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News: "Luther" Creator Set to Write "Escape From New York" Remake

by Ken Miyamoto on October 12, 2015

Neil Cross, creator of the series Luther, will write 20th Century Fox’s action remake Escape From New York. Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman of The Picture Company will produce the remake of the 1981 John Carpenter hit. Carpenter will be creatively involved as well. 

The original was co-written by Carpenter and Nick Castle, starred Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken, an outlaw who’s tasked with rescuing the president of the U.S. from the decaying maximum security prison known as Manhattan. Set in the twisted future of 1997, the film was a box office success and led to an eventual sequel, Escape from LA, in 1996.

Fox is also remaking Carpenter’s cult favorite Big Trouble in Little China, with Dwayne Johnson starring in the role of Jack Burton, as made famous by Russell.

Cross also worked on the Jessica Chastain-led horror film Mama and the Guillermo del Toro-directed Pacific Rim.

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