Zack Snyder is remaking the '80s sci-fi action classic that inspired Metal Gear

Warning: An Escape from New York 'reimagining' is in the works Two decades after remaking George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead, Zack Snyder is tackling another director's seminal work. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Snyder is attached to write and direct a reimagining of John Carpenter's Escape from New York, the 1981 action movie that introduced the world to Snake Plissken. Unlike Snyder's recent straight-to-streaming films Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire and Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver, the new Escape from New York is intended for a wide theatrical release. The whole project sounds like early days; the remake "is being put together and will be taken out to market in the coming weeks," according to THR. John Carpenter will reportedly serve as an executive producer on the film. If this story feels a little familiar, it's because there have been previous attempts to remake Escape from New York dating back to 2015. But with Snyder involved in a creative capacity, it may actually happen this time. The original Escape from New York is a dystopian action film set in the year 1997. Carpenter's film imagines a United States so overwhelmed by crime that the entirety of