#One eye snake escape from new york movie#
While the ill-fated Escape From LA is a fun movie that doesn’t get the credit it deserves, it is a far cry from the quality of the original. The new Escape from New York is in good hands, but the original saga will always be associated with unfinished business. If that’s not enough to entice you, Carpenter will also executive produce. Furthermore, the THR report states that this remake will not be a tentpole movie with lofty franchise ambitions in mind.
That’s the gold standard answer for any remake, but given Whannell’s affinity for cult cinema, coupled with his proven track record of telling entertaining stories, I firmly believe that this remake will be a worthwhile redo. Nothing is known about the story other than it will retain elements from the original while bringing fresh ideas to proceedings. If Rodriguez is still on board, though, that’s also groovy. Whether or not he will direct the movie remains a mystery, but he made one of 2018’s best movies in the form of Upgrade, so he should be given the reins. The Hollywood Reporter recently announced that Leigh Whannell has been hired to write the new version.
Well, now the remake is back on and seems to be pushing forward. But given that the director has spent the last couple of years helming Alita: Battle Angel, you can understand why this one was put on the backburner. Since that announcement, details about Rodriguez’s involvement were kept close to the chest. Robert Rodriguez had signed on to direct the redo of John Carpenter‘s 1981 action classic, which saw Kurt Russell play a renegade soldier with an eye-patch tasked with saving the president from the titular imprisoned city. Carpenter also reminisces about the 1987 cult hit They Live, its epic six-minute fight scene, and the film's star, Roddy Piper, who died in July.It was only a couple of years ago that we were feeling excited about the long-gestating Escape from New York remake. See THR's interview for more from Carpenter, who directed the 1978 slasher classic Halloween. The last Metal Gear Solid, The Phantom Pain, launched on Sept. Kojima, of course, is done with Konami after nearly 30 years with the publisher, though Konami insists he's technically on vacation. Carpenter and CanalPlus reeived only a modest settlement.
The question came up as THR asked about Carpenter's copyright infringement lawsuit against Luc Besson over 2012's Lockout, which Carpenter and fellow rightsholder CanalPlus considered a more direct ripoff of Escape From New York. Why? "I know the director of those games, and he's a nice guy," Carpenter told THR. Creator Hideo Kojima has been forthright about the film's influence on his work, and that almost landed him and Konami in court.Ĭarpenter, speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, said one of the rights holders to his 1981 film "wanted to also go after the video game Metal Gear Solid, which is kind of a rip-off of Escape From New York, too," Carpenter said. Solid Snake is, quite openly, an homage to Snake Plissken, the protagonist of John Carpenter's Escape From New York.
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