{"id":7999293,"date":"2026-04-13T15:45:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T22:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/?p=7999293"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T22:45:08","slug":"escape-from-new-york-the-howling-remakes-studiocanal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/creative-content\/movies\/escape-from-new-york-the-howling-remakes-studiocanal\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Escape From New York,’ ‘The Howling’ Redos in the Works at StudioCanal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Two 1981 favorites are coming back to theaters for a new generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At CinemaCon 2026, StudioCanal announced that both “Escape from New York” and “The Howling” have reboots currently in development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The French distribution company didn’t give many details on the reimaginings of these two cult classic franchises. The news came at the end of a panel presentation StudioCanal shared with Angel Studios and Sony Pictures Classics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Escape from New York” is a 1981 independent sci-fi action film from legendary filmmaker John Carpenter. Carpenter co-wrote the screenplay with Nick Castle. The film, set in the then-future 1997, follows Kurt Russell as Lieutenant S.D. Bob “Snake” Plissken, who is sent to Manhattan Island, which serves as a maximum security prison, to rescue the President of the United States (played by Donald Pleasence).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Russell would return as Snake Plisken in “Escape from L.A.,” a 1996 sequel again directed by Carpenter. Carpenter co-wrote the follow-up alongside Russell and Debra Hill (Carpenter’s longtime partner with whom he wrote “Halloween”).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another 1981 cult classic, “The Howling” follows Karen White (Dee Wallace), a news anchor who, after being stalked by a serial killer, goes to a resort known as the “Colony” beset by werewolves. Joe Dante directed the film, written by John Sayles and Terence H. Winkless and adapting Gary Brandner’s novel of the same name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Howling” spawned a long-running franchise spanning seven sequels between 1985 and 2011. Follow-up films include “Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf,” “Howling VI: The Freaks” and the latest entry, “The Howling: Reborn.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the panel, StudioCanal also showed footage for “Everybody Wants to F–k Me,” a comedy\/thriller starring Taron Egerton as a man stalked by women who want to be with him. They rounded out the panel with a clip from the beginning of Danny Boyle’s new film “Ink,” starring Jack O’Connell as Larry Lamb and Guy Pearce as Rupert Murdoch. “Ink” is slated for release in 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n

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