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Hard Sun never quite moved beyond a police procedural, and suffered as a result
Describing Hard Sun as a “pre-apocalyptic crime drama” is a misrepresentation of the show - it never leaves the confines of the police procedural genre.
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Escape From New York reboot synopsis sounds very different to the original
Looks like the long in-development ‘Escape From New York’ remake will fall in the latter category. The Wrap have published a synopsis of the new take on John Carpenter’s 1981 sci-fi action thriller, which starred Kurt Russell as grizzled anti-hero Snake Plissken, sent into a post-apocalyptic New York City which has been repurposed as a maximum security prison, with 20 hours to find and rescue the President. Potential spoilers for the ‘Escape From New York’ reboot ahead.
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Luther Creator To Write Escape From New York Remake
Long in development at 20th Century Fox, a new take on John Carpenter’s dystopian sci-fi thriller has no director or star attached yet, but according to The Hollywood Reporter it now has a writer in the form of Neil Cross. Most notably, Cross is the creator of hit BBC detective series ‘Luther’ starring Idris Elba. Set in the then-far away date of 1997, the 1981 cult classic ‘Escape from New York’ centres on a walled-off New York City which has been repurposed as the one maximum security prison