Escape from New York

Luc Besson found guilty for plagiarizing Carpenter’s Escape from New York

Posted 10 years ago

A very unique court case was decided today. An appeals court ruled that Luc Besson has been found guilty of plagiarizing John Carpenter's ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK for his 2012 effort LOCKOUT. He has been ordered to pay Carpenter and his...

Jack Burton to meet Snake Plissken in the pages of crossover comic

Posted 10 years ago

With their 1981 and 1986 action/adventure collaborations ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK and BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, director John Carpenter and star Kurt Russell brought two amazing, iconic heroes to the big screen – war hero turned anti-authority criminal badass...

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Chucky, Finding Dory, The Joker

Posted 10 years ago

Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...

Top 10 Worst Movie Presidents of All Time

Posted 10 years ago

The United States is currently in the middle of one of the most bizarre Presidential elections in history. Whether you lean Republican or Democrat, chances are you have some truly negative things to say about who is running for the...

Cool Horror Videos: John Carpenter performs the EFNY theme live in studio

Posted 10 years ago

Master of horror and master of synth music John Carpenter will be following up his two recently released albums of new compositions, Lost Themes and Lost Themes II, with two 12-inch records containing re-recorded themes from some of his most...

John Carpenter on the EFNY reboot, his fave Halloween shot, & Lost Themes II

Posted 11 years ago

The Hollywood Reporter was given the rare opportunity to speak with John Carpenter in this Halloweeniest of months, and they got some very valuable insights into the man's mind and the future of his art. But first, the most important...

John Carpenter wins plagiarism case against EuropaCorp & Lockout filmmakers

Posted 11 years ago

2012's LOCKOUT starring Guy Pearce has been described by more than a few as an ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK ripoff, and apparently director John Carpenter didn't take too kindly to how much the filmmakers "borrowed" from his movie for their...

Luther’s Neil Cross tapped to write the Escape From New York reboot

Posted 11 years ago

Many may have been hoping not to hear that the reboot of John Carpenter's ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK is moving forward, but I have good and bad news for them. The bad news is that the flick is looking to tap...

Escape From New York remake lands Luther creator to write screenplay

Posted 11 years ago

We’ve known an ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK remake was coming for awhile. 20th Century Fox has been high on getting this project off the ground, and, as we all know, when a studio really wants to do something, come hell...

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