Bet you didn't see this coming. Zack Snyder has been tapped to direct the remake of Escape from New York. I was a big fan of Snyder's remake of Dawn of the Dead (I'm not a Romeo purist), so I say bring this on!
Some folks may have heard that Snake Plissken is dead, but Zack Snyder is not one of them.
The singular filmmaker behind 300 and Zack Snyder’s Justice League has come aboard to write and direct a reimagining of Escape from New York, the classic dystopian action movie from John Carpenter that introduced audiences to the cool, eye-patch-wearing, cobra-tatted anti-hero.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter