John Carpenter Gives Escape From New York Remake Script His Seal of Approval
At this point, I think it’s safe to say we all know that director Robert Rodriguez is all set to direct the upcoming remake of John Carpenter’s Escape From New York. The script has been penned by Neil Cross and everything is all set to go.
But what does John Carpenter think of the script?
Well, it turns out that the Carpenter recently gave the script a look and… wait for it… he approves! Nice! Yes, screenwriter Cross was recently speaking with Deadline about his upcoming projects and dropped the story on how John Carpenter read and approved of his version of the classic flick.
“It was quite a challenging script, it’s a challenging thing to reinvent,” Cross said. “One of the most terrifying sentences I’ve ever heard in my life is ‘we’ve given the script to John Carpenter’. I crawled around for three days thinking ‘oh my god’ but we got John Carpenter’s seal of approval. He approved it and that’s all I need. You never quite know [if it’s done] but I might need to do some rewrites and do some nip and tuck but in the first approximation, my job is done.”
Personally, I don’t know how much I’m looking forward to a remake of Escape from New York. But with director Robert Rodriguez at the helm and John Carpenter giving the script his okay, I’m getting a bit more accustomed to the idea.
How do you feel about this upcoming remake of Escape from New York? Let us know below!
Synopsis:
In 1997, a major war between the United States and the Soviet Union is concluding, and the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a giant maximum security prison. When Air Force One is hijacked and crashes into the island, the president (Donald Pleasence) is taken hostage by a group of inmates. Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell), a former Special Forces soldier turned criminal, is recruited to retrieve the president in exchange for his own freedom.
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