While most remakes don’t make a lick of sense, I’m actually intrigued and excited for the modern day take on John Carpenter’s Escape From New York, especially after what’s been going on in Ferguson. The fear of a police state is a growing concern in this country, and social commentary makes a film that much better (see Night of the Living Dead).
Assuming this long-gestured reboot gets off the ground, who may play the new Snake Plissken?
Pacific Rim‘s Charlie Hunnam, “The Walking Dead’s” Jon Bernthal and The Guest‘s Dan Stevens, pictured below, top Silver Pictures’ wishlist, according to Starlog. This means that no offers have been made, and that Silver hopes to land one of these three growing stars. Hunnam is said to be their top choice, but is my least favorite of the bunch. Frankly, I always thought Bernthal was the only thing good in “The Walking Dead” – and Stevens is just coming off an extremely badass role in Adam Wingard’s The Guest.
Something cool that may end up in the feature is that “Snake’s past will be seen in brief glimpses throughout the film, blending into his reality via Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,” says a source to the site.
And although Snake is the protagonist, there will be a team aspect to this new version:
“Plissken’s team consists of Mina, a warzone journalist framed for murder and living in the shadows of New York as a scavenger; Cabbie, a schizophrenic travel guide who serves as comic relief; Gareth, the last surviving member of the President’s security detail who harbors a dangerous secret; and The Brain, Plissken’s former partner-in-crime who left him to die after a botched robbery.”
There’s still no director attached, so I’d say this is seriously premature news and I wouldn’t put any weight into it. But it is fun to imagine Shane blasting through a dark and rotting New York…
