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• 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

  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 role. The 1996 sequel Escape to L.A. was not as popular. Black Hawk Down scribe Ken Nolan

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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 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 Plissken merged with the story of the 1981 movie." That story, for those of you who've

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• Simon West is Next to Direct an Iraq War Movie

  Published: October 8, 2007, 1:32 pm

  Tags: Black Hawk Down, Blackhawkdown, Cinematical, Con Air, Conair, David Zucchino, Davidzucchino, Film, George Furla, Georgefurla, Ken Nolan, Kennolan, Movie, Randall Emmett, Randallemmett, Ridley Scott, Ridleyscott, Savador Dali, Savadordali, Simon West, Simonwest, The Wicker Man

  which includes BHD's writer Ken Nolan. There has yet to be a dramatic feature about the war that's as good as the many docs on the subject, and I can definitely promise this will not be the movie to achieve that status. At least it probably won't be as bad as West's proposed Dalí biopic would be.Read   Permalink

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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

  can be only one Snake Plissken in movieland, and he shall be forever played by Kurt Russell. Well, perhaps Gerard Butler agrees with me, because he's now 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

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