Escape to New Line

By Eric Walkuski

Posted 19 years ago

Last Updated on July 27, 2021

We don’t see much of John Carpenter anymore, but Hollywood sure is remaking the hell out of his movies… Only a couple days ago came the news that CAA and producer Neil Moritz were shopping around a package that would see Gerard Butler starring in a remake of John Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, written by Ken Nolan. After an apparently intense bidding war ensued, New Line Cinema came out the victor, and will immediately set about looking for a director (Ridley Scott? Antoine Fuqua? just guesses…), as well as settling on a suitable year for the flick to take place in, since I’m guessing 1998 ain’t gonna cut it anymore.

Butler is a good start, and it should be alotta fun watching the movie’s casting process progress. That is, unless they dare not include such memorable characters as The Duke, Brain, Cabbie, and of course, Maggie (and remember, Selma Blair is no substitute for Adrienne Barbeau. Got it, Moritz?)

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Eric Walkuski

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Favorite Movies: Jaws, Star Wars Trilogy, Aliens, Citizen Kane, The Third Man, Dawn read more of the Dead ('78), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ('74), Fargo, Miller's Crossing, Reservoir Dogs, The Manchurian Candidate ('62), Taxi Driver, Back to the Future, Stand by Me, Shaun of the Dead, Boogie Nights, La Dolce Vita, 12 Angry Men, The Birds, Touch of Evil

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