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February, 2010
'Escape From New York' Remake Writer Allan Loeb Sees Franchise Potential, MTV Movies Blog
Exclusive Details on the Escape From New York Remake: Different Big Apple, Same Eye Patch, New York Magazine

September, 2009
Jonathan Mostow Talks About EFNY Remake, Fangoria

July, 2009
Jonathan Mostow's Remake Script Review By The Doctor, From Merrick, Ain't It Cool News

June, 2009
Producer Neal Moritz is going to produce a remake of Cliffhanger and also a re-boot Escape From New York. The Budget is set to $80 million, and it will be made by Warner Bros, New Line and Studio Canal.

June, 2008
Spielberg News a French website is reporting that Josh Brolin is in talks or he is in consideration to play Snake Plissken in a remake of Escape from New York. This is yet to be confirmed, so for this is only a rumor. Don't take this seriously.

Here is what the site says:
"A source close to the production (if so) has assured us that it is now Josh Brolin to be in the running to take over the role of Snake Plissken in the remake currently in draft New York 1997.”

February, 2008
New Line Cinema is shut down and is declared dead. The studio will be falling in under Time Warner and will become part of Warner Brothers. That means no more properties and no more Snake Plissken. I think it's safe to say this project is dead. 

October, 2007:
Both Brett Ratner and Gerard Butler are off. Gerard due to "creative differences". Jonathan Mostow is replaced to rewrite the script with an option to direct. 

October, 2007
Director Brett Ratner replaces Len Wiseman

August, 2007
Director Len Wiseman is confirmed to direct

March, 2007
New Line has won the bidding war for the remake of John Carpenter's ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK. In a package put together by the CAA agency, Gerard (300) Butler will take over the Snake Plissken role made famous by Kurt Russell. According to John Carpenter, Neil Moritz & Ken Nolan it will be "almost an origin story."

Facts:
Production Company: New Line (Declared dead since February 28, 2008) Warner Bros, New Line, Studio Canal
Director: Len Wiseman (off), Brett Ratner (off), Jonathan Mostow
Screenwriters: Ken Nolan (replaced) Jonathan Mostow (replaced) Allan Loeb
Producers: Neal Moritz
Executive Producers: John Carpenter, Ori Marmus, Ron Halpern, Fredrich Sichler
Actors: Gerard Butler (off) Josh Brolin (rumor)
Plot: An examination of Snake's origins. Remake/Prequel.
Release date: 2009/2011

Scripts:
Ken Nolan's EFNY 2009 Draft/Script 3.05 mB

Reviews:
Ken Nolan's EFNY 2009 Draft/Script By Merrick. Ain't It Cool News
Jonathan Mostow's 2009 Draft/Script By The Doctor, From Merrick, Ain't It Cool News

Misc:
Escape From New York Anti-Remake." protest vid, (DailyMotion)

Petitions:
Stop the 'Escape From New York' Remake

Interviews:
Kurt Russell Talks Snake Plissken and the Remake of Escape From New York (MTV) (Video)
Remake the Snake? Kurt Russell: I am Snake Plissken!" By Chris Nashawaty, ew.com
Kurt Russell's Not Happy About the Planned "Escape from New York" Remake By Rebecca Murray, About.com
John Carpenter By Daniel Robert Epstein, SuicideGirls

Related Articles:
'Escape From New York' Remake Writer Allan Loeb Sees Franchise Potential, MTV Movies Blog
Exclusive Details on the Escape From New York Remake: Different Big Apple, Same Eye Patch, New York Magazine
Jonathan Mostow Talks About EFNY Remake, Fangoria
Cliffhanger and Escape from New York remakes in the works, The Scorecard Review
Rumor: Josh Brolin Escaping From New York?, LatinoReviews.com
Back to Square One For Plissken's 'Escape From New York', Bloody-Disgusting.Com
UPDATED!! ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK Remake Director Swap!! Who Could Be Worse Than Wiseman?? Oh...Wait..., Ain't It Cool News
And The Director Of GEARS OF WAR And The ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK Remake May Be..., Ain't It Cool News
Merrick Thinks The ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK Remake Script Is Surprisingly ESCAPE FROM NEW YORKish!!!, Ain't It Cool News
Gerard Butler locked in for a futuristic thriller... No, not ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK: The Remake, another one!!!, Ain't It Cool News
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK more of a prequel than a remake? So says Carpenter to Suicide Girls!!, Ain't It Cool News
New Line plotting Butler 'Escape', Variety
So Is King Leonidas A Snake? Will Gerard Butler ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK?! Ain't It Cool News