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New Line’s Going To ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK!

Well, it looks like it’s official now. As rumored the other day, Gerard Butler and Neal Moritz are attached to star in and produce the upcoming remake of ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, and New Line “won” the chance to release it.

Here’s VARIETY’s story on the whole rotten thing.



Drew McWeeny, Los Angeles

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Stop the remake PETITION!
by JohnCarpenterForum.com
Mar 16th, 2007
04:28:12 AM
Yeah I agree
by Redfive!
Mar 16th, 2007
04:29:49 AM
F*ck!
by Lord_Soth
Mar 16th, 2007
04:31:03 AM
Escape From The Theater! Wait...I won't even be there!
by FilmCritic3000
Mar 16th, 2007
04:31:05 AM
LOL they are so stupid
by kingoflight
Mar 16th, 2007
04:32:55 AM
In the name of all that's good and holy...
by KnightShift
Mar 16th, 2007
04:34:53 AM
Studio heads should just start shooting us
by IndustryKiller!
Mar 16th, 2007
04:38:40 AM
Wow Filmcritic
by IndustryKiller!
Mar 16th, 2007
04:41:48 AM
Damn....
by Playkins
Mar 16th, 2007
04:42:52 AM
And I forgot to add...
by Playkins
Mar 16th, 2007
04:45:09 AM
Why this and not Memoirs of an Invisible Man?
by Boondock Devil
Mar 16th, 2007
04:45:34 AM
Sign that petition
by Crabman32
Mar 16th, 2007
04:45:38 AM
Is Snake going to wear a GOT TO SHIT eyepatch?
by Boondock Devil
Mar 16th, 2007
04:47:23 AM
I heard that it will be a totally different movie.
by mrfan
Mar 16th, 2007
04:57:19 AM
Fuck New Line
by kwisatzhaderach
Mar 16th, 2007
04:57:30 AM
I will see this 'pic' six times
by Franklin T Marmoset
Mar 16th, 2007
05:11:50 AM
Noooooooooooooooo, petition link won't work
by filmcoyote
Mar 16th, 2007
05:17:20 AM
What happened to New Line
by filmcoyote
Mar 16th, 2007
05:19:39 AM
Damn you Michael Bay
by MCMLXXVI
Mar 16th, 2007
05:20:09 AM
Curse of the Rings
by Boondock Devil
Mar 16th, 2007
05:29:07 AM
I'm just wondering...
by cornponious
Mar 16th, 2007
05:34:27 AM
Escape from the cinema.
by Reelheed
Mar 16th, 2007
05:39:56 AM
I don't get these New Line complaints
by Franklin T Marmoset
Mar 16th, 2007
05:54:44 AM
Reelheed
by filmcoyote
Mar 16th, 2007
05:55:18 AM
Remake happens, world ends
by readingwriter
Mar 16th, 2007
05:59:08 AM
"Are you ready for "They Live" ...
by DocPazuzu
Mar 16th, 2007
06:20:41 AM
Damn you Snake Plissken
by Dr Gregory House
Mar 16th, 2007
06:52:43 AM
if they want to remake a movie let them do dreamscape .
by JeanLuc Dickhard
Mar 16th, 2007
06:58:00 AM
I'm game
by antonphd
Mar 16th, 2007
07:02:48 AM
don't you know all the good ideas have been done?
by Maniaq
Mar 16th, 2007
07:08:35 AM
Let's see if Butler can looks at least half as cool...
by DerLanghaarige
Mar 16th, 2007
07:44:26 AM
damn
by misnomer
Mar 16th, 2007
08:00:41 AM
I hope they don't touch Big Trouble in Little China
by Dasher
Mar 16th, 2007
08:16:30 AM
Big Trouble was a bomb
by Laserbrain
Mar 16th, 2007
08:37:58 AM
An extra special message to New Line
by Sledge Hammer
Mar 16th, 2007
08:54:14 AM
horrible ... just horrible
by El Borak
Mar 16th, 2007
09:04:37 AM
Remake Movies that almost worked....
by runfoodrun
Mar 16th, 2007
09:16:41 AM
Remove the space in the PETITION link!
by JohnCarpenterForum.com
Mar 16th, 2007
09:28:28 AM
As bad as things are now...
by blackmantis
Mar 16th, 2007
09:31:03 AM
Escape From Earth
by talkbackgeek
Mar 16th, 2007
09:45:49 AM
DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE!
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Mar 16th, 2007
10:17:13 AM
So who's going to play the WTC?
by BlueDjinn1
Mar 16th, 2007
10:25:35 AM
But I heard Snake Pliskin was dead...
by Billyeveryteen
Mar 16th, 2007
11:04:35 AM
Okay, breathe...
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Mar 16th, 2007
11:06:46 AM
Cabbie
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Mar 16th, 2007
11:16:29 AM
Escape Remake
by JIG3
Mar 16th, 2007
11:22:42 AM
I just had a scary thought...
by coolhanderik
Mar 16th, 2007
11:23:40 AM
A (probably) unwelcome opinion on this issue
by Supernatural_Canary
Mar 16th, 2007
11:32:04 AM
**Picture of Butler looking like Snake in this post**
by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz
Mar 16th, 2007
11:34:49 AM
re: dutchsouthern 300 Comment
by www.valiens.com
Mar 16th, 2007
11:35:54 AM
RE-make Mannequin
by dirtygoku
Mar 16th, 2007
11:37:49 AM
No, the original won't cease to exist
by Vern
Mar 16th, 2007
11:41:10 AM
WOW
by liljuniorbrown
Mar 16th, 2007
11:44:07 AM
Put it this way...
by Vern
Mar 16th, 2007
11:44:09 AM
ho said Kurt Russell is too old to play Snake?
by Mr Incredible
Mar 16th, 2007
11:53:49 AM
So Mori, Carpenter is a producer, eh?
by genro
Mar 16th, 2007
11:54:41 AM
Oops..sorry. It should have been "Who"
by Mr Incredible
Mar 16th, 2007
11:55:17 AM
No Escape with Ray Liotta
by Samuel Fulmer
Mar 16th, 2007
11:55:33 AM
This is a freebee Studio Guys
by liljuniorbrown
Mar 16th, 2007
11:55:41 AM
Too Bad Kurt Russell
by Samuel Fulmer
Mar 16th, 2007
11:57:36 AM
Vern!We stand UNITED!
by TORTURE PWN
Mar 16th, 2007
12:05:34 PM
And the producer's company is named "Original Films"...
by genro
Mar 16th, 2007
12:05:47 PM
You have got to be kidding....
by Muaddib64
Mar 16th, 2007
12:06:08 PM
Just wait till "Death Proof" comes out...
by JohnCarpenterForum.com
Mar 16th, 2007
12:10:07 PM
Remake or New Installment
by Supernatural_Canary
Mar 16th, 2007
12:15:15 PM
Don't cross the Duke! Everybody knows that!
by sleepy holloway
Mar 16th, 2007
12:16:24 PM
erm, it might work......
by mrbong
Mar 16th, 2007
12:20:25 PM
Oh,and Vern..
by TORTURE PWN
Mar 16th, 2007
12:25:35 PM
Carpenter's Best
by Samuel Fulmer
Mar 16th, 2007
12:36:07 PM
WOW! Maybe they give it a Stepford Wives spin!
by Reelheed
Mar 16th, 2007
12:54:40 PM
Remakes vs. Originals
by Samuel Fulmer
Mar 16th, 2007
01:12:50 PM
Why isn't liljuniorbrown a producer?
by Doctor_Sin
Mar 16th, 2007
01:15:38 PM
New Line?
by Darth Melkor
Mar 16th, 2007
01:23:05 PM
Nope. Bad Idea
by Kefrif
Mar 16th, 2007
01:30:04 PM
Quote from the Director of the Piranha remake
by Boba Fat
Mar 16th, 2007
01:32:26 PM
"They Live" with Justin Timberlake and Method Man
by chrth
Mar 16th, 2007
01:34:49 PM
Quit The Complaining People....
by plisskenman
Mar 16th, 2007
01:34:54 PM
SEE YOU AT OPENING NIGHT!!...
by plisskenman
Mar 16th, 2007
01:43:05 PM
Ohferchissake
by Mentok
Mar 16th, 2007
01:43:37 PM
For the most part...
by Cellar Door
Mar 16th, 2007
01:46:32 PM
Butler will portray a cool snake.......
by plisskenman
Mar 16th, 2007
01:46:44 PM
Online Petitions
by DickButterworth
Mar 16th, 2007
01:49:20 PM
plisskenman
by Mentok
Mar 16th, 2007
01:52:48 PM
Thank You DB........
by plisskenman
Mar 16th, 2007
01:56:29 PM
It will NEVER out cool the original! It impossible
by captboulder
Mar 16th, 2007
02:00:07 PM
But Mentok.........
by plisskenman
Mar 16th, 2007
02:05:17 PM
Here's why it's a stupid, stupid, stupid idea
by FluffyUnbound
Mar 16th, 2007
02:09:07 PM
Thank U, Vern! Whoever said EFNY work because its 80's
by captboulder
Mar 16th, 2007
02:12:14 PM
Escape POD......
by plisskenman
Mar 16th, 2007
02:13:15 PM
Good idea, FluffyUnbound!
by captboulder
Mar 16th, 2007
02:18:21 PM
Cmon Fluffy.......
by plisskenman
Mar 16th, 2007
02:21:41 PM
"this country is in deep shit right now"
by chrth
Mar 16th, 2007
02:25:59 PM
Another Carpenter classic get's shafted....
by KillaKane
Mar 16th, 2007
02:37:21 PM
Even if the country is in deep shit...
by FluffyUnbound
Mar 16th, 2007
03:01:21 PM
"Escape From Windsor Castle": Simpsons did it
by chrth
Mar 16th, 2007
03:10:19 PM
Remakes? John Carpenter?
by Bob Fortuna
Mar 16th, 2007
03:17:44 PM
REMAKES ARE NOT NEW
by MattmanReturns
Mar 16th, 2007
03:46:00 PM
all i can say
by rdsxfan8
Mar 16th, 2007
04:59:54 PM
Tis a sad day...
by joeyjojojrshabadoo
Mar 16th, 2007
06:01:35 PM
Use Butler for Namor, axe the ramake, we don't need one
by The Founder
Mar 16th, 2007
06:07:16 PM
New Line should pay P Jackson before ruining this...
by Monkey_King
Mar 16th, 2007
06:29:45 PM
Upon reflection, this *might* work
by KnightShift
Mar 16th, 2007
06:34:39 PM
James Bond will soon be remade....
by Russman
Mar 16th, 2007
06:46:29 PM
Petition signed
by HeWhoCannotBeNamed
Mar 16th, 2007
06:54:42 PM
VERN:
by Playkins
Mar 16th, 2007
07:12:37 PM
Butler rules but this is blasphemy!!!
by R.C. the "Wise"
Mar 16th, 2007
07:38:45 PM
Supernatural_Canary
by HeWhoCannotBeNamed
Mar 16th, 2007
07:43:29 PM
Raimi already remade Evil Dead
by chrth
Mar 16th, 2007
07:45:43 PM
chrth
by HeWhoCannotBeNamed
Mar 16th, 2007
08:05:18 PM
Right On Nightshift......
by plisskenman
Mar 16th, 2007
08:12:21 PM
Carpenter is as much to blame.
by Wnanahara7
Mar 16th, 2007
08:17:18 PM
Cant Wait For The Next Halloween:)
by plisskenman
Mar 16th, 2007
08:18:56 PM
Ready For ESCAPE FROM Black hawk down
by plisskenman
Mar 16th, 2007
08:27:12 PM
My eyes glazed over...
by omarthesnake
Mar 16th, 2007
08:29:31 PM
OmarTheSnake
by HeWhoCannotBeNamed
Mar 16th, 2007
08:37:11 PM
Carpenter is ON BOARD........
by plisskenman
Mar 16th, 2007
08:39:26 PM
We Don't Own These Movies
by Professor Krapp
Mar 16th, 2007
08:47:42 PM
Glitter Remake , now thats funny.....
by plisskenman
Mar 16th, 2007
08:58:05 PM
Why remake it when Kurt Russel is still a badass???
by jojo-pimp
Mar 16th, 2007
09:10:11 PM
You just listen to the old Porkchop express
by longevitymonk
Mar 16th, 2007
10:07:26 PM
You know why Carpenter is touted as being "on board"...
by Sledge Hammer
Mar 16th, 2007
10:09:04 PM
Could they remake Space Mutiny?
by successor
Mar 16th, 2007
10:34:34 PM
When a movie is subjected to "remake," it means
by kabong
Mar 16th, 2007
10:39:16 PM
Sledge Hammer...
by hadez
Mar 16th, 2007
11:20:29 PM
Let me start the slow clap for Sledge Hammer
by TORTURE PWN
Mar 16th, 2007
11:23:56 PM
HEY,HOLLYWOOD!(almost)FREE MONEY! see below:
by TORTURE PWN
Mar 16th, 2007
11:38:18 PM
There is no Snake but Russell...
by guymc
Mar 17th, 2007
12:40:58 AM
remakes
by rdsxfan8
Mar 17th, 2007
12:44:34 AM
Get your own story!
by George Peppard
Mar 17th, 2007
01:48:59 AM
Neal Moritz producing through his Original Films banner
by Mace Tofu
Mar 17th, 2007
06:26:36 AM
a while back...
by dogstar69
Mar 17th, 2007
10:36:40 AM
HAHA!!! Sounds like a shit movie
by bilabooteen
Mar 17th, 2007
11:42:00 AM
Borgnine and Reynolds will be in this...
by TomBodet
Mar 17th, 2007
01:04:47 PM
BORGNINE............
by plisskenman
Mar 17th, 2007
01:39:21 PM
Ha and ha Vern ol' boy!
by Tinfang
Mar 17th, 2007
01:49:03 PM
Oh fish piss!
by Tinfang
Mar 17th, 2007
01:54:24 PM
The Problem with Carpenter is...
by glodene
Mar 17th, 2007
02:13:19 PM
STOP THE STOP THE REMAKE PETITION...
by plisskenman
Mar 17th, 2007
02:18:34 PM
AF1 and WTC scenes.........
by plisskenman
Mar 17th, 2007
02:38:03 PM
You have got to be fucking KIDDING me.
by polyh3dron
Mar 17th, 2007
07:11:30 PM
I just watched The Thing on HD-DVD too.
by polyh3dron
Mar 17th, 2007
07:12:50 PM
Total- you are my new favorite talkbacker.
by samsquanch
Mar 17th, 2007
10:12:22 PM
didn't I hear a rumor-
by samsquanch
Mar 18th, 2007
01:33:22 AM
THE THING is not a remake.
by TORTURE PWN
Mar 18th, 2007
01:56:37 AM
Just don't go
by dancetothebeatofthelivingdead
Mar 18th, 2007
07:54:31 AM
Torture Pawn
by dancetothebeatofthelivingdead
Mar 18th, 2007
07:55:51 AM
RE; plisskenman
by dogstar69
Mar 18th, 2007
07:56:02 AM
online petitions
by rdsxfan8
Mar 18th, 2007
10:23:34 AM
EFNY Remake Details.....
by plisskenman
Mar 18th, 2007
10:32:13 AM
PREQUEL MADNESS!!!
by samsquanch
Mar 18th, 2007
12:11:34 PM

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