Snake Plissken in ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK Remake Still in Question
A few days ago it was announced that Jeremy Renner, the Oscar-nominated star of THE HURT LOCKER had been offered the role of the eye patch wearing, ultimate badass Snake Plissken. All this was set to happen in New Line's remake of the John Carpeter classic ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK...












Makes it harder with a Kurt Russel intro pic, doesn't it? Breck Eisner's remake of John Carpenter's cult clasic ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK is seeing some movement today. Who in God's green earth could possibly fill Kurt Russels shoes? Acording to
Now this is the Kurt Russell movie we've been waiting for since his dealings in the Grindhouse flick "Death Proof". Kurt Russell will star as Virgil Lone (badass name) and it's no surprise but Virgil is a wisecracking, tough guy with something to prove. Can you say, hell to the yes...
John Carpenter's 'Escape from New Your' is one of those cult classics that created a whole generation of anti-hero loving Snake Plissken fans (played by Kurt Russel). With it's cheesy one liners and post-apostolic setting what was not to love...
We announced a few days ago that writer Allan Loeb (21, Wall Street 2) is set to pen the remake of John Carpenter's cult classic 


