Escape from New York reboot rises from the ashes!

     "Call me Snake."
     If Joel Silver has his way that's exactly what audiences will be hearing in the future--three doses of it.
     Thought to be DOA several months ago, it looks like the reboot of the 1981 John Carpenter classic starring Kurt Russell, Escape from New York, is back on the fast track to the theater.  And this time it's set to be a trilogy.  (Of course.  Because everything is now.)
     According to "Deadline" Studio Canal recently acquired the rights to Escape from New York from New Line Cinema and handed the reigns over to producer Silver.  The idea is to treat the first film like an origin story (ala {fill in the blank} superhero stories) and move on with more movies.  The remake has been kicking around Hollywood for years with noted actors Jeremy Renner, Tom Hardy, and Gerard Butler pegged for the lead role of Snake Plissken. 
      For those of you who don't know, Escape from New York is set in a post apocalyptic future where NYC has become a prison.  When the President of the United States' plane crashes in the middle of the city, the military enlist the help of Snake Plissken, a former military man turned criminal.  In exchange for rescuing the President, Plissken will receive a full pardon.
     Personally I think this film is a classic and shouldn't be touched.  But if anyone should be Plissken I wonder why no one is suggesting Timothy Olyphant?  I think he'd be perfect.