Escape from New York Reboot Details Emerge
Steve Barton
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Want to know what’s in store for us when the Escape From New York reboot from “Luther” creator Neal Cross arrives? We have a few details (and spoilers) below.
Cross will be writing the film, which Fox plans to position Planet of the Apes-style (i.e., it will be the first in a new series). The Wrap has uncovered a myriad of plot details. For instance, it will be going back to Plissken’s roots and act as a prequel to the events that transpired in John Carpenter’s original film.
1. Snake Plissken’s real name.
Plissken in the previous two Escape films didn’t have a name, but now he does: He’s Colonel Robert “Snake” Plissken.
2. Our bad guy won’t be the Duke of New York.
Instead, he’s the lean, intensely charismatic Thomas Newton, the playboy heir to an agrochemical and biotech corporation. Five years ago he decided to donate his entire fortune. Sounds like a good guy, right? He’s not.
3. The role originated by Lee Van Cleef will now be played by a woman.
The film will introduce us to CIA Deputy Executive Director Roberta Hauk.
4. New York City isn’t a maximum security prison.
Weird, right? Because New York being a prison was kind of crucial to the whole “escape from New York” concept. In the reboot, New York is breathtakingly lovely. Manhattan is the island we know, but with more towering glass structures and a high, undulating glass wall. The sky is alive with drones as serene as bees and artificial intelligence controls all in the form of an ethnically ambiguous, cheery young woman called April. A small staff of technicians and researchers known as “Seers” monitor all.
5. The remake doesn’t start in New York City.
The original “Escape” film deleted the opening scene that showed how Snake Plissken was apprehended. The new version won’t. It’s set in another major city, one not in the United States.
6. The film imagines a world in chaos.
Globally, one in every seventy-five human beings is now either a refugee, internally displaced, or seeking asylum.
7. A hurricane is coming.
It’s called Superstorm Ellery.
8. April’s security won’t be as good as everyone hoped.
That will make the whole city vulnerable.
9. Snake has only eleven hours to complete his mission.
In the original film, he had 22 hours. Plissken’s mission is to bring in Newton alive.
10. Newton has a failsafe.
It’s a mysterious device called Fat Boy — an ominous, dull metal sphere about the size of a car, in a nest of conduits and cabling.
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