Filmmaker collective Radio Silence confirms that the next Escape from New York film will not be a reboot, but a sequel.
We recently learned that the collective behind the latest films He shouted, Radio silencewas in charge of the management ofa new Escape from New York film. As we reported, the project is not a reboot, but a sequel as confirmed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillette et Chad Villella to Entertainment Weekly.
Indeed, the trio explain that they have the same approach as the Scream films, namely a respect for the original films while bringing a new direction: “Not a remake. It’s one of those properties that you can’t [refaire], she’s kind of untouchable to us and lives in her own stratosphere in terms of how important she is to us and how much we love her. So it’s going to be no different than Scream, I think, a nod to what we love about these characters and this world, and a continuation of what we love. We’re very excited to be working with 20th Century on this project. We are developing our version and hopefully the script will be presented in the new year and we are starting to lay the foundations of the project. But it’s very soon.‘
Even if it says that Kurt Russell reprising his role as Snake Plissken, the character that inspired Hideo Kojima for Metal Gear, Radio silence I can not comment on the topic yet.
