'ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK' Requel Loses Radio Silence Behind The Camera

It was over two years ago that we told you about a possible ‘ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK’ project happening with the directing team known as Radio Silence. Now it looks like plans have changed.

20th Century Studios was behind the revamp and they even had original director John Carpenter on board for this one as an executive producer. The project had originally been described as a “reboot,” but filmmakers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett had described it as more of a “requel.” Unfortunately, the pair revealed to Comicbook.com that they’re no longer developing the requel and have parted ways with the project.

Gillett told the outlet, “We are not, unfortunately. I think titles like that bounce around for a while and I think they’ve tried to get that out of the blocks a few times. I think it’s just ultimately a tricky rights issue thing. There’s a clock on it and we just weren’t in a position to make the clock, ultimately. But who knows? I think, in hindsight, it feels crazy that we would think we would, post-Scream, step into a John Carpenter franchise. You never know. There’s still interest in it and we’ve had a few conversations about it but we’re not attached in any official capacity.”

Escape from New York was set in 1997. “When the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.”

It’s not like Radio Silence is fiending for work as they just came off of a successful new film Abigail. The film scared up $34.7 million at the worldwide box office these past few weeks and the flick just came home on VOD which we highly recommend you check out.

We’ll bring you more news on Escape From New York when we get it.

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