Feb 2, 2019
Leigh Whannell to Write “Escape From New York” Remake
The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Leigh Whannell (Saw, Insidious) has signed on the write 20th Century Fox’s Escape From New York remake. John Carpenter is on-board as executive producer. Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman are producing.
In the 1981 film Manhattan has been converted into a giant maximum security prison. When the President crashes inside the prison Snake Plissken, a convicted bank robber, is sent in to break the President out.
(Image from 1981 Escape from New York)
