New Escape From New York Film (D: Bettinelli-Olpin/Gillett, EP: Carpenter)
08-05-06, 09:10 PM
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New Escape From New York Film (D: Bettinelli-Olpin/Gillett, EP: Carpenter)
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I'd love to see another Escape movie, so I really hope this ends up being true.
It has been 25 years since Kurt Russell made his first appearance as the bad ass Snake Plissken in John Carpenter's Escape from New York, now it looks like Russell and Carpenter are teaming up once again, this time to leave Earth. Escape From Earth is the title of the third entry to the franchise, according to our anonymous scooper. Inside you can read the unconfirmed scoop, which we'll be looking into this week...
Anonymous writes in:
"A major meeting was held at Paramount last week with both John Carpenter and Kurt Russell in attendance. The topic -- preparing for a third entry in the Snake Plissken chronicles entitled Escape From Earth.
Apparently, Carpenter completed a script for the project eight years ago but the studio has now taken an interest in it after Russell demanded doing it before signing on with the studio for a three picture deal.
Although the screenplay is being kept under tight wraps, I'm told (by another anonymous) who was lucky enough to take a peek at the first thirteen pages that the script takes off immediately where the previous left off and features our planet en-route to Armageddon.
It looks as though Carpenter will push-off the production of Psychopath with Titan Productions and collaborator Todd Farmer in order to ready this entry for a 2008 release.In the first film, which takes place in 1998, the US President crashes into Manhattan, which is now a giant max. security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in for a rescue.
Anonymous writes in:
"A major meeting was held at Paramount last week with both John Carpenter and Kurt Russell in attendance. The topic -- preparing for a third entry in the Snake Plissken chronicles entitled Escape From Earth.
Apparently, Carpenter completed a script for the project eight years ago but the studio has now taken an interest in it after Russell demanded doing it before signing on with the studio for a three picture deal.
Although the screenplay is being kept under tight wraps, I'm told (by another anonymous) who was lucky enough to take a peek at the first thirteen pages that the script takes off immediately where the previous left off and features our planet en-route to Armageddon.
It looks as though Carpenter will push-off the production of Psychopath with Titan Productions and collaborator Todd Farmer in order to ready this entry for a 2008 release.In the first film, which takes place in 1998, the US President crashes into Manhattan, which is now a giant max. security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in for a rescue.
08-06-06, 12:29 PM
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I remember hearing about Escape from Earth at the same time as Escape from LA was being released. I have always loved the Snake character and was dissappointed that LA never lived up to New York. You could see the budget had been cut because some of the effects are just awful in it. They should have kept it gritty like the original. It did have some great scenes....the basketball sequence and Kurt Russell looking exactly the same as he did in the original, so i would have high hopes for a third film. I mean if they are making a sequel to the shitty Steve Martin Pink Panther, then surely Snake deserves another chance. This could be a cool movie. Fingers crossed.
08-06-06, 03:59 PM
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Sounds pretty cool. And I also was disappointed with L.A. but it does have some terrific stand alone sequences and Snake was badass as always. So I'd definitely purchase a 16.9 enhanced released of the film.
08-06-06, 08:10 PM
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Let's just hope it's an actual SEQUEL this time around...my biggest problem with ESCAPE FROM LA was that it wasn't really a sequel to the first film as much as it was a remake of it.
08-06-06, 08:51 PM
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I'd see another Escape flick.
08-06-06, 08:56 PM
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Off topic, but if Carpenter and Russell are looking to team-up again, wouldn't a BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA sequel have much more appeal? Then again, I guess Paramount doesn't hold the rights to those characters...
08-07-06, 12:08 AM
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Shannon L.A. was a sequel.
The world went too hell after the first film,Snake had various adventures in the years leading up to L.A.,where we follow him on his current adventure.
It's not like he was locked up immediately after the first film ended(since he was free to go). So there is no real point if the film takes place 15 years later,why we'd have to see what happened to Snake immediately after the original ended and how he got locked up this time.
The world went too hell after the first film,Snake had various adventures in the years leading up to L.A.,where we follow him on his current adventure.
It's not like he was locked up immediately after the first film ended(since he was free to go). So there is no real point if the film takes place 15 years later,why we'd have to see what happened to Snake immediately after the original ended and how he got locked up this time.
08-07-06, 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Kudama
Where's the love for Snakes on a Surfboard? 
In fact I remember literally jumping with geekish joy when I saw the tv spot for the first time literally jumping up throwing my fists in the air screaming "YESSSSSSSSSSS" Rocky style. Since I find Snake a total badass and always wanted to see more films with him in,but never thought that would happen.
Of course the film didn't meet my expectations,but Snake still kicks ass in the film and it does have memorable badass individual set pieces. I especially like the ending of the picture.
Though my geekish enthusiasm at the time was probably tame compared to those old enough to have seen N.Y. when it first came out(I was 1 at the time). So I didn't see the film until I was 10 or something in the early 90's. But since I never expected Snake to return,I was totally excited,lol.
08-07-06, 01:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Julie Walker
Shannon L.A. was a sequel.
The world went too hell after the first film,Snake had various adventures in the years leading up to L.A.,where we follow him on his current adventure.
It's not like he was locked up immediately after the first film ended(since he was free to go). So there is no real point if the film takes place 15 years later,why we'd have to see what happened to Snake immediately after the original ended and how he got locked up this time.
The world went too hell after the first film,Snake had various adventures in the years leading up to L.A.,where we follow him on his current adventure.
It's not like he was locked up immediately after the first film ended(since he was free to go). So there is no real point if the film takes place 15 years later,why we'd have to see what happened to Snake immediately after the original ended and how he got locked up this time.
08-07-06, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Julie Walker
Shannon L.A. was a sequel.
The world went too hell after the first film,Snake had various adventures in the years leading up to L.A.,where we follow him on his current adventure.
It's not like he was locked up immediately after the first film ended(since he was free to go). So there is no real point if the film takes place 15 years later,why we'd have to see what happened to Snake immediately after the original ended and how he got locked up this time.
The world went too hell after the first film,Snake had various adventures in the years leading up to L.A.,where we follow him on his current adventure.
It's not like he was locked up immediately after the first film ended(since he was free to go). So there is no real point if the film takes place 15 years later,why we'd have to see what happened to Snake immediately after the original ended and how he got locked up this time.
TF: Yet a lot of people regard Escape From LA as more of a big budget remake than a sequel...
JC : Paramount said that, with sequels, audiences want the same thing but somehow different. So we took the structure of the first movie and inverted everything. LA’s not just a prison; it’s also the only real “free” place. Snake Plissken is not a rescuer; he’s an assassin. I looked at in the same way Howard Hawks approached El Dorado after he’d made Rio Bravo. He made the same movie structurally but changed the details.
JC : Paramount said that, with sequels, audiences want the same thing but somehow different. So we took the structure of the first movie and inverted everything. LA’s not just a prison; it’s also the only real “free” place. Snake Plissken is not a rescuer; he’s an assassin. I looked at in the same way Howard Hawks approached El Dorado after he’d made Rio Bravo. He made the same movie structurally but changed the details.
Last edited by Shannon Nutt; 08-07-06 at 11:33 AM.
