It's official--the Escape from New York remake has its helmsman...Dave McNary of Variety:
Len Wiseman (pictured,"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 minimajor, which won bidding in March for a package that included Butler following the boffo launch of "300"
"Black Hawk Down" scribe Ken Nolan is penning the script...
Butler's portraying Snake Plissken, the convict and war hero who's sent into a futuristic Manhattan -- which has been turned into a giant maximum security prison -- to rescue the president of the U.S. after his plane is knocked down by terrorists. The original starred Kurt Russell and was set in 1998.
"Live Free or Die Hard" has grossed more than $335 million worldwide. Wiseman, who broke into the business in production design, directed "Underworld" and "Underworld: Evolution."...
Obviously Wiseman would have no problem taking audiences from point A to point B...The film's success or failure really rests with Butler--being able to fill Russell's shoes as Snake.
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