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Another Nightmare on Elm Street reboot reportedly in the works - Ceno - 08-21-2015
I kind of liked the last one.
Itâs only been five years since New Line and Platinum
Dunes tried their hand at remaking Wes Craven âs
classic horror flick A Nightmare on Elm Street , the film
that brought the taunting slasher Freddy Krueger into
all our nightmares. But in Hollywood years, thatâs a
lifetime, so itâs time for another reboot .
A new reboot of A Nightmare on Elm Street is in the
works at New Line Cinema again, and this one will
ignore the 2010 reboot that starred Jackie Earle Haley
as Freddy Krueger. Find out who will be writing the
script for the A Nightmare on Elm Street reboot after the
jump!
The Tracking Board reports it will be Orphan scribe
David Leslie Johnson writing the script this time, but
thereâs no director or producers on board the project
as of yet. So far only New Lineâs Toby Emmerich,
Walter Hamada and Dave Neustadter are overseeing
for the studio, so the project is still pretty early in
development.
A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of several horror
franchises that, much like the character who haunts
endless dreams, just wonât die. Freddy Krueger
(originally played by Robert Englund) stands with
Michael Myers from Halloween and Jason Voorhees
from Friday the 13th as a horror icon, but just like those
other two seemingly immortal killers, theyâve also worn
out their welcome from time to time.
Krueger has always been the more playful and silly of
the iconic, recurring slashers, spouting off one-liners
and campy jokes to his victims before he kills them. He
even battled Jason Voorhees in the silly match-up
Freddy vs. Jason in 2003, and has spun off into several
novels, comic books and video games as well.
Though the 2010 reboot has a respectable cast
(including Rooney Mara in the lead) and tried
desperately to remake the film for a new generation, it
just didnât separate itself enough from the original film
and instead was simply boring, lacking in any true
horror. If anything, it just seemed to take itself far too
seriously. Or maybe we just live in a world where a
killer like Freddy Krueger just doesnât work anymore.
Though Iâm sure someone out there has an idea to
bring Freddy back from the dead.
Another Nightmare on Elm Street reboot reportedly in the works - Lilith - 08-21-2015
Welcome to TalkHorror Forums Ceno!
I have heard about this new re-boot as well. As an old school horror fan I have to say I am worried, lol. I didn't care for the current remake myself. It is just to hard to imagine anyone else playing Freddy other then Robert Englund.
But you never know... this new reboot could be interesting.
Have you heard about the NEW Friday The 13th TV Series? This one is supposed to include Jason! I am open to it, if they can do it up right. Looking forward to checking it out.
Another Nightmare on Elm Street reboot reportedly in the works - Ceno - 08-21-2015
Lilith Wrote:Welcome to TalkHorror Forums Ceno!
I have heard about this new re-boot as well. As an old school horror fan I have to say I am worried, lol. I didn't care for the current remake myself. It is just to hard to imagine anyone else playing Freddy other then Robert Englund.
But you never know... this new reboot could be interesting.
Have you heard about the NEW Friday The 13th TV Series? This one is supposed to include Jason! I am open to it, if they can do it up right. Looking forward to checking it out.
I did enjoy the new one when I first saw it. But now when I try to watch it on my DVR, I'm like meh. Didn't know about the Friday the 13th series, it sounds awesome. I heard the next movie will be found footage.
Another Nightmare on Elm Street reboot reportedly in the works - Lilith - 08-21-2015
Ceno Wrote:I did enjoy the new one when I first saw it. But now when I try to watch it on my DVR, I'm like meh. Didn't know about the Friday the 13th series, it sounds awesome. I heard the next movie will be found footage.
You know I heard about that found footage too. I think if done right, found footage could be pretty interesting with Jason's story. If they go that route, I hope they don't screw it up. It could have some real potential. And thats a lot coming from me, because I am not typically a big fan of found footage movies. Although I have found a small handful that are not to bad!
Another Nightmare on Elm Street reboot reportedly in the works - Bojangles - 08-22-2015
Welcome aboard, Ceno!
I've heard that a reboot is coming, but as far as I'm aware, that's just a rumor at this point. It'll be interesting to see what happens, though.
Another Nightmare on Elm Street reboot reportedly in the works - TerrorScribe - 08-27-2015
Welcome, Ceno!
The short answer: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
The long answer: It's WAY too soon to reboot the series. Maybe they should have just done the reboot right the first time. Jackie Earle Haley is a good actor but he was miscast as Freddy. And I'm sorry, Robert Englund is just getting too long in the tooth to still be playing Freddy. They need to find someone a bit more physically imposing. Not Jason-imposing but someone taller than Prince.
Still, for all that it got wrong, the reboot did one thing right: for a movie about a person who kills you in your dreams, it just about put me to sleep.