Zack Snyder (“Watchmen”) will now write and direct a fresh take on John Carpenter’s 1981 science fiction action feature “Escape from New York", to be produced by Studio Canal, that originally starred Kurt Russell as 'Snake Plissken', a former ‘US Green Berets’ lieutenant who served during ‘World War III’, for which he was awarded two ‘Purple Hearts’, before turning to a life of crime:
"...a crime-ridden United States has converted 'Manhattan Island' in New York City into the country's maximum-security prison.
“When 'Air Force One' is purposely crashed in New York City, ex-soldier and current federal prisoner 'Snake Plissken' (Russell) is given just 24 hours to go in and rescue the President..."
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