What’s with all the false rumours making the rounds? First there was the incorrect report stating that George Clooney was set to star in Pet Semetary, and now it’s been confirmed that John Carpenter has not been in talks with Paramount to helm a third “Escape” film. Now you know why I stick with posts on ‘zines and zombie protests as opposed to the Hollywood rumour mill. It makes me kind of glad that I was on vacation and unable to jump on the bandwagon.

I admit, I’m a little disappointed. Plissken is one of my favourite cinematic characters and, despite the likelihood that this wouldn’t fare any better than Escape From L.A., I would love to see Russell squeeze into that stanky leather outfit one last time.

Oh, well. One good thing to have come out of the “Escape” rumour is that Bloody Disgusting has confirmed that Carpenter will be scoring Robert Rodriguez’ portion of Grind House, unless of course that turns out to be false as well.

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