Gerard Butler Walks Away From Escape From New York Remake
Filed under: Film News, News | By: Lucy
Posted on: November 1, 2007 | 12 Comments
It’s not looking too good for New Line’s Escape From New York remake. First director Len Wiseman left the project, only to be replaced by oh-so-average director Brett Ratner. Then, we told that Ratner denied being involved with the project. New Line’s bad luck doesn’t stop there. Now it seems star Gerard Butler can’t escape fast enough, leaving the project due to ‘creative differences’.
New Line have enlisted Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines scribe Jonathan Mostow in to rewrite with an option to direct. Mostow’s filmography includes Breakdown and U-571. He was recently attached to write and direct the Disney remake of Swiss Family Robinson, a big screen adaptation of the comic book Sub-Mariner, and Real Steel, a robot boxing drama set in the future - busy boy!
I don’t think losing Gerard Butler is a great loss, they need to cast an actor who can fill Kurt Russels shoes. Although I love Butler, I don’t think he could do that.
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Further to Susan’s comments about a Gerry-fest (I’ve had many)…another film you should include is One More Kiss - he’s fantastic in it…and if you can take a look at the short film Please…WOW…Gerry’s in a calibre all of his own - there truly is no other actor out there like him.
Gerry can do anything !!!!!!!!