‘Escape From New York’: 10 Remake Story Details Revealed (Exclusive)

Fox wants to relaunch the cult classic, “Planet of the Apes”-style

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(Spoiler alert: Don’t read this if you don’t want to know any plot details about the remake of “Escape From New York.”)

In the new “Escape From New York,” New York City won’t be a maximum security prison, we’ll find out “Snake” Plissken’s real name, and the bad guy will be totally different than the original. Also? It won’t start in New York.

Those are just a few of the details TheWrap can exclusively share about the Twentieth Century Fox reboot of John Carpenter‘s 1981 cult-classic. Neal Cross, creator of the BBC crime series “Luther,” beat out several writers to win the writing job, and delivered a first-draft in late October.

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