Rumors of Gerard Butler’s (300) departure from the Escape From New York remake have been greatly exaggerated. Butler, who has been doing press for his new romcom P.S. I Love You, insists that he hasn’t dropped out of the project, but is taking a wait and see position....

Butler Escapes Escape From New York Posted By : thegoldensimatar, Wednesday Oct,31 A few days ago Fearless Leader posted that Brett Ratner had left the remake of Escape From New York, I cannot imagine a single fan out there who probably wasn't celebrating when the...

Walking away from projects is suddenly the new putting on weight for a role in Hollywood. Last week, Ryan Gosling bounced out of Lovely Bones and now Gerard Butler has flown the coop on Escape from New York. Within weeks of his smashing success in 300, Butler inked a...

Once again, I'm going to pretend like I made something happen. Two days ago, on this very Cinematical program, I declared that there can be only one Snake Plissken in movieland, and he shall be forever played by Kurt Russell. Well, perhaps Gerard Butler agrees with...

Gerard Butler has just breathed a sigh of relief today, and so have his agent and his fans, as the announcement arrives that he's left the remake of John Carpenter's classic Escape From New York. It seems about time as we heard that Len Wiseman dropped off and then...

[i Actor exits film due to creative differences[/i Before they shot a frame of film, Gerard Butler escaped "Escape From New York," the remake of the John Carpenter film. Right after his turn as the Spartan in "300," Butler made a deal to play Snake Plissken in a film...

The good guys at AintitCool have some great news tonight - Bret 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...

Now I'm really confused! We posted a rumor back in early October that was apparently confirmed saying Brett Ratner is directing the upcoming Escape from New York remake. Now a scooper over at AICN says it just ain't so. And he claims he spoke to Brett Ratner himself!...

hank Heavens... The RATner won't slay SNAKE in the remake of ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK!!! Hey folks, Harry here with great news. It seems the Brett Ratner is off the ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK remake... Now the script for this was pretty good and had some fun bits - but now that...

A few months ago, we reported that Len Wiseman was in negotiations to direct the Escape from New York remake and also Gears of War. The big news today, that started over at AICN, is that Len Wiseman will no longer be directing Escape and that Brett Ratner has replaced...

Len Wiseman, the director behind the Underworld movies and this year's Live Free or Die Hard, has dropped out of New Line's remake of Escape from New York. There is some uncertainty as to why he has left the project, but he will no longer be taking on the dystopian...

[i Gerard Butler to star in New Line's remake[/i Len Wiseman ("Live Free or Die Hard") has decided to "Escape From New York," and is set to helm the New Line remake, which will star Gerard Butler and be produced by Neal Moritz. Wiseman's in final negotiations with the...

Len Wiseman, the director behind "Live Free of Die Hard," is in negotiations to helm "Escape From New York," New Line Cinema's remake of the cult John Carpenter movie. The project was set up at New Line in March with Neal Moritz producing and Gerard Butler attached to...

It has been reported that director Len Wiseman (Live Free or Die Hard) is in talks with New Line Cinema to develop and direct two big movies. One, a big screen adaptation of the popular X-Box 360 game Gears Of War and the other, an Escape from New York remake. New...

There's a rumour that's just appeared on the Internet that suggests the name of the director for both the Gears of War film and the remake of Escape From New York. It's someone who is good on action and just delivered one of the best franchise sequels we've seen to...

We've got a script review from an IESB reader. You guys know we don't do script reviews very often, but, this guy felt like he had something to say, so why the hell not, it's a slow news week. Here you go! Hey guys, I've had the Escape from New York script in my...

Back in March, Variety reported on a bidding war for the rights to remake John Carpenter's action classic Escape From New York. When the dust settled, New Line emerged victorious and the project was put together as a starring vehicle for 300's Gerard Butler. Now,...

Merrick here… In a RECENT ARTICLE, I exalted early John Carpenter films…which I truly love. I love their subtext, their attitude, their style, their sound, their essence. I love them. Period. As such, I’ve been unnerved by the parade of early Carpenter titles...

We've known for a few months now that New Line was remaking Escape from New York, this time with Gerard Butler as Snake Plissken (the role in the original that's probably most responsible for catapulting Kurt Russell to fame). I really liked Butler's portrayal as...

Kurt Russell, who played Snake Plissken in the original Escape From New York, backed off his harsh criticism of Gerard Butler, who is slated to star in a remake, in comments to SCI FI Wire. "Oh, I don't know, I was just kidding around," Russell said in an interview...

March 22, 2007 - The news that New Line Cinema is remaking Escape From New York -- and have cast 300 Gerard Butler as Snake Plissken -- hasn't exactly met with universal approval from many fans of the original film. And one of those fans is the man who starred in it,...

For Kurt Russell, there's only one true ''Escape From New York'' Plissken -- and it isn't the Scottish guy that's been cast in the remake KURT REPLY ''People come up to me and say, 'You played Snake Plissken.' I didn't play Snake Plissken,'' says Russell, ''I created...

Last week we reported that New Line Cinema had won rights to remake Escape From New York with 300 star Gerard Butler attached to star. John Carpenter believes the new movie might actually be a PREQUEL. “I don’t know that it’s a remake,” Carpenter told...

In his 30 year career of writing, directing and producing movies, John Carpenter has made more people mess their pants than Billy Madison. He is best known for directing the original Halloween, The Thing and more recently he was unofficially “inducted” into the...

Could it really be true about the rumour I wrote up here on Filmstalker the other day about Gerard Butler starring in a remake of John Carpenter's Escape From New York? Well a story today is suggesting just that. While everyone else still refers to it as a rumour,...