The original 1981 Escape from New York stars Kurt Russell as “Snake” Plissken, a prisoner who’s dropped into futuristic dystopian New York to rescue the president.
It looks like Fox is determined to remake John Carpenter’s classic Escape from New York.
The studio has set its sights on Robert Rodriguez, of Sin City, From Dusk Till Dawn, and Machete to direct.
This news comes via Jeff Sneider at The Tracking Board, and marks an interesting development not only for Escape from New York, but also for the live-action Alita: Battle Angel.