects
1:56AM on 03/16/2007
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I'd prefer if they just resurrected the character of Snake Plissken with Gerard (kinda how they did every decade or so with James Bond), and just add to the first two films (both of which I love, almost too much). Eit...
I'd prefer if they just resurrected the character of Snake Plissken with Gerard (kinda how they did every decade or so with James Bond), and just add to the first two films (both of which I love, almost too much). Either way, if Gerard Butler is on board, I'll give it a shot.
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WalterKovacs
10:02AM on 03/14/2007
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The original really wasn't that good at all, so it could probably stand for an update. We'll see.
The original really wasn't that good at all, so it could probably stand for an update. We'll see.
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count me in.
HelBoy
6:09AM on 03/14/2007
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well, the original, by definition, sucked ASS. so, a remake with Mr. Butler can only be a good thing. count me in.
well, the original, by definition, sucked ASS. so, a remake with Mr. Butler can only be a good thing. count me in.
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blk_flower
9:10PM on 03/13/2007
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come on man! Unless if we get a video or something of Carpentr allowing a remake of his movie, fine, but this just makes my fucking week even more miserable.
come on man! Unless if we get a video or something of Carpentr allowing a remake of his movie, fine, but this just makes my fucking week even more miserable.
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Why?
TheFilmSausage
9:05PM on 03/13/2007
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If they want another Snake Plissken movie, why not get Carpenter and Russell in on it? It could an original Escape. How about "Escape from Hollywood" where Snake tries to outwit dumbarse film execs in order to make an...
If they want another Snake Plissken movie, why not get Carpenter and Russell in on it? It could an original Escape. How about "Escape from Hollywood" where Snake tries to outwit dumbarse film execs in order to make an original film. Or have Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg write a spoof of the originals. It could be "Escape from Mexico" and Snake is trying to cross the border to America, oh how HILARIOUS would that spoof be!

Butler will lose any respect he earned from "300" if he does this.

I have a better idea than a "Citizen Kane" remake...How about a prequel called "Citizen Kane: Vicious Kane" in which Charles Foster Kane is a young enforcer for the mob, and he kills lots of people with guns and bazookas, directed by Michael Bay, starring Ryan Reynolds as a witty young Kane.

I'm working on a script as we speak!
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White Dragon
6:04PM on 03/13/2007
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GOD NO!!!! :( if i want to see escape from new york ill just go get the original...geezus :(
GOD NO!!!! :( if i want to see escape from new york ill just go get the original...geezus :(
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APzombie
4:07PM on 03/13/2007
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poor carpenter, first The Fog, then Halloween, then The Thing, now another remake. I wonder if people will remember his name in ten years....
poor carpenter, first The Fog, then Halloween, then The Thing, now another remake. I wonder if people will remember his name in ten years....
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501stVadersFist
3:51PM on 03/13/2007
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How about a sequel to 300 called like Platea. I wanna see xerxes get his ass kicked by 30,000 Spartans,Athenians,ect

now thats something that should be done
How about a sequel to 300 called like Platea. I wanna see xerxes get his ass kicked by 30,000 Spartans,Athenians,ect

now thats something that should be done
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HoyleHaw
2:40PM on 03/13/2007
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I actually wouldn't mind a sequel to "Citizen Kane" as Dark Knight suggested, simply because it would be such a ridiculous thng to undertake, and a sure-fire failure at that. This, on the other hand...NO. I do agree B...
I actually wouldn't mind a sequel to "Citizen Kane" as Dark Knight suggested, simply because it would be such a ridiculous thng to undertake, and a sure-fire failure at that. This, on the other hand...NO. I do agree Butler has a bit of a likeness to Kurt Russell, but that isn't grounds for a remake. Remaking cult classics is wrong, especially ones remembered as fondly as that one. The sequel sucked, so why should a remake be any better?
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PackBacker
2:28PM on 03/13/2007
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I thought Snake Plisskin was dead. Lord I wish...better than a remake.
I thought Snake Plisskin was dead. Lord I wish...better than a remake.
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Mut
1:23PM on 03/13/2007
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F*ck this. That's all I've got to say. F*ck this.
F*ck this. That's all I've got to say. F*ck this.
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brentage5000
12:17PM on 03/13/2007
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Butler = good

Sequel = no, no, no....if you want him to help Snake out, or maybe be Snake's illegitimate son, i'm all for it. But sequel? No.
Butler = good

Sequel = no, no, no....if you want him to help Snake out, or maybe be Snake's illegitimate son, i'm all for it. But sequel? No.
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S1nn3r
12:00PM on 03/13/2007
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Sequel... sequel we need a ******* sequel not a ******* remake....
Sequel... sequel we need a ******* sequel not a ******* remake....
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ugh....
drwcomics
11:47AM on 03/13/2007
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no more.....no more remakes....I'm so sick of hearing news like this....
no more.....no more remakes....I'm so sick of hearing news like this....
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On the bright side
Fridge
11:19AM on 03/13/2007
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They're remaking a movie that sucks, not some great original.
They're remaking a movie that sucks, not some great original.
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STOOPID!
Ratlehed
10:34AM on 03/13/2007
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Might as well remake "Dirty Harry" too. With Justin Timberlake playing Harry. Makes as much sense.
Might as well remake "Dirty Harry" too. With Justin Timberlake playing Harry. Makes as much sense.
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I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!
Dark Knight
9:53AM on 03/13/2007
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I thought Carpenter was going to do Escape From Earth with Russell, and now this.So now we must ask ourselvers, when will Citizen Kane and other classics be remade ???????
I thought Carpenter was going to do Escape From Earth with Russell, and now this.So now we must ask ourselvers, when will Citizen Kane and other classics be remade ???????
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dex14
9:34AM on 03/13/2007
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yea..idk why but it really is one of the worst remake ideas. it just doesnt need to be touch..especially with talks of another movie being made not that long ago. whats next? remakes of blade runner and alien? or to s...
yea..idk why but it really is one of the worst remake ideas. it just doesnt need to be touch..especially with talks of another movie being made not that long ago. whats next? remakes of blade runner and alien? or to stay with the theme of everybody remaking john carpenters stuff...a remake of a remake of the thing
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Noooooooooooooooooooooo......
drexxell
9:01AM on 03/13/2007
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Of all the movies I never EVER want remade, it's this. Snake Pliskin IS Kurt Russell, now and forever.
Of all the movies I never EVER want remade, it's this. Snake Pliskin IS Kurt Russell, now and forever.
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rdance5507
8:57AM on 03/13/2007
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This is probably the worst of all the remake ideas I've heard in a long time.
This is probably the worst of all the remake ideas I've heard in a long time.
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