‘Escape from New York’ Directors Abandon Long-Anticipated Reboot of Carpenter’s 1981 Classic
© Rialto Pictures/Studiocanal In what has been described as a “major setback” for the Escape from New York reboot, directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett have confirmed they are no longer working on the film. The film was designed as a reboot/sequel of John Carpenter’s dystopian movie that debuted in 1981. Battinelli-Olpin and Gillett, part of…