‘Escape From New York’: Zack Snyder to Direct Reimagining of John Carpenter’s Dystopian Classic!

For nearly two decades, a remake of Escape from New York has remained one of Hollywood’s most elusive development projects.

Since first entering development in 2007, the reimagining of John Carpenter‘s Escape from New York has cycled through multiple studios, writers, and directors. At various points, filmmakers including Len Wiseman, Brett Ratner, Breck Eisner, Robert Rodriguez, Leigh Whannell, and Radio Silence were attached to different iterations before the project ultimately stalled. StudioCanal revived the property earlier this year as part of a larger push to reimagine several genre classics.

Now the long-gestating remake appears to have found its director in Zack Snyder.

Love him or hate him, Snyder has built one of the most passionate fan bases in modern filmmaking. Horror fans first took notice when he made his feature directorial debut with the acclaimed 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead, written by James Gunn. He followed that with adaptations including 300 and Watchmen, the latter widely praised for bringing the once-considered-unfilmable graphic novel to the screen. Snyder later became the architect of DC’s cinematic universe with films including Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Zack Snyder’s Justice League.

More recently, Snyder directed Netflix’s Army of the Dead before launching the two-part Rebel Moon saga.

With Snyder now stepping behind the camera, one of Hollywood’s longest-running remake projects may finally be moving forward.