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Fans of Zack Snyder's DCEU will likely never get to see the strange, post-apocalyptic future that was hinted at in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. However, something decently similar might just be on the way - only without the DC Comics characters component. You see, Zack Snyder has just been tapped to remake one of the most famous 'not-too-distant-future' movies on the planet: John Carpenter's Escape from New York.

The story comes from an article published by The Hollywood Reporter June 1. Snyder is writing and directing the upcoming film, which he is co-producing alongside StudioCanal and the Picture Company. John Carpenter himself, who wrote, directed, and co-scored the original film that introduced the world to Kurt Russell's Snake Plissken, is reportedly serving as an executive producer as well. 

Snyder's take on the story is being billed as a 'reimagining,' and even folks casually familiar with the original movie can see why. First of all, Escape from New York was a 1981 movie set in the far-off future of... 1997, at least three decades before this film has any hope of seeing a movie theater. Then there's the fact that the movie takes place during a war between the US and the China-allied USSR, which dissolved a full six years before the fictional film was supposed to take place.

One thing that the movie does have going for it, though, is that there's a bit of real-world historical overlay. According to John Carpenter, Escape from New York was written right after Watergate, during a time when "The whole feeling of the nation was one of real cynicism about the president." And as I probably don't have to tell you, Popverse reader, we're going through a bit of a reboot of our own in that regard

Keep an eye on Popverse for more on this remake as it develops.

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