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Wiseman meets Plissken Aug. 14, 2007
Source: Variety   by: Dave Davis

The rumor went 'round a couple weeks back, but it's official: LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD director Len Wiseman will help 300 king Gerard Butler enter (and then flee) a futuristic Manhattan in the remake of ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK.

Butler will slip on the eyepatch of infamous mercenary Snake Plissken in New Line's update of John Carpenter's 1981 flick. BLACK HAWK DOWN writer Ken Nolan is handling the script and Neal Moritz (XXX, STEALTH) is producing, so there should be significantly more action than when Kurt Russell originally blasted Crazies in the giant island prison while extracting the President.

Wiseman was also tumbling around the rumor mill to helm the adaptation of hit videogame GEARS OF WAR, but apparently opted for some time behind bars in the Big Apple. The remake will probably start rolling later this year or early 2008 to beat these potential strikes that everyone keeps mentioning but probably won't even happen. Wiseman also directed both UNDERWORLD movies and is married to Kate Beckinsale, which automatically makes him better than you.

Extra Tidbit: According to the original film's timeline, New York should have been walled off and populated entirely by criminals almost 20 years ago.

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MovieMaverick on Aug 15 2007, 12:00:09 PM writes:
SO GAYYYYY
DaForce: YES. Everything you said is EXACTLY what I was just about to type.

Wiseman really needs to stick with his own original shit, and stay the FUCK away from sequels/remakes of already good films. I hope hes not the next Paul W.S. Anderson....

..Actually nobody is as horrible as him..well....except Uwe Boll....and Rob Cohen...and..ahh fuck it.
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Dark Knight on Aug 15 2007, 11:52:32 AM writes:

So far all remakes of John Carpenter's movies have sucked bigtime (no doubt Zombie's Halloween will too). This is pretty bad move for Wiseman and Butler, after success with Die Hard 4.0 and 300. Sequels and REMAKES - that's what Hollywood of today is all about.
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thebrodyman on Aug 15 2007, 11:16:53 AM writes:
WHY?
Escape from New York is a classic, why do they need to re-make it? I'm fine with Wiseman, and I like Butler, but come on, this is ridicules.
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stock on Aug 15 2007, 10:57:56 AM writes:

To paraphrase the late Johnny Cochrane, "If the patch don't fit-it will be shit." In other words, you don't remake True Grit, (some idiot tried that once too.) Dirty Harry, or Snake Plissken. Why would that even enter their minds?
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Arvindh on Aug 15 2007, 7:29:55 AM writes:
THIS IS NEW YORK!
Wow. First Sparta now New York. What a rush, eh? I'm up for this sh*t. Should be great.
Oh...and I don't care for Vincent Gallo's looks...all I know is that he's a cruel lil' rat coz' he gives you this awesome BJ scene and then follows with an awesomely powerful ending which is also a major..MAJOR turn-off...do you know what sh*t like that does to you, man? I hate you, Gallo! Go watch The Brown Bunny, you'll understand. And I'm refering to JoBlo's quote of the day. :)
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foxgate2000 on Aug 15 2007, 5:34:19 AM writes:

Okay, I love the character of Plissken, but didn't like either New York or L.A. (And it seems in that particular world every city is a prison, wasn't there an Escape from Philly comic once, too?) and I thought Butler was awesome in 300 and is an all around cool guy... but as Snake? No, sorry, but uh-uh. Maybe as Solid Snake in a Metal Gear movie, but not Plissken.
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fat-womanizer on Aug 15 2007, 3:28:18 AM writes:
AHHHHHHH
I'm 100 % with you Da Force. Wiseman sucks. This shitty blue tone took everything human out of Die hard. And Butler is one bad actor...
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APzombie on Aug 15 2007, 12:41:36 AM writes:

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ...............


.....fuck.
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DaForce on Aug 15 2007, 12:13:27 AM writes:
LET ME GUESS...
It'll be a PG-13 movie, no one will die on camera, and everything will be filmed with a blue-tinge and have editing done by someone with the attention span of a gnat. Oh, and the DVD release will have a special 'unrated' version. Seriously, why not just release this one direct to DVD and get it over with?

Wiseman needs to stick to doing crappy pseudo-vampire movies with his wife.

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theshadowalker on Aug 14 2007, 11:49:01 PM writes:
GERARD BUTLER?

Why're fanboys so enamored of Gerard Butler? Sure, he was fun in the gleefully OTT, 'toonish 300...but he was freakin' dreadful as the Phantom, and just plain ol' dull as Dracula.
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