Upgrade writer-director Leigh Whannell is keeping busy. A few days ago, we reported that Whannell was set to write and direct a new version of The Invisible Man for Universal that would scrap all the Dark Universe plans and go for something that doesn’t have to worry about an interconnected universe. Now Whannell is attached to write the remake of John Carpenter’s classic 1981 sci-fi action film Escape from New York. For those who are unfamiliar with the movie, it stars Kurt Russell as convict Snake Plissken, who is tasked with rescuing the President from Manhattan, …