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Gerard Butler joins "Escape From New York"
By Karl Schneider
March 13, 2007
Source: Variety
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According to Variety, Gerard Butler (300) has signed on to star in the upcoming remake of John Carpenter's
Escape From New York.
Butler would play Snake Plissken, the one-eyed convict who's charged with heading into the inescapable maximum security prison formerly known as Manhattan to liberate the U.S. president. Kurt Russell played the role in the original film.
Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down) will write the script.
KJ's Take: I'm afraid the original is a bit too dated for me. I only vaguely remember the 1996 sequel, Escape from L.A., and only watched bits and pieces at that. Regardless, if done right, I think this could be a very, very cool action film.