Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez is in negotiations to direct the remake of 1980s cult classic "Escape From New York".
John Carpenter, who directed and co-wrote the original, is executive producing the project, which is targeting a production start later this year, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The original was set in a futuristic Gotham circa 1997. Kurt Russell played Snake Plissken, an eyepatch-sporting tough guy who is conscripted to rescue the President of the United States after Air Force One - en route to a summit that could head off World War III - goes missing after it crashes in New York, which has been relegated to a maximum security prison.
Plissken, a former special forces operative convicted of trying to rob the Federal Reserve, is given 22 hours to liberate the president and a tape he carries which holds the key to peace. If he fails, he is wired to explode.
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