Breaking news, folks: Snake Plissken is back from the dead, and we’re not sure if we should be excited or terrified 🙄. It looks like the long-dormant Escape franchise, featuring the one-eyed mercenary with a penchant for getting out of tight spots, is getting a reboot for the 2020s. Because, you know, the world was just missing a gritty, dystopian action movie with a healthy dose of sarcasm and eye patches 🤣. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Zack Snyder will write and direct a “reimagining” of the series, because who needs originality when you can just remake something that was already perfect 🙄.
So, what can we expect from this new version of Escape from New York? Well, for starters, it’ll probably have a lot more CGI and a lot less Kurt Russell, which is a shame, because let’s be real, Kurt Russell is the real MVP 🙌. But hey, maybe Zack Snyder will surprise us and create something actually good, instead of just a soulless remake with a bunch of explosions and a paper-thin plot 🤔. The feature project is being put together and will be taken out to market in the coming weeks, and marks the first concrete steps of getting an Escape from New York movie up and going in years. And the intent is to release the feature theatrically, according to sources, because who needs streaming when you can pay $15 for a movie ticket and a bucket of stale popcorn 🍿?
If the film comes together, this would be the first Snake Plissken movie since 1996’s Escape From L.A., which was a masterpiece of 90s action cinema, with its over-the-top action sequences, cheesy one-liners, and a healthy dose of social commentary 🤣. The original Escape From New York, directed and co-written by John Carpenter, was a classic of the genre, with its bleak dystopian future, over-the-top action, and a very dark sense of humor. And who can forget the iconic performance of Kurt Russell as Plissken, a famed military hero turned convicted felon, who takes a deal for a pardon in exchange for rescuing the President of the United States from the island of Manhattan — now a walled-off, lawless penal colony — after Air Force One crashes there 🚀?
Snyder’s next movie is an original thriller he co-wrote himself titled The Last Photograph; he shot the project in 2025, because who needs a social life when you can just make movies all day 📸. His last film prior to that was his two-part sci-fi epic Rebel Moon for Netflix, which was a masterpiece of cinematic storytelling, with its complex characters, engaging plot, and a healthy dose of explosions and special effects 🤯. Generally speaking, Snyder hasn’t made many “reimaginings” in his career, but his feature directorial debut was actually an extremely successful remake: 2004’s Dawn of the Dead, based on George A. Romero’s iconic zombie film, which was a classic of the genre, with its social commentary, over-the-top gore, and a healthy dose of humor 😂.
So, what can we expect from this new version of Escape from New York? Will it be a masterpiece of cinematic storytelling, or just another soulless remake with a bunch of explosions and a paper-thin plot 🤔? Only time will tell, but one thing’s for sure: it’ll be a wild ride, full of action, suspense, and a healthy dose of sarcasm and eye patches 🤣. And who knows, maybe it’ll even be good, but probably not, because let’s be real, it’s a remake, and remakes are always inferior to the original 🙄. But hey, at least it’ll be fun to watch, and who needs originality when you can just remake something that was already perfect 🤣? 🎥👍
