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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Len Wiseman to direct Gears of War and Escape From New York Remake? |
| Published: August 2, 2007, 8:15 pm |
| Tags: Deals, New Line, Sci Fi Fantasy, Action Adventure, Sequels Remakes, Video Game, Rumors, Escape From New York, Gears Of War, Gerard Butler, Ken Nolan, Len Wiseman, Stuart Beattie |
| 1981 action classic Escape From New York with 300 star Gerard Butler attached. Butler would play Snake Plissken, the one-eyed convict who must rescue the President of the United States from an inescapable maximum security prison formerly known as Manhattan. The film was set in a dystopian then-future 1997. Kurt Russell originated the |
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| Len Wiseman to Direct 'Escape from New York' Remake |
| Published: August 15, 2007, 5:02 am |
| Tags: Escape From New York, Escapefromnewyork, Gerard Butler, Gerardbutler, Kate Beckinsale, Katebeckinsale, Ken Nolan, Kennolan, Kurt Russell, Kurtrussell, Len Wiseman, Lenwiseman |
| to direct the remake of Escape From New York. 300's abbed-up hero Gerard Butler is attached to star as Snake Plissken, a role memorably played by Kurt Russell in John Carpenter's original film and the dreary sequel Escape From LA. Ken Nolan (writer of Black Hawk Down) wrote the script for the remake, which "will combine an origin story for |
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| Cinematical Seven: Uber Cool & Quotable Gun-Toting Antiheroes |
| Published: September 4, 2007, 4:02 pm |
| Tags: Anti Hero, Army Of Darkness, Armyofdarkness, Ash, Cinematical, Cinematical Seven, Cinematicalseven, Cool Antiheroes, Coolantiheroes, Dirty Harry, Dirtyharry, Dwight, Escape From New York, Escapefromnewyork, Film, Heathers, Jason Dean, Jasondean, Machete, Movies, Scarface, Sin |
| Filed under: Fandom, Cinematical Seven, ListsShoot 'Em Up opens this week, and Clive Owen is making Bugs Bunny look all sorts of tough and cool. He banters. He sexes up the ladies. He handles guns like a pro. Heck, he even tries to buy them with food stamps. All this badness and guns has thrown me into an antihero state of mind. But before I can |
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| Time to book into Brooklyn |
| Published: September 15, 2007, 7:04 pm |
| Tags: Travel, Observer Escape Section, United States, New York, Hotels |
| A new wave of hotels across the East River will give visitors a cheap alternative to Manhattan - and an authentic taste of the Big Apple, says James Doran. |
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| Brett Ratner to Ruin Escape From New York Remake? Gears of War Shelved? |
| Published: October 4, 2007, 2:47 pm |
| Tags: Thriller, New Line, Sci Fi Fantasy, Action Adventure, Sequels Remakes, Rumors, Brett Ratner, Escape From New York, Len Wiseman |
| big screen remake of Escape From New York. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a huge fan of Wiseman (Underworld), but no one can argue that he knows how direct action and has a great sense of production design (something that could have benefited this remake). IESB is confirming the story is fact, which is really unfortunate. They |
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| Has Brett Ratner Replaced Len Wiseman on 'Escape from New York' Remake? |
| Published: October 5, 2007, 9:32 am |
| Tags: Brett Ratner, Brettratner, Escape From New York, Escapefromnewyork, Gerard Butler, Gerardbutler, John Carpenter, Johncarpenter, Kurt Russell, Kurtrussell, Len Wiseman, Lenwiseman |
| regards to the remake of Escape From New York. According to AICN's Merrick (via one of their ultra hip scoopers), a rumor has been making the rounds that claims Brett Ratner in in talks (or in the running) to take over directing duties on the remake of John Carpenter's classic. Now, to be fair, AICN is not confirming the news to be true, but |
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| Brett Ratner Replacing Len Wiseman in New Escape from New York |
| Published: October 5, 2007, 5:55 am |
| Tags: Movie, Escape From New York |
| The "Rush Hour" helmer is claimed to take over his fellow filmmaker's duties as the director for the remake of the 1981 sci-fi actioner. |
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| Escape From New York: Kansas City Is The New Greenpoint |
| Published: October 17, 2007, 11:30 am |
| Tags: Blank The New Blank, Escape From New York, Gentrification, I M Still Looking For An Apartment, Kansas City, The Other West Bushwick, You Go Now |
| If you're like us, all you know about Kansas City is that it was nuked by the Russians in 1983 (in some made-for-T.V. movie we saw on the SciFi channel the other night). But they've rebuilt! And... |
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| Brett Ratner Won't Escape From New York |
| Published: October 29, 2007, 12:26 am |
| Tags: Sci Fi Fantasy, New Line, Action Adventure, Rumor Killer, Sequels Remakes, Rumors, Brett Ratner, Escape From New York, Len Wiseman |
| Ratner is NOT directing the Escape from New York remake! Did you read that? The Ratner is not going to ruin the Snake Pliskin after all! Apparently the Rush Hour “director” (notice the obvious quotation marks) was given an “achievement in cinema” award at the Savannah Film Festival. Basically, it’s one of those film |
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| Gerard Butler Gives Up His Escape from New York Stint |
| Published: October 31, 2007, 2:48 am |
| Tags: Movie, Escape From New York, Gerard Butler |
| Actor dropped his role as Snake Plissken in the remake because of creative differences. |
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| Gerard Butler Escapes From New York Remake |
| Published: October 31, 2007, 4:51 am |
| Tags: Sci Fi Fantasy, New Line, Action Adventure, Casting, Sequels And Remakes, Screenwriting, Escape From New York, Gerard Butler, Jonathan Mostow |
| New Line’s remake of Escape From New York appears to be falling apart. First Len Wiseman supposedly left the project, and was replaced by hack director Brett Ratner. Yesterday Ratner denied being involved in the project. And tonight Gerard Butler has left the project due to “creative differences”. I wonder what the real story is |
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| Now Gerard Butler Escapes the 'Escape from New York' Remake |
| Published: October 31, 2007, 7:02 am |
| Tags: Breakdown, Brett Ratner, Brettratner, Cinematical, Escape From New York, Escapefromnewyork, Film, Gerard Butler, Gerardbutler, John Carpenter, Johncarpenter, Jonathan Mostow, Jonathanmostow, Ken Nolan, Kennolan, Kurt Russell, Kurtrussell, Len Wiseman, Lenwiseman, Movie, Snak |
| dropped out of the remake of Escape from New York, according to Variety. The trade says the decision was due to creative differences, which could very well mean that New Line wants to go with the Snake Plissken name, while Butler sided with me in saying that was a bad idea. Of course, I don't want to be responsible for Butler quitting a gig; |
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| Burma: children bought and sold by army recruiters |
| Published: October 31, 2007, 9:25 pm |
| Tags: China, New York, Thailand, Brutality In Bur Ma, Burmese Government, Burning Villages, Child Soldiers, China, Escape, Forced Labour, Imprisoned, Life, Markets, Military Crisis, Monks Amp 039 Protest, Peaceful Protesters, Public Places, Recruiting Children, Violation Of Huma |
| UN Security Council Group to Consider Violations Against Children in Burma read more |
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| New Poster and Artwork for Gerard Butler's 'Game' |
| Published: November 3, 2007, 1:02 pm |
| Tags: Brian Taylor, Briantaylor, Crank, Dexter, Escape From New York, Escapefromnewyork, Game, Gerard Butler, Gerardbutler, Kyra Sedgwick, Kyrasedgwick, Lakeshore, Mark Neveldine, Markneveldine, Michael C Hall, Michaelc Hall, Snake Plissken, Snakeplissken, The Closer, Thecloser |
| Plissken in the update of Escape from New York. Christopher brought us the 'good' news recently citing 'creative differences' as the catalyst for Butler leaving the project. So that film is now officially without a director or a star. So I don't think it is just me, but I wouldn't count on seeing Escape any time soon considering the rate |
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| From the mean streets to a perfect beach |
| Published: November 17, 2007, 6:59 pm |
| Tags: Travel, Observer Escape Section, Bermuda, New York, Shopping Trips, Beach Holidays |
| A combination of low-cost flights and a weak dollar have made it affordable to combine a shopping spree in New York with sunshine in Bermuda. Is this the ultimate pre-Christmas break, asks Polly Vernon |
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