The series “Escape From New York” is a franchise with big gaps: after “Escape From New York” aka “The Rattlesnake” from 1981 and “Escape From LA” aka “Escape from LA” from 1996, it started in 2007 on a series. third part. In the 15 years since then, not much has happened concretely, but now things finally seem to be moving forward: Since November 2022, it has been known that John Carpenter and the creators of “Scream 5” are working on a third “The Rattlesnake” movie. However, the question remained open: reboot, remake or sequel? Or something in between?
There were conflicting statements about this in the context of the announcement: The US industry magazine wrote about a reboot, or a new beginning. Other reports pointed to a sequel. Now Radio Silence, the filmmaking trio behind Ready Or Not, Scream 5 and soon, took care of it “The Rattlesnake 3”, to be clear: the new “Escape From New York” movie will NOT be a reboot, but a sequel.
The fans will be happy about that
Many fans of the original (including the filmmakers themselves, by the way) can certainly understand why: “[‚Die Klapperschlange‘] is one of those brands that you can’t recreate. The film is, as it were, untouchable for us and lives in his own stratosphere when it comes to how important he is to us and how much we love him.
That’s why the idea of Radio Silence – behind it are directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett and producer Chad Villella – is also more in the direction of a so-called legacy sequel: “As such, the film will be no different than ‘Scream 5’: a nod to and a continuation of everything we love about these characters and this world.”said Tyler to Gillett .
“The Rattlesnake 3”: 2024/2025 in cinemas?
At the same time, Chad Villella quit again that the project is still in a very early stage: “We are working on our idea and hopefully we will start on the script in the new year. We are currently doing the preparatory work for that.”
If work on the script actually starts in 2023 and the project overcomes all other hurdles, a theatrical release of “The Rattlesnake 3” in 2024 or 2025 would be realistic. And by the way: since the movie will be a sequel, Kurt Russell’s comeback as Snake Plissken should also be quite likely…