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The Remake and Karl Urban should be Snake.


I really can't see anyone else being able to pull off a good Snake Plisskin except Karl Urban. I am not thrilled about the remake but I am okay with Rodriguez directing it. I think he might be the one to pull off the grungy and nasty city along with the shady characters. This brings me back to Karl Urban. He is one of the few actors that has really great talent across the board like Kurt Russell. He can be charming, badass, witty, look beat, look smart, look cheap, look like a wealthy pretty boy, look rugged, and he is also witty and smart. Kurt Russell was able to pull that off back in the day. Plisskin is a cocktail of many things. Very few actors can pull many looks off without a ton of make-up.

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I don't like them remaking classics but Karl Urban would be a great choice.

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I agree with this. We do not need a remake at all, but Karl Urban basically doing Dredd without the helmet would work well. Still, I'd rather they left this alone.

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No one will be able to do justice to the character. How about hack "film makers " and greedy movie studios come up with some new ideas for a change.

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If they did go through with a remake, I agree on Urban.

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Thumbs up to this. I hope some producer types are paying attention...

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Urban would be great but apparently they want his son Wyatt to replace him.

https://movieweb.com/escape-from-new-york-reboot-snake-plissken-wyatt-russell/

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4 years later thats how far they've got?
still deciding the cast

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Personally, I don't even think they should bother with this. Come up with something original for once, Hollywood.

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