300 star Gerard Butler is part of CAA's pitch for a remake of John Carpenter's 1981 sci-fi cult classic ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, reports VARIETY. Neal Moritz is set to produce from a script by BLACK HAWK DOWN writer Ken Nolan. The story follows Snake Plissken as he is given the task of rescuing the president from Manhattan, which has been turned into maximum-security prison.
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