Ladic Posted August 16, 2007 Posted August 16, 2007 Wiseman Set To Direct 'Escape From New York' Remake Filmmaker Len Wiseman is in negotiations to direct the remake of cult classic Escape From New York. Actor Gerard Butler has already signed up to star in the update of director John Carpenter's futuristic action film as anti-hero Snake Plissken, a part made famous by Kurt Russell in the 1981 original and its 1996 sequel Escape From LA. Wiseman most recently directed this year's Live Free Or Die Hard. http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2007-08-16/ will we see gerard butler screaming I AM SNAAAAAAKE! Quote
The Shade Posted August 16, 2007 Posted August 16, 2007 Apparently, Kurt Russell is not too pleased with the studio's choice for Snake Plissken. Kurt Russell on New Snake Plissken Quote
JsARCLIGHT Posted August 16, 2007 Posted August 16, 2007 I'd say Kurt Russell has an argument if Gerard Butler can't do a decent "American Accent". It sounds weird but I agree with Russell... Plisken is the quintessential American criminal. Half Cowboy, half gangster and all attitude. Quote
Mr March Posted August 16, 2007 Posted August 16, 2007 (edited) I like Gerard Butler, but Kurt Russel's Plisken is a very specific type of character. The original Carpenter film had a certain noir-esque feel to it and a VERY cynical ending. INCREDIBLY cynical! I really don't think Wiseman is a good idea for something like this and I really question the motives of the studio doing a remake of this film. The cynism, so strong in the original, is a ripe target for studio interference. This is doubly so given today's social/political climate. Live Free Or Die Hard was quite the work of jingoism entertainment and McClane was turned into the typical unstoppable hero-force. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but that's NOT Escape From New York...not with any amount of spin. Edited August 16, 2007 by Mr March Quote
mechaninac Posted August 16, 2007 Posted August 16, 2007 When will these stupid remakes end? When people stop going to the theaters to see them. Who is the more stupid, the remake itself, the studios that, having run out of original ideas and averse to taking financial risks with unknown/untested properties, keep pumping out regurgitated dreck, or the masses who pluck down money in droves to watch this stuff? Quote
Keith Posted August 16, 2007 Posted August 16, 2007 I thought Carpenter & Russel were going to do Escape From Earth? What ever happened with that? Quote
Mr March Posted August 16, 2007 Posted August 16, 2007 Russel did Soldier. After that, everyone sobered up Quote
Keith Posted August 16, 2007 Posted August 16, 2007 Yeah, but he also just did Death Proof, he's still got one more in him. Quote
Necron_99 Posted August 16, 2007 Posted August 16, 2007 When people stop going to the theaters to see them. Who is the more stupid, the remake itself, the studios that, having run out of original ideas and averse to taking financial risks with unknown/untested properties, keep pumping out regurgitated dreck, or the masses who pluck down money in droves to watch this stuff? Is there an 'all of the above' box I can check? Quote
Radd Posted August 16, 2007 Posted August 16, 2007 Meanwhile, plenty of great, or at least very enjoyable, movies bomb horribly in theatres, many great writers and directors are out of work, and even more fantastic projects never even get off the ground. Quote
mechaninac Posted August 16, 2007 Posted August 16, 2007 Insert-your-title-here Hollywood drivel: "Does this mean I'm popular?" Hollywood Studio Exec: "You're better than popular, you're pure lowest-common-denominator." Insert-your-title-here Hollywood drivel: "Yeay! I'm popular!" Quote
Sumdumgai Posted August 16, 2007 Posted August 16, 2007 Damn, I was hoping that Escape from Earth wouldn't drop off the face of the earth... I was looking forward to seeing Kurt Russel play Snake one more time. Oh well... Maybe he'll play Big Boss in the MGS movie. I wonder what John Carpenter thinks about this. Quote
The Shade Posted August 16, 2007 Posted August 16, 2007 I just had a thought about casting Gerard Butler as Snake: could this be similar to when they cast Daniel Craig as Bond? We were all in an uproar over it and we all did a 180 when Casino Royale came out. Hmmm... Quote
JsARCLIGHT Posted August 16, 2007 Posted August 16, 2007 That was casting a Brit as a Brit, this is casting a Brit as a hard boiled American super criminal. PLUS this movie does not need to be remade. The original is perfectly fine. Count me among those who wanted to see Russell in "Escape from Earth". Snake Plisken IS Kurt Russell and vice versa to me. Next thing you know they are going to remake Big Trouble in Little China and put Tobey Mcguire in the Kurt Russell role. Quote
do not disturb Posted August 16, 2007 Posted August 16, 2007 oh hells no. That was casting a Brit as a Brit, this is casting a Brit as a hard boiled American super criminal. PLUS this movie does not need to be remade. The original is perfectly fine. Count me among those who wanted to see Russell in "Escape from Earth". Snake Plisken IS Kurt Russell and vice versa to me. Next thing you know they are going to remake Big Trouble in Little China and put Tobey Mcguire in the Kurt Russell role. stop giving them ideas! Quote
Mercurial Morpheus Posted August 16, 2007 Posted August 16, 2007 I agree that this isn't looking good. If they must remake films, why not something that would, oh, I don't know, benefit from being remade? Not something already damn near perfect. I never saw Live Free or Die Hard, so I can't comment on the director (my sister hated it though). I loved 300, but I side with what's been said here. Russell is Plisken, end of story. Besides, didn't they already remake "Escape from New York". A little fake sequel called "Escape From LA". Quote
Vermillion21 Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Next thing you know they are going to remake Big Trouble in Little China and put Tobey Mcguire in the Kurt Russell role. Dude, don't give Hollywood any ideas .... :lol: Quote
Retracting Head Ter Ter Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Dude, don't give Hollywood any ideas .... :lol: I can imagine Johnny Depp making a brilliant David Lo Pan though. Quote
Sumdumgai Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 While they're at it, why don't they remake Alien, Robocop, Dr. Strangelove, Predator, Dirty Harry, and Blade Runner? I'm being sarcastic by the way . I was going to add Evil Dead to that, but it's already being remade according to imdb. Quote
Retracting Head Ter Ter Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 While they're at it, why don't they remake Alien, Robocop, Dr. Strangelove, Predator, Dirty Harry, and Blade Runner? I think they should re-make Star Wars ep IV to VI. Casting : Luke Skywalker : Daniel Radcliffe Han Solo : Orlando Bloom Darth Vader : Eddie Murphy Boba Fett : Johnny Depp Princess Leia : Jessica Alba! Quote
HoveringCheesecake Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 This remake will only be made worse by the fact that Snake can't land his glider on top of the World Trade Center. Quote
Keith Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Kurt Russell as Big Boss would be so unbelievabl awesome....how is the Metal Gear movie going anyway? And say what you will about Escape From L.A., but it still had a totally Pliskin ending. Quote
ShadowerV2 Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Escape from new York gets a remake but Escape from Earth isn't touched. It's kind of a shame when Phantasm 5 doesn't get made but this does. Quote
Mr March Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 This remake will only be made worse by the fact that Snake can't land his glider on top of the World Trade Center. Couldn't agree more. One of the signature sequences from the original. Quote
Kelsain Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 I can imagine Johnny Depp making a brilliant David Lo Pan though. To paraphrase from above: James Hong IS David Lo Pan and vice versa to me… Quote
Mr March Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 (edited) While they're at it, why don't they remake Alien Uh oh, I'm gonna get lynched for this: I was thinking about a remake of the Cameron sequel Aliens just a few weeks back and was tossing around ideas in my head for the cast. I was thinking Sarah Clarke (Nina Myers from "24") as Ripley, Michelle Rodriguez (Ana-Lucia Cortez from "Lost") as Vasquez and although he's probably too high profile and expensive now, Edward Norton ala American History X would make a perfect Corporal Hicks Of course, this is just day dreaming. I wouldn't want modern Hollywood anywhere near an Aliens remake. The chances of it sucking hard is just too great to risk it Edited August 17, 2007 by Mr March Quote
Sumdumgai Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Or they could just bring back Michael Biehn as Hicks, who is much older than he was supposed to be originally. Although I doubt he'd do it. I'm glad he turned down Alien 3. I was thinking for Vasquez the other actress in the first Resident Evil, the one that wasn't Milla Jovovich and played a tough character. Edward Norton is an awesome actor. AVP is all you need to think of to know how an Aliens remake would be. So I wonder with the new Escape movie, who will fill the role of the President and take over for Donald Pleasence. Malcolm McDowell? Since he's going to be Dr. Loomis in the new Halloween movie. Quote
Mercurial Morpheus Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Kurt Russell as Big Boss would be so unbelievabl awesome....how is the Metal Gear movie going anyway? And say what you will about Escape From L.A., but it still had a totally Pliskin ending. I agree on both ends. The ending was the best part of the film. "Welcome to the Human Race..." Quote
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