ROTTEN TOMATOES: Gears of War, Escape from New York No Longer Director-less? Comments

Gears of War, Escape from New York No Longer Director-less?

by Jeff Giles | August 03, 2007

Summary

Action fans who have been waiting for more news regarding two of New Line's major upcoming projects -- specifically, the Gears of War adaptation and the Escape from New York remake -- get a double shot of rumor juice with this item. According to IESB, the studio is close to announcing who will be behind the lens for both films, and a "reliable insider" has shared the scoop. Back to Article

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bobtom writes:
on Aug 03 2007 07:06 AM

hmmmm ...?..

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opTIMus Nerd writes:
on Aug 03 2007 07:10 AM

I just don't understand a remake for 'Escape From New York?! If they must re-visit this why not another sequel or prequel or something.

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Baccus83 writes:
on Aug 03 2007 07:14 AM

Didn't we already have "Escape from L.A.? And didn't that suck?

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JpPrewitt789 writes:
on Aug 03 2007 07:25 AM

I'd rather them just work on Gears on not do New York.

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dylan21484nj writes:
on Aug 03 2007 07:26 AM

the Underworld movies stunk, but Live Free was pretty good despite it being PG-13. if he does the Escape remake, it absolutely must be R. anything less would be an atrocity.

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blank blank writes:
on Aug 03 2007 07:55 AM

am i the only one who thinks wiseman is a complete hack?

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Mr. Kong writes:
on Aug 03 2007 08:04 AM

In reply to this comment (#1006152)
I had no opinion until I saw LFODH that I thought was great. But you're NOT alone...

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jasperoosterveld writes:
on Aug 03 2007 08:15 AM

At least its not brett ratner....

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aconline writes:
on Aug 03 2007 08:16 AM

Why not do an Escape from Cleveland? There has been constant mystery surrounding the Cleveland incident. And wasn't Escape from LA already a re-make of New York?

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jacog writes:
on Aug 03 2007 08:35 AM

Nope, that was a sequel. A painfully cheesy sequel. THere's nothing wrong with EFNY in my opinion, except perhaps that their "future" was 1998 or somesuch date. Perhaps they ought to just leave it be.

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bluestar50 writes:
on Aug 03 2007 08:47 AM

EFNY ie one of my all time favorite movies. I just don't think that a remake is necessary. LFODH was better than I expected.

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Jasonsnak writes:
on Aug 03 2007 09:20 AM

I think Len Wiseman has great style and use of production to be very fitting for both movies Gears of War and Escape. He can really make John Maclanes character come back to life he can do the same with Snakes. Personally i think its hogwash to belive Escape dosnt need a remake. As good as a movie it is its so hard to watch because of the horrible movie score, and the painfull special effects. And let us not forget how stupid seeing Issac Hayes as the bad guy. I feel, that... yes they need to do an Escape from Cleveland, to put that back story to rest. All the people snake meets always seems to have something to do with that storyline. (Trilogy?) Another major thing they need to make the films seem like there not putting it in a actual time setting so the movie itself dosnt age along with time like, that being the clothes, score, weapons, hairdo. Butler is perfect for the role aswell.

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nogard46 writes:
on Aug 03 2007 09:32 AM

WTF!!! is it like a mandatory postion that needs to filled? the "Action Director to be picked on for no reason postition" Since Micheal Bay Vacated that postion by defying all you nea sayers with TF BO sucess! Now its Wiseman?
So FYI!

1) He doesn't suck, when his movies are BO hits all of you will be kissing is *** too!
2) Underworld, both of them don't suck!
3) So go find someone else to pick on for no good reason!

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PrecentorEpsilonXVI writes:
on Aug 03 2007 09:33 AM

In reply to this comment (#1006049)
Why make a sequel with the same story but a different title, when you can just remake the original?

I'm looking forward to Gears of War - when it comes to games like this, pithy dialogue and big explosions are pretty much the way to go to make a good adaptation.

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Agro writes:
on Aug 03 2007 09:52 AM

I was hoping the headline would be "Gears of War, Escape from New York No Longer in Production."

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Vitamin M writes:
on Aug 03 2007 10:10 AM

I really enjoyed the first underworld and really disliked the second. I will be seeing Die Hard this weekend. Anyway I love Gears and the movie possibility is there and could suit Lenny's skills, hope it gets made and made dark nasty and bad ***. The escape remake isn't necessary...but since studio's don't understand the meaning of the word "necessary" I will just say that at the very least they should put a few more years of distance between the original and remake.

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hammer_leafsfan writes:
on Aug 03 2007 11:21 AM

In reply to this comment (#1006558)
i agree with most of what you say, but Michael Bay has definately not vacated that position. Transformers was alright, but his propensity towards inchorrent action and special effects kind of ruined what could of been a great movie. Rediculously cheesy dialogue, needless supporting (human) characters, but the action was entertaining. I just wish he wouldn't toss out the concept of a good story in favour of blowing things up. But his last two movies ( The Island, Transformers ) were entertaining weren't as awfull as Bad Boys II and Pearl Harbour.

As for Wiseman, LFODH was quite good (save the F-35 scene...a bit over the top, even for a Die Hard movie) but the Underworld movies were pretty blah. But, I think he'd be a good choice for Gears, Escape doesn't need a remake.

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kfarschman writes:
on Aug 03 2007 11:49 AM

Nogard. If a movie is a box office success or not has about 0% effect on how I feel about a movie or especially the director. I guess your some director golddigger or something? A stockholder? Maybe they should just hand out all the film awards to the top grossing movies? Best Picture = Rush Hour 3 with Best Actor award for Chris Tucker. Yes!

I enjoyed Transformers enough in spite of how stupid it was, but It could make 7 billion dollars and I won't say it's a great movie or that Bay is excellent director.

I think the only people who truly like Underworld are the same people that like Evanescence. Pop goth. Yuck. I just puked a little in my mouth.

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kfarschman writes:
on Aug 03 2007 12:01 PM

In reply to this comment (#1007274)
Hammer, agree about the F-35. The whole thing was so obviously forced. Then nothing made any sense with the pilots actions too.

Hi, I'm an airforce pilot. What's that? Take out that truck. Okay, I'll shoot these rockets at it even though I have no chance of hitting the truck that I have barely any visibility of and will probably just--ooops, yep I took out that huge bridge. You think they'll consider that acceptable collateral damage? No, oh well. Oh, I know I'll fly under it while it's collapsing with this insanely expensive plane! Now I'll just position myself --yep sweet, a huge piece of concrete just went into my harrier fan thing, time to eject. Damn I couldn't even take out that truck and destroyed a bridge and totally destroyed that plane. So I'm kicked out of the air-force you say, darn.

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Defmonkey writes:
on Aug 03 2007 12:18 PM

One thing for sure, I would riot is Gears got PG-13.

Not so much for the EfNY remake. They should do a sequel or a prequel. And is the real snake gonna be in it? No = Fail.

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tiganofamily writes:
on Aug 03 2007 01:36 PM

In reply to this comment (#1006187)
escape from la was a crappy sequel to ny, please do not consider that garbage a remake of anything

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tiganofamily writes:
on Aug 03 2007 01:44 PM

remaking escape from new york, could be a monumental goof, this is one of those movies like star wars or the wizard of oz that shouldnt be remade period. the story was great the characters were spot on,and the director... well enough said. all i see is a bunch of special effects and a hollow copy of the kurt russel classic, with more stuff getting blown up and more dumbass catchphrases.

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Bigbrother writes:
on Aug 03 2007 02:43 PM

In reply to this comment (#1006558)
I'd agree with you on 2 out of 3 points. Die Hard 4.0 and the original underworld were good, but for me Underworld Evolution is almost unwatchable. I hate gore for shock value to begin with, but gore for no value is even worse. It was a pale comparison to the original which was only a fairly good movie to begin with. Die Hard rocked though so obviously he has it in him if I can adjust to a new actor as Snake.

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mike the movie sage writes:
on Aug 03 2007 04:51 PM

I also agree that the Underworld movies are hugely under-rated. Considering what budget the first was made on (under 20-30M if I recall correctly), Len Wiseman (the prod team and Ms. Beckinsale) deserves heavy praise for his stylish art direction, sexy action and convincing CGI visuals. Sure U2 was all action and most of it cheesy-awesome (that helicopter crashing into the castle to be part of Kate's climactic kungfu battle was the obvious precursor to the heli stunt in LFODH), it's not worse than half the action blockbusters out there.

Michael Bay needs to include some realistic roles for his female characters, but I'd argue he's the BEST director of action sequences in the business right now
(if you didn't sh*t your pants during the train-wheel car chase of the Island or about 75% of Transformers, you were probably just constipated).

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Product_of_You writes:
on Aug 04 2007 02:19 AM

I hate that they are doing a remake of Escape.

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Jasonsnak writes:
on Aug 04 2007 03:04 PM

personally i think Gerald Butler would make a better solid snake (aka) Iroquois Pliskin than snake Pliskin, that is if u know your metal gear... and isn't that soon be be slated for production soon?

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Jasonsnak writes:
on Aug 04 2007 03:05 PM

personally i think Gerald Butler would make a better solid snake (aka) Iroquois Pliskin than snake Pliskin, that is if u know your metal gear... and isn't that soon be be slated for production soon?

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Rash Hunt writes:
on Aug 05 2007 09:11 PM

Escape From Space!

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