Overview
- On Thursday Snyder told the Happy Sad Confused podcast the film will be set in 1997 as seen from 1981 and that the inciting collapse begins on July 9, 1981.
- Snyder repeatedly said he intends to keep the original story and tone, and he demanded that the new Snake Plissken preserve the character’s iconic look.
- The director declined to name a lead but said he may already have an actor in mind, signaling early-stage casting movement without any confirmed hires.
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan has been publicly lobbying Snyder for a role and Snyder confirmed Morgan has been approaching him about parts in the project.
- The reboot is in active development with no release date, and the project will face close scrutiny from fans because Carpenter’s 1981 film and Kurt Russell’s Snake Plissken are widely regarded as cult touchstones.