Escape from New York

Name: Escape from New York
Director: Leigh Whannell
Genre: Action, Thriller

Action, Thriller

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Condemned criminal Snake Plissken is dispatched to the island of Manhattan -- now a quarantined danger zone -- to rescue a female U.S. Senator in danger.

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In 2015 it was announced that StudioCanal sold the rights to Escape From New York (1981) to Fox, which emerged from competitive bidding and closed a deal to remake the John Carpenter-directed cult classic. Their hope is to reinvent the property with an eye toward launching a new franchise.