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23 July 2008 4:01 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Michael Bay recently told Entertainment Weekly they were still working on bringing the remake version of Nightmare on Elm Street together and it seems there is some movement as New Line has hirted Wesley Strick to pen the relaunch as Freddy Krueger (played by Robert Englund in all its previous incarnations), a serial child killer murdered who returns with a burned face and razor glove to terrorize teens in their dreams will be brought back to "life". The new project will keep the high school setting and delve deeper in the psychology of nightmares and Krueger himself. The plan is to have a dark tone. The company hopes to have the movie ready for the 25th anniversary of the original. The move to create a "dark tone" is obviously a comment on how overly comical the slew of sequels became as the Nightmare films became more and more campy as time went on. »

- Brad Brevet

23 July 2008 12:44 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

New Line is making its move to bring the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise back into the limelight. THR reports this morning that Doom and Wolf writer Wesley Strick has been brought on board to author the script that will re-invent Freddy Krueger for the 21st Century.

The trade reports the high school setting from the original will remain in place (of course), but the remake will delve deeper into the psychology of nightmares as well as Freddy Krueger himself. They also confirmed that the tone will be dark, so hopefully our new Freddy won’t be cracking wise every time he’s on screen.

The real question is: Who will that new Freddy Krueger be? If they’re going the Friday the 13th remake route, they won’t be bringing in anyone from the original series, which mean Englund is out. If they’re smart and realize that he »

- Johnny Butane

22 July 2008 10:52 PM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

Despite earlier rumors that Damian Shannon & Mark Swift (Freddy Vs Jason, the new Friday The 13th remake) were taking a crack at the script for Platinum Dunes proposed remake of A Nightmare On Elm Street, it appears another writer has officially landed the gig of bringing Freddy Krueger back.

The Hollywood Reporter says that Wesley Strick will "pen the relaunch of the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" series, the franchise that helped establish New Line into a movie player in the mid-1980s." Strick also wrote Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear, Arachnophobia, Wolf, The Saint, The Glass House and... Doom.

The article continues, "The original "Nightmare" was written and directed by Wes Craven and released in 1984. It created one of the most popular villains in screen history, Freddy Krueger, played by Robert Englund, and its runaway success spawned a slew of sequels. The new project will keep the high school »

3 articles from 2008