The Escape From New York remake will go ahead thanks to Allen Loeb.
The screenwriter, who essentially saved Wall Street 2 from development hell, has worked his magic again toও take the cult John Carpenter sci-fi actioner one step closer to the big screen.
The problem with many of the previous scripts,💛 it seems, had been down to two key factors; no-one could write Snake without making him a camp G.I Joe, and the prospect of turning Manhattan into a giant prison was proving too costly.
However Vulture are reporting that New Line is now "quickly moving forward" with their💮 plans to remake the film.
"Loeb nailed the humor in Plissken without slipping into camp, and he changed Snake’s rescue-mission target froಞm a president to a female senat🌺or, thereby upping the banter quotient."
"But just as big a factor was economic: They found a much cheaper way to turn Manhattan into a giant prison."
Until more details are released, we'll remain slightly sceptical of this reboot𓄧, but there is one positive to take from it: New Line's contract with John Carpenter stipulates that𒆙 any new version of Plissken must:
- Be called Snake.
- Wear an eye-patch.
- Always remain a bad-ass
That is pretty much the most awesome contract we've ever seen, and we'll be adding it to any future contract negotiations, pre-nups, and CVs we write from now on...
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