Cross’ Escape From New York script is said to change several key details from the original; instead of a prison, New York is a shiny metropolis policed by drones and A.I., and Snake has to complete his mission before a hurricane hits the city.
John Carpenter has given the Escape From New York remake script his seal of approval.
While fans may be skeptical of this new take on Escape From New York, Carpenter’s blessing of the script offers some hope it can live up to the classic original.
The original movie from 1981 starred Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken, a one-eyed outlaw tasked with rescuing the President from New York, which has been walled off and turned into a maximum security prison.