Call me Snake…

Russell to return for third Escape?


by Willow Green |
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Snake Plissken, the one-eyed rogue played by Kurt Russell in John Carpenter's cult classic Escape From New York and luke-warm sequel Escape From LA may return for a third outing in the tentatively titled Escape From Earth. The hard-as-nails anti-hero has gained quite a following since the 1981 release of the hugely popular first film, where Snake goes behind enemy lines in an apocalyptic 1997 New York , now turned into a maximum security prison. The less-than-inspired sequel failed to capture the gritty claustrophobia of its predecessor but, while its performance did little to advance the franchise, Snake

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