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New Line plans to bring the Dream Demon back from the dead.
In 2010 Warner Bros./New Line Cinema released their Platinum Dunes-produced reboot of Wes Cravens A Nightmare On Elm Street, which didnt exactly raise any eyebrows at the box office or with fans of the 30 year old franchise.
Now, just 5 years after being resurrected, Freddy Krueger is getting yet another fresh start.
This pretty reputable tracking board dropped a bomb Wednesday night reporting that New Line is planning to remake A Nightmare On Elm Street once again. As of Thursday morning, we here at Bloody Disgusting can confirm this information.
Whats interesting to note is that Platinum Dunes isnt listed as a producer on the project, which is still vacant.
As for a writer, New Line has tapped Orphan scribe David Leslie Johnson to bring the red-and-green sweater/fedora wearing Freddy Krueger back to the big screen.
Toby Emmerich, Walter Hamada, and Dave Neustadter will oversee for New Line.
For those unacquainted with Johnson, the site explains that just earlier this week was announced to write Warner Bros. Dungeons and Dragons adaptation, fits the series like a glove with razors, as the former Walking Dead writer is forging a new presence in the horror space. The Wrath of the Titans scribe is next penning James Wans Conjuring sequel The Conjuring: The Enfield Poltergeist and Disneys horror Something Wicked This Way Comes.
Thats quite a resume.
Samuel Bayer directed the 2010 reboot that introduced Jackie Earle Haley as the new Freddy. While Haley did a bang up job, he just wasnt Freddy. Robert Englund played the iconic slasher from Wes Cravens 1984 A Nightmare On Elm Street through several films, concluding in 2003s Freddy vs. Jason.
The biggest hurdle New Line is going to have to overcome is finding a new Freddy, again. If you look at various other slasher franchises Friday the 13th, Halloween and even Texas Chain Saw Massacre its easy to throw someone else behind a mask. With Elm Street, its the one slasher with personality, and a vital look that sells the character. Jackie Earle Haley was never going to be better than, and thus the impact of the character weakened on screen.
Some of you are going to laugh, but heres my solution: Id love to see a female Krueger slashing up teens, turning their dreams into nightmares. It would be a fresh take on both the character and slasher subgenre.
Ive actually read Wesley Strick and Eric Heisserers screenplays for the 2010 remake. They introduced the brilliant micro-napping, which was underutilized and realized like #### on screen. Bayer, frankly, is an awful director. The one thing that really plagued the reboot, though, was the lack of creativity. It went for primal scares and mimicked scenes from Cravens classic. After 30 years, weve seen Freddy turn people into cockroaches and pizza, so the mere idea that a rotating room was going to thrill us was just silly. Going forward, I hope the new writer will inject some serious creativity so that the title actually carries some meaning. Lets see some ####ed up nightmares this time around
Theres a lot of rich mythology that has barely been touched, but its constantly a victim to studios focusing on selling to the teens who are hoping for one good scare on a date. Its hard to sell an R-rated slasher, and its a business, so sometimes the art suffers. But other times art can elevate a film to a new place, further the genre, and revitalize fans faith in the franchise. This has to be that film. This has to be a unique vision. I am very curious to see who they hire to direct especially now that James Wan is Warner Bros. go-to guy with his Conjuring franchise. Anyone want to take some wagers?
Anyways, this is a good thing, believe it or not. New Line Cinema is The house that Freddy built, and its been a damn shame to see them turning their back on the genre that made them who they are today. New Lines identity is shrouded in horror, and the fact that they sold out Jason Voorhees to Paramount just to make Interstellar still rubs me the wrong way. Maybe this is the film that brings New Line back to their roots, and thus revives our beloved genre in the production house that once lived and breathed horror?
New Line plans to bring the Dream Demon back from the dead.
In 2010 Warner Bros./New Line Cinema released their Platinum Dunes-produced reboot of Wes Cravens A Nightmare On Elm Street, which didnt exactly raise any eyebrows at the box office or with fans of the 30 year old franchise.
Now, just 5 years after being resurrected, Freddy Krueger is getting yet another fresh start.
This pretty reputable tracking board dropped a bomb Wednesday night reporting that New Line is planning to remake A Nightmare On Elm Street once again. As of Thursday morning, we here at Bloody Disgusting can confirm this information.
Whats interesting to note is that Platinum Dunes isnt listed as a producer on the project, which is still vacant.
As for a writer, New Line has tapped Orphan scribe David Leslie Johnson to bring the red-and-green sweater/fedora wearing Freddy Krueger back to the big screen.
Toby Emmerich, Walter Hamada, and Dave Neustadter will oversee for New Line.
For those unacquainted with Johnson, the site explains that just earlier this week was announced to write Warner Bros. Dungeons and Dragons adaptation, fits the series like a glove with razors, as the former Walking Dead writer is forging a new presence in the horror space. The Wrath of the Titans scribe is next penning James Wans Conjuring sequel The Conjuring: The Enfield Poltergeist and Disneys horror Something Wicked This Way Comes.
Thats quite a resume.
Samuel Bayer directed the 2010 reboot that introduced Jackie Earle Haley as the new Freddy. While Haley did a bang up job, he just wasnt Freddy. Robert Englund played the iconic slasher from Wes Cravens 1984 A Nightmare On Elm Street through several films, concluding in 2003s Freddy vs. Jason.
The biggest hurdle New Line is going to have to overcome is finding a new Freddy, again. If you look at various other slasher franchises Friday the 13th, Halloween and even Texas Chain Saw Massacre its easy to throw someone else behind a mask. With Elm Street, its the one slasher with personality, and a vital look that sells the character. Jackie Earle Haley was never going to be better than, and thus the impact of the character weakened on screen.
Some of you are going to laugh, but heres my solution: Id love to see a female Krueger slashing up teens, turning their dreams into nightmares. It would be a fresh take on both the character and slasher subgenre.
Ive actually read Wesley Strick and Eric Heisserers screenplays for the 2010 remake. They introduced the brilliant micro-napping, which was underutilized and realized like #### on screen. Bayer, frankly, is an awful director. The one thing that really plagued the reboot, though, was the lack of creativity. It went for primal scares and mimicked scenes from Cravens classic. After 30 years, weve seen Freddy turn people into cockroaches and pizza, so the mere idea that a rotating room was going to thrill us was just silly. Going forward, I hope the new writer will inject some serious creativity so that the title actually carries some meaning. Lets see some ####ed up nightmares this time around
Theres a lot of rich mythology that has barely been touched, but its constantly a victim to studios focusing on selling to the teens who are hoping for one good scare on a date. Its hard to sell an R-rated slasher, and its a business, so sometimes the art suffers. But other times art can elevate a film to a new place, further the genre, and revitalize fans faith in the franchise. This has to be that film. This has to be a unique vision. I am very curious to see who they hire to direct especially now that James Wan is Warner Bros. go-to guy with his Conjuring franchise. Anyone want to take some wagers?
Anyways, this is a good thing, believe it or not. New Line Cinema is The house that Freddy built, and its been a damn shame to see them turning their back on the genre that made them who they are today. New Lines identity is shrouded in horror, and the fact that they sold out Jason Voorhees to Paramount just to make Interstellar still rubs me the wrong way. Maybe this is the film that brings New Line back to their roots, and thus revives our beloved genre in the production house that once lived and breathed horror?
Unfortunately, this is stated perfectly. Thankfully HBO, showtime, AMC, Etc have made up for it with great TV series.
