Zack Snyder’s Escape From New York Remake

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After the project was announced earlier this year, Snyder himself is finally opening up about his approach to the material. In a wide-ranging conversation with the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the filmmaker explained his take on the story.

“The movie is going to be set in ’97, from the perspective of 1981,” Snyder confirmed. “I set the movie [in] the war between the United States Police Force and the elements, criminal elements. [It] takes place, I think, July 9th, 1981, which is the release date of the original movie … The rest is pretty much Escape from New York.”

He added, “Talk about a movie that’s the perfect combination of kitsch and camp. It’s all the things, that’s why I love it. But also, it’s [in] a way that’s satire and can get to us. We can make comments about government and all the overreach or whatever you want to call it, the People’s Liberation Front of America, all that stuff is very … That’s in the headlines. It’s quite current, in some ways.”

When asked if Snyder has an actor in mind for Snake, he confirmed, “I may,” and when pressed for more details on if it’s an actor he has worked with before, he rebuked, “I’m not going to say.”

Keeping in line with this being a straightforward remake, Snyder detailed, “He better look like Snake, or I’ll walk out.”

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