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Zack Snyder is tackling a reimagining of a beloved John Carpenter sci-fi movie. Studiocanal and The Picture Company are currently involved with the project, which is expected to be taken out to market in the near future.
Snyder made his feature film directorial debut in 2004 with Dawn of the Dead. After that, he went on to make 2006’s 300, 2009’s Watchmen, 2010’s Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, and 2011’s Sucker Punch. At this point in his career, Snyder then made 2013’s Man of Steel, which launched the DCEU at Warner Bros. He followed Man of Steel with 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and 2017’s Justice League, though Justice League had a notoriously troubled development, which ultimately led to the release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League in 2021.
Additionally, Snyder made 2021’s Army of the Dead, 2023’s Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire, and 2024’s Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver. He’s currently working on a drama movie called The Last Photograph, though a release date for that project has not yet been set.
What John Carpenter sci-fi movie is Zack Snyder remaking?
Per The Hollywood Reporter, it’s now been announced that Snyder is writing and directing a reimagining of Carpenter’s Escape from New York. The original Escape from New York was released in 1981 and sees Kurt Russell playing S.D. “Snake Plissken.” It was followed by a sequel, Escape from L.A., in 1996.
A description of the original film reads, “In 1997, a major war between the United States and the Soviet Union is concluding, and the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a giant maximum security prison. When Air Force One is hijacked and crashes into the island, the president is taken hostage by a group of inmates. Snake Plissken, a former Special Forces soldier turned criminal, is recruited to retrieve the president in exchange for his own freedom.”
Plot details for Snyder’s version remain under wraps at this time. Hollywood has been trying to make an Escape from New York remake happen for years, now, as directors such as Len Wiseman, Robert Rodriguez, Leigh Whannell, and more were previously attached to it in the past.
Originally reported by Brandon Schreur at ComingSoon.
