New Line, Michael Bay to remake “A Nightmare On Elm Street”
Joe Rickey
Source: Variety
According to Variety, Platinum Dunes partners Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form have been set by New Line to re-launch Freddy Krueger, the iconic psycho who haunts the subconscious dreams of teenagers and kills them in their sleep.
The trio will create a new franchise based on A Nightmare On Elm Street, the 1984 Wes Craven film.
Originally played by Robert Englund, Krueger haunted nine films and two TV series, and was New Line's most lucrative franchise until The Lord of the Rings.
The deal comes as Bay, Fuller and Form ready for an April start for Friday the 13th, a New Line re-launch of another iconic baddie, Jason Voorhees. Cloverfield star Odette Yustman has just been set to star, and Marcus Nispel will direct a script by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift (Freddy Vs. Jason).
Both franchises will be given a complete overhaul, something that Platinum Dunes provided in the Nispel-directed The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. New Line won't hire a writer on Nightmare until the strike ends.
*I KNOW I'm not the only one to feel COMPLETELY BURNED by this …I'm getting SICK & TIRED of these studios/corporations/“visionary directors” pissing on my childhood/fandom…There are just CERTAIN MOVIES/PROPERTIES THAT DO NOT NEED TO BE “REINVISIONED”!!…
*I mean there's already talks about REPLACING ROBERT ENGLUND AS FREDDY…That IN ITSELF is a TRAVESTY…“Freddy Krueger” is just one of those characters that just CAN'T CAN'T be “played” by another “actor”…ROBERT ENGLUND IS FREDDY!!…NO ONE ELSE CAN BRING THAT LEVEL OF COMMITMENT AND “LIFE” TO THAT ROLE!!…He CREATED IT for cripes sakes!!…I mean I know he's getting on in age, however the man is NOT DEAD or a “vegatable”!!…I personally MET the man about a year or so ago, and even THEN he was BURSTING with energy!!…
*And they're talking about replacing him with this guy:
*Yup, that's right - Ben Foster from “X-Men 3: The Last Stand”…That TRAINWRECK of a “movie”…A] he's TOO YOUNG, and B] He wouldn't be able to do the character justice …
*And then there's the issue of who's producing it - None other than hack “visionary” Micheal Bay…While I enjoyed last year's “Transformers” to a degree, I could have done without ALOT of his “vision” …All of his films REEK of the same REHASHED mood and form - His “badass american renegade” style…UGH.
*And it's for his “Platnum Dunes” imprint, the same “nice people” who COMPLETELY DUMPED on “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”…
*I have that feeling…In my gut…This is GOING TO BLOW IF EXECUTED…Bad sequels are one thing - Trying to “re-invision” PERFECTION - A CLASSIC - is a whole nother ball game :-@ …
*Yeah, they're “remaking” “Friday The 13th”, and while that could bug me, there's been soooooo many different takes on Jason and it's “mythos” over the years - I'm quite indifferent to that…The “Evil Dead” remake I've gotten over as I Sam and Rob are attached to it producing it…“Lost Boys 2” is already a “lost cause”, amongst a whole SLEW of other films that don't need a “reboot” or unnecessary sequel…
*Though the whole “Ghostbusters: Bollywood” thing has me worried to a degree …But it's not an “official” GB movie…So I can rest easy…At least alittle bit…
*Horror Movies post-“Scream” has been ABYSMAL…With few exceptions …And honestly movies like “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”, “The Evil Dead”, and “Friday The 13th” DON'T need to be brought over into this “dark age of horror” , nor “re-invsioned” for the crowd that made that type of “horror” popular…
*Keep making dumb “SAW” films for all I care - JUST LEAVE THE CLASSICS BE!!…
*“Rob Zombie's Halloween” - Let that be your example of a classic TOTALLY SHAT ON for the “sake of re-invision” to appeal to “newer audiences”…
*I'm tired of “Hollywood”…I'm tired of the “b.s” corporate executives that “greenlight” this shit…“Remakes” are best when it's a film that hasn't been in the limelight for DECADES…Not a franchise that's a mere 22 years old!!…Greedy, unimaginative s.o.b.'s…
*O.k. - I'm done …But let it be said - “If it ‘aint broke - DON’T FIX IT!!” (*peter)
*Cheers.
