Elm Street remake | Movie News
In their continuing quest to repackage every single classic, iconic horror film and franchise with the hotties, hard bodies, glossy exterior and dizzying flash cuts that today's film audiences demand, Michael Bay's production company, Platinum Dunes, will partner with New Line to reboot the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET franchise. The film, of course, centers on the machinations of the ultimate boogeyman Freddy Kruger and his lust for haunting and eliminating busty teenagers in their sleep. Robert Englund played the role for nine films and two TV movies but it's likely we'll actually be seeing someone else don the striped shirt, hat and claws for the remake. Currently, no director is set and no writer will be hired until after the writer's strike. Dunes is currently gearing up to give FRIDAY THE 13TH an extreme makeover. They have an April start for the remake with CLOVERFIELD star Odette Yustman set to star, and Marcus Nispel directing from a script by FREDDY VS. JASON scribes Damian Shannon and Mark Swift.
Source: Variety
Extra Tidbit: Before NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, New Line was just a distribution company for college campuses. In fact, the film saved the company from bankruptcy and was at one point referred to as "The House that Freddy Built".
11:59AM on 01/31/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
We should all just get in one big-ass time machine and re-live the past..ida know..40 years of cinema and save these clowns the trouble.
We should all just get in one big-ass time machine and re-live the past..ida know..40 years of cinema and save these clowns the trouble. I mean really?...Really? Stop boinking your desk-clerks for 20 mins to come up with a decent idea for a film for crying out loud! Your killing millions of dreams (no pun intended).
P.S., suck my bizzalls. and you can tell my mama I said it!! Nubs!
8:20PM on 01/30/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
one, two, Freddy's coming for you
one, two, Freddy's coming for you
5:49PM on 01/30/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Other _Reboots, re-imaginings, or whatever the hell you want to call them very rarely have this to try and live up to, Jason, Michael, The Texas Chainsaw guy, Hills Have Eyes baddies, all had characters that could
Other _Reboots, re-imaginings, or whatever the hell you want to call them very rarely have this to try and live up to, Jason, Michael, The Texas Chainsaw guy, Hills Have Eyes baddies, all had characters that could easily be "re-done".. it doesn't take much to chase people around and butcher them... When you rely on the bad guys witty remarks and comical references to build a character it just cannot be duplicated well enough that your going to expect the fans of the original to like it.. or much even want to see it.
Every horror fanatic that is a fan of the Nightmare series will only wind up disapointed.
Now to re-boot the series and keep Englund cast as Freddy "might" be something I'd check out... and I stress "might".. but a complete re-cast, re-hash will be something I will pass on without looking back on.
Why not just do another sequel? Freddy VS Jason had good numbers, so it proves the fans are still around, and will pay the price of admission if a sequel looks decent...
If you want to try and get to a new generation of fans treating them to a Elm st flick with the "Real" Freddy is the BEST way to bring interest back into your franchise...
4:22PM on 01/30/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
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2:33PM on 01/30/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
It's not to far until we see a Scareface remake, Godfather remake, Robocop remake heck even Casblanca.
I'm just surprise that Nightmare/Johnny Depp nerds are not protesting this film.
To words Hollywood F U! :p
It's not to far until we see a Scareface remake, Godfather remake, Robocop remake heck even Casblanca.
I'm just surprise that Nightmare/Johnny Depp nerds are not protesting this film.
To words Hollywood F U! :p
2:08PM on 01/30/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
This should help you out.
This should help you out.
12:29PM on 01/30/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
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And for the record . . . any Nightmare movie without Robert Englund is like communion without Jesus . . . ok . . . there . . . I said it . . .
And for the record . . . any Nightmare movie without Robert Englund is like communion without Jesus . . . ok . . . there . . . I said it . . .
7:37AM on 01/30/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
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I can see Boll directing and Cathy Griffin
playing Freddy.
I can see Boll directing and Cathy Griffin
playing Freddy.
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I can't stress enough how I do not want this to happen. I should just kill myself now.
I can't stress enough how I do not want this to happen. I should just kill myself now.
1:45AM on 01/30/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
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I wish Michael Bay would just disappear. Not to ever produce and/or direct again.
I wish Michael Bay would just disappear. Not to ever produce and/or direct again.
12:33AM on 01/30/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
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"The Maltese Falcon," anyone? Hell, they remade 1940's "Gaslight" before 1950...twice! And then, once again, in the '50s!
And I actually quite liked Zombie's "Halloween," but I won't bother arguing that here.
HOWEVER...
Bay's remakes have been awful.
His "Texas" was almost as inane as the scene-for-scene
"The Maltese Falcon," anyone? Hell, they remade 1940's "Gaslight" before 1950...twice! And then, once again, in the '50s!
And I actually quite liked Zombie's "Halloween," but I won't bother arguing that here.
HOWEVER...
Bay's remakes have been awful.
His "Texas" was almost as inane as the scene-for-scene remake of "Psycho"...and his MTV-esque "Hitcher" COMPLETELY missed the point of the haunting original.
So, please, Bay...just stop, 'cause you obviously have no idea what you're doing.
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Are there absolutely no original scripts floating around anymore (pre-strike of course)???
To try to outdo the original "Nightmare"'s mix of a bad dream crossed with a bad acid trip is probably going to prove fruitless. These guys will have the cash but not the vision.
Are there absolutely no original scripts floating around anymore (pre-strike of course)???
To try to outdo the original "Nightmare"'s mix of a bad dream crossed with a bad acid trip is probably going to prove fruitless. These guys will have the cash but not the vision.
8:35PM on 01/29/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I enjoy Michael Bay's movies for the most part, and I can forgive him for Pearl Harbor and Armageddon.
Further, I thought the TCM remake was okay.
The Hitcher went into territory that was almost too much to bear.
And I figure, hey, a Friday the 13th remake would probably be essentially the same as a sequel... I can deal with it.
But this.
This is
I enjoy Michael Bay's movies for the most part, and I can forgive him for Pearl Harbor and Armageddon.
Further, I thought the TCM remake was okay.
The Hitcher went into territory that was almost too much to bear.
And I figure, hey, a Friday the 13th remake would probably be essentially the same as a sequel... I can deal with it.
But this.
This is personal.
8:32PM on 01/29/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
fuck michael bay
fuck markus nispel
fuck hollywood
i want my childhood back
fuck michael bay
fuck markus nispel
fuck hollywood
i want my childhood back
8:23PM on 01/29/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
And if this does happen, I'm finally drawing a line in the sand. No more remakes, no more sequels, no more adaptations for Servo. I'll be finished for good.
And if this does happen, I'm finally drawing a line in the sand. No more remakes, no more sequels, no more adaptations for Servo. I'll be finished for good.
8:18PM on 01/29/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
DONCHU KNOW.
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DONCHU KNOW.
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