Zack Snyder Tackling Reimagining of John Carpenter’s ‘Escape From New York’ (Exclusive)

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Some folks may have heard that Snake Plissken is dead, but Zack Snyder is not one of them.

The singular filmmaker behind 300 and Zack Snyder’s Justice League has come aboard to write and direct a reimagining of Escape from New York, the classic dystopian action movie from John Carpenter that introduced audiences to the cool, eye-patch-wearing, cobra-tatted anti-hero, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.

The feature project is being put together and will be taken out to market in the coming weeks, and marks the first concrete steps of getting an Escape from New York movie up and going in years. And the intent is to release the feature theatrically, according to sources.

The Picture Company partners Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman will produce through their overall deal with StudioCanal, which along with Carpenter, controls the underlying rights to the property.