Escape from New York remake?

[trancejeremy]

Anyone else seeing lots of commercials for a movie called Doomsday, that really, really , really looks a remake of Escape from New York? (Except the ending apparently is in a better car than a NYC Cab)

(BTW, the original Escape from New York was largely shot in downtown St. Louis, which I have to say, still pretty much looks the same as it did in the movie)

 

[HeavenShallBurn]

Better than the home of Return of the Living Dead. I swear there are parts of Louisville that look like they ARE suffering from a Zombie Apocalypse right now.

 

[Tetsubo]

After having watched the trailer, I was stunned by the incredibly high level of Stupid.

Wall in a virus? Wall in Scotland? Send in ground troops? What have the airplanes, helicopters, unmanned drones, satellites, telephone lines and radio waves all stopped working?

Now the trailer does LOOK pretty. And it does have Bob Hoskins in it. I'd watch him read a phone book. The female lead though, really, REALLY wants to be Milla Jovovich.

I'm not sure I can talk my wife into going to a theater for something this dumb. But I will rent it.

But it can't hold a candle to Escape From New York.

They are working on a remake of EFNY. Gerard James Butler (Leonides in 300) is slated to play Snake.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

They are working on a remake of EFNY. Gerard James Butler (Leonides in 300) is slated to play Snake.

Which Kurt Russell isn't too excited about.

Honestly, when this thread popped up I was like "Doomsday? What's that?" and ran to IMDB to check it out. Turns out I've seen the trailer several times (just the other day in front of Diary of the Dead, actually). I didn't even think of the EFNY comparison until it was brought up here, though. I guess I can see it, but the trailer seemed more to me like a takeoff on 28 Days Later (I thought it was another sequel at first, actually), meets Road Warrior.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

I also thought it was a sequel to 28 Weeks. It looks like an excuse for post-apocolipto urban silly violence.

 

[Relique du Madde]

They are working on a remake of EFNY. Gerard James Butler (Leonides in 300) is slated to play Snake.

"This.....Is...... NEW.... YOOOORRRRRKKKKK!!

 

[Angel Tarragon]

They are working on a remake of EFNY. Gerard James Butler (Leonides in 300) is slated to play Snake.

Oh, brother.

Leave the remakes alone producers. Try coming up with an original idea.

 

[Tetsubo]

Oh, brother.

Leave the remakes alone producers. Try coming up with an original idea.

American film makers aren't allowed to produce original movies. There is too much implied risk with that idea. Much safer to just remake older movies. Until we need to start remaking the remakes...


I wonder why no Americans won Oscars this year?

 

[Angel Tarragon]

American film makers aren't allowed to produce original movies. There is too much implied risk with that idea. Much safer to just remake older movies. Until we need to start remaking the remakes...

The Fly [1958]: http://imdb.com/title/tt0051622/
The Fly [1986]: http://imdb.com/title/tt0091064/
The Fly [2008]: http://imdb.com/title/tt0379788/

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

"This.....Is...... NEW.... YOOOORRRRRKKKKK!!

...for tonight we dine in the Village!

...the entire might of Jersey descends upon you!