Remember a while back, it appeared the reboot of 'Escape From New York' was off? Well it looks like it's back on..
According to Deadline: Joel Silver’s Silver Pictures has joined forces with Studio Canal to build a new franchise with a retelling of Escape From New York - That is really all we have to go on at this point..
In the original 1981 John Carpenter film: In the future, crime is out of control and New York City is a maximum security prison. Grabbing a bargaining chip right out of the air, convicts bring down the President's plane in bad old Gotham. Gruff Snake Plissken, a one-eyed lone warrior new to prison life, is coerced into bringing the President, and his cargo, out of this land of undesirables...
(Source: DreadCentral.com)
