With the exception of Alita: Battle Angel, Robert Rodriguez has previously only directed from scripts that he’s written himself, so it will be interesting to see if he winds up penning his own version of the story.
One interesting detail that the report adds says “hope is to reinvent the property with an eye toward launching a Planet Of The Apes-like franchise.”
Deadline is reporting the news that the helmer of both the El Mariachi and Spy Kids trilogies is now set to craft his own vision of Escape From New York.
Fox got the rights to remake the film all the way back in October 2015, and Luther creator Neil Cross was hired to pen the screenplay.