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Snake Plissken to star in own video game
by Jolex Del Pilar
Wednesday, July 30, 2003
What city shall he have to escape from this time?
Namco Hometek announced today that the company has secured the rights to develop and publish video games based on action hero character, Snake Plissken, from the feature films Escape from New York and Escape from LA.
Legendary director John Carpenter, producer Debra Hill and actor Kurt Russell own the Snake Plissken character rights and will be working with Namco on the development of the video games. The first of multiple titles featuring Plissken will launch in time for Christmas 2005.
"Working with both the original team from Escape and the developers at Namco allows Kurt, Debra and me to reach a whole new generation of Snake fans and still be true to the original movie," said John Carpenter.
“Bringing Snake into the video game world should be a blast,” said actor Kurt Russell.
The popular Escape movies were introduced in the early 1980s, and have created a huge cult following. The property has already expanded into other forms of entertainment including a bi-monthly comic book titled "John Carpenter’s Snake Plissken Chronicles," as well as action figures, novelizations and Japanese anime.
--- Jolex Del Pilar |
