Editing Escape from New York (section)

==Other media==
===Sequels===
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A sequel, ''Escape from L.A.'', was released in 1996, with Carpenter returning along with Russell, now also a producer and co-writer.

A remake for ''Escape from New York'' began development in 2007, when [[New Line Cinema]] won the rights to remake in a bidding war. [[Gerard Butler]] was attached to play Snake Plissken, [[Neal H. Moritz]] would produce through his [[Original Film]] company, and [[Ken Nolan]] would be in charge of the screenplay.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://variety.com/2007/film/features/new-line-plotting-butler-escape-1117961252/|title= New Line plotting Butler 'Escape'|date= March 15, 2007|access-date= March 25, 2022|first= Dave|last= McNary|work= Variety|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071105212559/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117961252.html?categoryId=1959&cs=1|archive-date= November 5, 2007}}</ref> [[Len Wiseman]] was announced to direct, but was later replaced by [[Brett Ratner]], who also stepped down from the project.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://movieweb.com/len-wiseman-to-remake-escape-from-new-york/|title= Len Wiseman to Remake Escape from New York|access-date= March 25, 2022|date= August 14, 2007|work= Movieweb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3418&Itemid=99|title= Confirmed: Ratner Replaces Wiseman on New York Plus an Update on Gears of War!|date= October 4, 2007|access-date= March 25, 2022|work= IESB|first= Robert|last= Sanchez|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071008080709/http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3418&Itemid=99|archive-date= October 8, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://movies.ign.com/articles/830/830972p1.html|title= Ratner Escapes From Remake?|date= October 29, 2007|access-date= March 25, 2022|work= IGN|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071031075243/http://movies.ign.com/articles/830/830972p1.html|archive-date= October 31, 2007}}</ref> In April 2010, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' reported that [[Breck Eisner]] was being looked at to direct a remake of ''Escape from New York'', with [[David Kajganich]] and [[Allan Loeb]] providing revisions to the script.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://variety.com/2010/film/news/new-line-plans-escape-with-breck-eisner-1118018171/|title= New Line plans 'Escape' with Breck Eisner|date= April 22, 2010|access-date= March 25, 2022|first= Dave|last= McNary|work= Variety}}</ref> It was later announced in 2011 that New Line had dropped the remake completely.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://deadline.com/2011/07/new-line-dropping-escape-from-new-york-148544/|title= New Line Dropping 'Escape From New York'|date= July 20, 2011|access-date= March 25, 2022|work= Deadline|first= Mike Jr.|last= Fleming}}</ref> In January 2015, [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] purchased the remake rights, with [[The Picture Company]] producing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/01/escape-from-new-york-remake-fox-john-carpenter-1201349382/|title='Escape From New York' Remake Rights Deal Won By Fox|date= January 13, 2015|access-date=March 25, 2022|first=Mike Jr.|last=Fleming|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> In March 2017, it was announced that [[Robert Rodriguez]] would direct a remake of the film with Carpenter producing it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/robert-rodriguez-escape-from-new-york-director-1202051424/|title=Robert Rodriguez To Direct 'Escape From New York'|first=Mike Jr.|last=Fleming|date=March 24, 2017|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> In February 2019, it was reported that [[Leigh Whannell]] would be writing the script after ''[[Luther (TV series)|Luther]]'' creator [[Neil Cross]] completed a recent iteration of the project.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/leigh-whannell-tackle-escape-new-york-remake-1181620|title=Leigh Whannell to Tackle 'Escape From New York' Remake for Fox (Exclusive)|first=Borys|last=Kit|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=February 1, 2019}}</ref> [[Wyatt Russell]], son of Kurt, was considered to portray Snake Plissken, but he expressed no interest in playing the role, considering it "career suicide."<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.joblo.com/escape-from-new-york-reboot-wyatt-russell/|title= Escape from New York reboot: Wyatt Russell isn't interested in playing Snake|first= Kevin|last= Fraser|date= April 19, 2021|access-date= March 25, 2022|work= JoBlo}}</ref> In November 2022, it was revealed that [[Radio Silence (collective)|Radio Silence]] would be directing the film, with Andrew Rona, Alex Heineman, and Radio Silence producing, and Carpenter serving as an executive producer. They are currently searching for a writer.<ref>{{cite web |first=Justin |last=Kroll |title=Radio Silence To Direct New 'Escape From New York' Movie For 20th Century Studios |url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/radio-silence-escape-from-new-york-pic-1235175637/ |date=November 17, 2022 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=November 17, 2022}}</ref> The next month, the film was confirmed to be a sequel, rather than a remake.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/escape-from-new-york-remake-status-update-radio-silence/ |title=New 'Escape From New York' Will Be a Continuation of John Carpenter Original, Not a Remake |website=[[TheWrap]] |first=Tyler |last=Gillett |date=December 15, 2022 |access-date=December 15, 2022}}</ref>

===Novelization===
In 1981, [[Bantam Books]] published a movie tie-in [[novelization]] written by [[Mike McQuay]] that adopts a lean, humorous style reminiscent of the film. The novel includes significant scenes that were cut from the film, such as the Federal Reserve Depository robbery that results in Snake's incarceration. The novel provides background on the relationship between Snake and Hauk—presenting the characters as disillusioned war veterans, and deepening the relationship that was only hinted in the film. The novel also explains how Snake lost his eye during the Battle for [[Leningrad]] in [[World War III]], how Hauk became warden of New York, and Hauk's quest to find his crazed son, who lives somewhere in the prison. The novel gives greater detail on the world in which these characters live, at times presenting a future even bleaker than the one depicted in the film. It explains that the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] is a no-man's land, and the nation's population is gradually being driven insane by nerve gas as a result of World War III. The novel also clarifies that the president's plan for the cassette tape is not benevolent. Rather than presenting to the world a new energy source in the form of nuclear fusion (as claimed in the film), the tape actually reveals the successful development of a "[[Nuclear fallout|fallout]]-free [[thermonuclear weapon]], which would grant the US supremacy in the global conflict.<ref name="McQuay">{{cite book |last=McQuay |first=Mike |title=Escape from New York |publisher=Bantam Books |date=May 1981 |isbn=0-553-25375-1}}</ref><ref name="roberts">{{cite web |last1=Roberts |first1=K.E. |title="A Little Human Compassion": John Carpenter's 'Escape from New York' as Anti-Fascist Satire |url=https://wearethemutants.com/2016/09/12/a-little-human-compassion/ |website=wearethemutants.com |publisher=We Are the Mutants |access-date=29 April 2020 |date=12 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="barr">{{cite web |last1=Barr |first1=Clayton |title=The Snake Plissken Chronicles |url=http://snake.popapostle.com/html/episodes/Escape-from-New-York.htm |website=popapostle.com |publisher=Pop Apostle |access-date=29 April 2020}}</ref>

===Comic books===
[[Marvel Comics]] released the one-shot ''The Adventures of Snake Plissken'' in January 1997. The story takes place sometime between ''Escape from New York'' and before his famous Cleveland escape mentioned in ''Escape from L.A.'' Snake has robbed [[Atlanta]]'s [[Centers for Disease Control]] of some engineered [[metavirus]]es and is looking for buyers in [[Chicago]]. Finding himself in a deal that is really a set-up, he makes his getaway and exacts revenge on the buyer for ratting him out to the United States Police Force. In the meantime, a government lab has built a robot called ATACS (Autonomous Tracking And Combat System) that can catch criminals by imprinting their personalities upon its program to predict and anticipate a specific criminal's every move. The robot's first test subject is America's public enemy number one, Snake Plissken. After a brief battle, the tide turns when ATACS copies Snake to the point of fully becoming his personality. Now recognizing the government as the enemy, ATACS sides with Snake. Unamused, Snake sucker punches the machine and destroys it. As ATACS shuts down, it can only ask him, "Why?" Snake just walks off, answering, "I don't need the competition".

In 2003, [[CrossGen]] and [[Hurricane Entertainment]] published ''[[John Carpenter's Snake Plissken Chronicles (comics)|John Carpenter's Snake Plissken Chronicles]]'', a four-part [[comic book]] miniseries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=2168 |title=Snake Strikes Early! 'John Carpenter's Snake Plissken Chronicles' #1 Hits The Streets One Month Early! |website=Comic Book Resources |date=May 22, 2003 |access-date=June 30, 2010}}</ref> The story takes place a day or so after the events of ''Escape from New York''. Snake has been given a military [[Humvee]] after his presidential pardon and makes his way to [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]]. Although the director's cut of ''Escape from New York'' shows Snake was caught after a bank job, this story has Snake finishing up a second heist that was planned before his capture. The job entails stealing the car in which [[John F. Kennedy]] was [[assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassinated]] from a casino before delivering it to a buyer in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. Snake partners with a man named Marrs who ends up double-crossing him. Left for dead in a sinking crab cage, Snake escapes and is saved by a passing fisherman named Captain Ron (an in-joke referring to Kurt Russell's 1992 comedy, ''[[Captain Ron]]''). When Ron denies Snake's request to use his boat to beat Marrs to the robbery, Snake decides to kill him. When Snake ends up saving Ron from the Russian mob, who wants money, Ron changes his mind and helps Snake. Once at the casino, Snake comes face-to-face with Marrs and his men, who arrive at the same time, ending in a high-speed [[shootout]]. Snake gets away with the car and its actress portraying [[Jackie Kennedy]], leaving Marrs to be caught by the casino owner, who cuts him a deal to bring his car back and live. After some trouble, Snake manages to finally get the car to the buyer's yacht, using Ron's boat, and is then attacked by Marrs. Following the firefight, the yacht and car are destroyed, Marrs and Captain Ron are dead, and Snake makes his escape in a helicopter with the 30 million credits owed to him for the job. The series was written by William O'Neill and penciled by [[Tone Rodriguez]] with [[Jan Utstein]] as editor.

In 2014, [[BOOM! Studios]] began publishing an ''Escape from New York'' comic book by writer, Christopher Sebela.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/sdcc-sebela-attempts-an-escape-from-new-york-at-boom/|title=SDCC: Sebela Attempts an "Escape From New York" at BOOM!|date=July 26, 2014|website=CBR}}</ref> The first issue of the series was released on December 3, 2014,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3323200/comic-book-review-escape-new-york-1-sequel-deserve/|title=[Comic Book Review] "Escape From New York" #1 Is The Sequel We Deserve|first=Zac|last=Thompson|date=December 3, 2014}}</ref> and the story picks up moments after the end of the film.

BOOM! released a crossover comics miniseries between Snake and Jack Burton titled ''[[Big Trouble in Little China]]/Escape from New York'' in October 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsarama.com/30118-totally-awesome-hulk-writer-takes-on-totally-craaazy-big-trouble-in-little-china-escape-from-new-york-crossover.html|title=Two Iconic Cult Characters That Look Exactly Alike Cross Over in BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA / ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK|publisher=Newsrama|last=Arrant|first=Chris|date=July 13, 2016 |access-date=August 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717133511/http://www.newsarama.com/30118-totally-awesome-hulk-writer-takes-on-totally-craaazy-big-trouble-in-little-china-escape-from-new-york-crossover.html |archive-date=July 17, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Board games===
An ''[[Escape from New York (game)|Escape from New York]]'' board game was released in 1981 by [[TSR, Inc.]]<ref>{{cite web|work=[[BoardGameGeek]]|title=Escape from New York|url=http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/731/escape-from-new-york}}</ref>  Another board game was crowd-funded in 2022.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/escape-from-new-york/news/escape-from-new-york-board-game-announced |work=Dicebreaker |title=Escape from New York is getting a board game from Descent: Journeys in the Dark creator |author=Matt Jarvis |date=28 March 2022}}</ref>

===Cancelled anime===
In 2003, Carpenter was planning an anime spin-off of ''Escape from New York'', with ''[[Outlaw Star]]''{{'}}s [[Mitsuru Hongo]] slated to direct.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2003-02-11/production-ig-working-on-escape-from-new-york-anime |title=Production IG working on Escape from New York Anime |date=February 11, 2003 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=August 23, 2014}}</ref>

===Cancelled video game===
A video game adaptation was in development in 2004–2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screencrush.com/escape-from-new-york-game/|title=Check Out the 'Escape From New York' Video Game That Never Was|first=Jacob|last=Hall|date=October 3, 2013|website=ScreenCrush}}</ref>