A very interesting article in the Wall Street Journal about the state of foreign horror revealed something quite interesting: that Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo – directors of the outrageous and gory INSIDE – were recruited to direct the remake of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. Apparently, they weren’t impressed.
Here’s Bustillo on the matter: “We [Julien Maury and I] have an American agent who couldn’t understand how we could turn down directing a remake of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street.’ He felt we were going to earn a lot of money and make a big hit — why refuse? But for us, the screenplay wasn’t any good, and we weren’t going to be able to rewrite it. We’re not interested in cheating, we want to make films we can be proud of.”
The article also includes other interesting sound bites from notable names in the genre, like this one from Fabrice Du Welz, director of VINYAN and CALVAIRE:
“I can only talk for myself, but Hollywood is not much of an attraction for me,” Mr. Du Welz says. “I know I wouldn’t be happy on a film set having two line producers prodding me like on a commercial… Directors like myself, Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury, and Pascal Laugier have all been getting sent the same scripts, it’s not like Hollywood is interested in us as individual talents.”
To read the entire article, head on over HERE.