Escape Plan is a 2013 Hollywood prison action thriller movie featuring Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, with Jim Caviezel, 50 Cent, Vinnie Jones, Vincent D’Onofrio, and Amy Ryan in supporting roles. It was written by Miles Chapman and Jason Keller and filmed by Swedish filmmaker Mikael Hfström.
It follows Stallone’s character Ray Breslin, a lawyer turned prison security tester who is confined in the world’s most secret and guarded prison and joins fellow convict Emil Rottmayer, played by Schwarzenegger, to arrange an escape. The movie is the first in the Escape Plan film franchise.
The picture was released in the United States on October 18, 2013, to mixed reviews and a worldwide gross of $137 million against a budget of $54 million. According to early reports from 2011, Bruce Willis was cast as Ray Breslin. On The Matthew Aaron Show, producer Mark Canton stated that Jim Caviezel had come on to portray prison warden Hobbes in the movie. Drake, the brutal jail officer, will be played by British actor Vinnie Jones.
It was started in February 2017 that a sequel was in the works, with Sylvester Stallone confirmed to reprise his role as Ray Breslin. Steven C. Miller will helm the film, with Miles Chapman returning as a screenwriter, according to the same article. The movie stars Dave Bautista, 50 Cent, and Jaime King. Escape Plan 2: Hades was announced as the official title in March 2017. On June 29, 2018, the film was released as a direct-to-video release.
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