Earlier this morning, Brad Fuller took to his Twitter page and slapped up two images from the set of the NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST. reshoots (one of which you can see above). A few hours later, Fuller updated his Platinum Dunes blog with a message to those of you who are concerned by the fact that they’re doing reshoots this late in the game.
I have read all the rumors and want to make sure that you have the facts. We are doing a couple of days of reshooting Elm Street. People seem to be making a big deal about that fact. Elm Street is our 8th film and we’ve had reshoots for every film. As I have stated here many times, I try to read everything and I pay attention. The fans input has always been so valuable to me, and Elm Street is no exception. I don’t want to get specific about what we are shooting, but suffice to say we heard you. After you’ve seen the film we can discuss what was reshot. I will say this though- nothing beats seeing Jackie back as Freddy- he works so hard to perfect his portrayal and leaves nothing to chance.
Pretty fascinating for Fuller to admit these reshoots (some of them, anyway) are a result of fan reaction. Then again, the man has always been pretty honest about such things… I knew there were some screenings a little while ago that did not go over like gangbusters, so I guess they’re trying to correct what went wrong. They’ve got until APRIL…
Meanwhile, as I reported earlier this month, there’s no movement on FRIDAY THE 13th Part 2 yet, so we won’t be seeing Jason back in action next year. So what is the status of this thing?
Fuller again: The script is great- dare I say, better than the first. Shannon and Swift have outdone themselves. We are working with New Line to get that movie going. I had hoped to be able to tell you that we started prepping the movie, but that isn’t the case. We are hoping that New Line decides get us started early next year.
More on these projects as info comes in…
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