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‘Escape From New York’ Remake Rights Deal Won By Fox
Deadline Hollywood ^
| January 13, 2015
| Mike Fleming Jr
Posted on 01/15/2015 8:41:13 AM PST by C19fan
EXCLUSIVE: Snake Plissken is back! Fox has emerged from competitive bidding and closed a deal to remake the 1981 John Carpenter-directed cult classic Escape From New York. Andrew Rona and Alex Heinemans The Picture Company will produce. The original was released by Avco Embassy, and the rights were owned by Studiocanal. Carpenter will be an executive producer and will exert creative influence over the project. Foxs Mike Ireland brought it in and will steer. The hope is to reinvent the property with an eye toward launching a new franchise.
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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: escape; movies; new
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By the time the movie is released NYC under DiBlasio will devolve to where a rebooted "Escape from NY" might mean something to viewers.
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posted on
01/15/2015 8:41:13 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Oh, yay!
More remakes!
*sigh*
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posted on
01/15/2015 8:42:23 AM PST
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: C19fan
Please...Noooooo...
Everybody who escapes from New York comes to South Florida!
LOL.
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posted on
01/15/2015 8:42:37 AM PST
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: C19fan; GeronL
Why don’t they remake Escape from LA? That’s the one that sucked and should be remade better.
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posted on
01/15/2015 8:43:14 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
To: C19fan
It could be a documentary real soon.
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posted on
01/15/2015 8:43:26 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: left that other site
“Florida. Where America goes to die.”
:-D
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posted on
01/15/2015 8:43:31 AM PST
by
cuban leaf
(The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
To: C19fan; GeronL; Slings and Arrows
I’m waiting for the Citizen Kane of remakes, Citizen Kanye.
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posted on
01/15/2015 8:44:18 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
To: a fool in paradise
Ever since I watched the first Escape from New York, it’s kinda how I see the city. A place to be strongly avoided. Not because of the movie, though.
And you are right. It’s the better of the two.
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posted on
01/15/2015 8:44:43 AM PST
by
cuban leaf
(The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
To: C19fan
Please cast anyone but Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
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posted on
01/15/2015 8:44:48 AM PST
by
Dr. Thorne
("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
To: left that other site
Everybody who escapes from New York comes to South Florida! Billy Joel pretty much called it back in '75
You know those lights were bright on Broadway
That was so many years ago
Before we all lived here in Florida
Before the Mafia took over Mexico
There are not many who remember
They say a handful still survive
To tell the world about
The way the lights went out
And keep the memory alive
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posted on
01/15/2015 8:44:54 AM PST
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dfwgator
To: cuban leaf
God’s waiting Room.
I call the Coral Ridge upon which the Ft Lauderdale is built the “Geezer Plateau”.
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01/15/2015 8:45:03 AM PST
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left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Dr. Thorne
Please cast anyone but Dwayne The Rock Johnson. Or Vin Diesel.
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posted on
01/15/2015 8:45:44 AM PST
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dfwgator
To: dfwgator
Good Ol’ Billy Joel.
The funny thing is, all the NYC elders who live here in Floridah worship at his shrine!
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01/15/2015 8:46:29 AM PST
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left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: C19fan
If it doesn’t have Kurt Russell in it, it will be DOA.
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posted on
01/15/2015 8:46:32 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Offend a Christian and he is obliged to pray for you. Offend a Muslim and he is obliged to kill you.)
To: C19fan
The movie & music industry have run out of original ideas. They both suck.
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01/15/2015 8:47:14 AM PST
by
4yearlurker
(Some people say that experts agree!!)
To: left that other site
“Everybody who escapes from New York comes to South Florida”
Well, not all of ‘em, I got my share in NE Fla.
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01/15/2015 8:47:16 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
To: OneWingedShark
I know,, and they act like they made something on their own.. salaries on movie remakes should be half of new movies,,,
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posted on
01/15/2015 8:47:51 AM PST
by
ßuddaßudd
(>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
To: C19fan
Like Total Recall, the special effects will be improved but the story/acting will probably be the same. Pretty hard to improve on Kurt Russels’ Snake Plissken.
That said, any movie with Kate Beckinsale AND Jessica Biel is must see in my book.
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posted on
01/15/2015 8:48:11 AM PST
by
Lee'sGhost
("Just look at the flowers, Lizzie. Just look at the flowers.")
To: C19fan
The original is an overrated bore. A great idea made into a lousy film.
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01/15/2015 8:48:14 AM PST
by
Borges
To: V_TWIN
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01/15/2015 8:48:24 AM PST
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left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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