The original film is set in a near future when Manhattan has been turned into a maximum security prison.
There have been several previous attempts to reboot the franchise.
In 2015,EW confirmed thatLuthercreator Neil Cross had been hired to write a new series entry.
Snake Plissken in ‘Escape from New York’.Everett Collection
Two years later,DesperadodirectorRobert Rodriguez was in negotiations to work on a reboot.
By 2020, it looked likeThe Invisible Manwriter-director Leigh Whannell was prepping to take over the franchise.
“We’re very excited to be working with 20th Century on that,” he continued.
But very early stages."
So is the plan for the new movie to be a sequel or a remake?
“Not a remake,” said Gillett.
Watch a trailer for Carpenter’s originalEscape From New Yorkbelow.
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