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The New NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Project Has A Writer...
Merrick here...
The Powers That Be have wrangled Wesley Strick to script New Line's NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET revisitation. Strick's previous credits include Scorsese's CAPE FEAR, the DOOM movie, and Phillip Noyce's big screen adaptation of THE SAINT.
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.
...says THIS ARTICLE in Hollywood Reporter.
The 25th anniversary of the original film? The first one was released in November 1984. So, I guess this means they're targeting a November/Christmas release for next year?
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Who will play Freddy and what will he look like?
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Without Wes Craven, Heather Langenkamp and Robert Englund, it ain't a Freddy film. Colour me meh.
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I enjoyed THE SAINT though, so I'll allow it.
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can we get some crazy new classic original shit in the door please? I want some new icons I can brag about to my kids in the next ten years when they are failing to remake it. Are there no more ballsy writers and directors with an original idea in mind that can sell to a wide audience?
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Clear and simple. I'm tired of all these insipid remakes. A Freddy movie without Robert Englund is like the New Testament without Jesus.
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I so thought I'd be first...
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Not a single person on God's green Earth likes horror remakes, because they all fucking suck. MAKE THE HURTING STOP! The End.
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Will there be a scene where Freddy stands in the middle of the boiler room while a bunch of flying knived gloves engulf him and the music swells?? Or maybe Morgan Freeman shows him a nice sweater, but Freddy asks... 'Does it come in red and green?'... I freaking love it when they go back to the beginning!!!
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If you have it you want to suck as much value out of it as you can. It's the same reason no one ever stays dead in comic books.
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...kill my ex-wife. No but seriously...a dark tone? I don't know if that is exactly congruent with the original.
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Jul 23, 2008 1:49:17 PM CDT
I think another actor playing Freddy could be a good thing.
by brokentusk
I’m sure I'll get raped for saying this, but if they insist on remaking the film, I actually hope they go so far as to find a new Freddy. At best we'll get a completely new interpretation of the character, at worst the film will suck and we can go back to worshiping the original. I say cast Frank Miller, dude already looks like Freddy.
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ha ha ho a-he a-ho he he.
And I thought my jokes were bad.
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I found the remake of CAPE FEAR very overrated. By depicting Max Cady's actions as the behavior of psycho, they lost the element of simple, pure evil, as portrayed in the original. Nothing about this remake of NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET sounds promising. I don't want to see a film that delves into the psychology of Freddy Krueger, a character that is supposed to be mysterious and dark.
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hell, even The Happening. At the very fucking least they were ORIGINAL. Seeing originality in a theater makes me gasp, as if I were drowning in water and finally emerged to take breath. It's refreshing. But these remakes are seriously pain-inducing.
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Well ya know lots of shadows and stuff... wait.. what's that you say about the sidekick dying?
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Hollywood studios need to take a chance on originality and creativity, not this dead-end, make the money back first weekend culture that has developed over the last 10 - 15 years.
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Spot on. The Mist is exactly the sort of film that should be made more often. It just opened here in the UK on a handful of screens, the distributors didn't know what to do with it because it didn't have some block of balsa like Orloondo Bland in it. If they gave it proper advertising it could have been a hit. Somebody sack those twentysomething fools in charge of development slates and hire some people who actually have a fucking clue for a change.
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A horror movie with a dark tone. Crazy.
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Does that mean we will not see Freddy's sadistic sense of humor? that is what made the films fun. leave the mindless psychopath crap to Jason fans.
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Damn I'm good
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Theres no better cast then Robert Englund,Heather Langenkamp,Johnny Depp and John Saxon...Directed by Wes Craven.
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not to see anything that is a remake in the theatres. Wake me up when the next Pixar movie comes out. I'm so sick of the movie biz not stepping up with some new thought. It seems like if I want to see anything with real spirit and not be overwhelmed with the feeling that the movie is there just to make money, I have to go to the arthouse. The Fall is still one of the best movies I have seen this summer.
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Man, that's going to be one ingenious story!
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and the Amityville remakes. And all the other remakes. THIS WILL SUCK. But will make enough money for Hollywood to continue raping the corpses of their ancestors.
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For all the little miserable cretins who let saliva and words "Dur, how'd he get that way, dur? Dur, someone explain the character's history, dur!" flow out of their gaping mouths after every film they see.
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Make it Ben Foster. That dude does bat-shit crazy better than anyone.
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I read this a few days ago... what's the deal with this site lately? Remember when they used to actually BREAK news.
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by a no-name up-and-comer. A marquee name would be distracting in a film where it's ALL about the killer (unlike big names in movies like Dark Knight, etc). Nobody knew Englund before Nightmare in 1984. But after seeing the movie, the character of Freddy was unforgettable. And if you're bad, he'll CHOP OFF YOUR PEE-PEE!
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not scary. cgi baddies. horrible ending. going fast and loose with digital was really the wrong decision. i don't understand the love for this one. even my old mom wasn't scared for a minute. And as for Nightmare: 80's horror BLOWS. Exorcist scarier than anything from that weak ass decade.
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I don't want to see his backstory, god damnit! That ruins the fucking character!!! Fuck this, why!?! why!?!
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(I'm just helping Bad Wolf)
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then I'm game for this.
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Talk about a franchise that doesn't need to be reinvented. The interest was waning right around when they made the 6th or 7th one of these. Its tremendously difficult to pull off a good horror movie, even harder to pull off successful sequels, and near impossible to re-invent the franchise once you've made multiple movies. Hence the lackluster results of Halloween and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The reason movies like SAW and The Ring were fiscally triumphant is because they were new and fresh. I need a new Freddy Krueger like I need a gang rape from the surviving Golden Girls (RIP Estelle, you can have me when I get to heaven).
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Everytime one of these guys that DIDN'T CREATE THE FUCKING CHARACTER tries to go into their psyche, it just comes out stupid. Not everything needs a fucking explanation. And they all seem to have had bad childhoods.Hollywood Horror Remake Recipe: Just throw in a mix of abusive father figure, a mask, a weapon and hit BLEND.
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ok first up, i guess the freddy vs jason 2: freddier vs jasoner plans are scrapped now?
second: nightmare 1 and 3 were my fav. horror movies growing up. eventhough the series went sideways after, those entries made up for more than anything after. nightmare 1 is dark, scary and gloomy even 25 years later. they should just leave this series alone. englund IS freddy. -
...that Ron Perlman is to be Freddy.(you can mail me a cheque Bad_Wolf)
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They missed out the 2nd part of that statement "for a PG-13"... Although we are hopefully of getting a plastic Freddy glove to put in every happy meal... Also we are going to need to go older for the lead, maybe Shia, I mean as he hits his 20s we didn't know what to do with him, but he would be the perfect older guy to help develop a new breed of teens... Hey, assistant, where is my double choco mocca frappucino? I sent you 2 minutes ago, I don't have the patience for this shit... Now get me the headshots so I can start working on casting Perfect Strangers : The Next Generation...
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We don't need a remake of a perfectly fine (if a bit dated now)slasher flick.
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Someone is going around killing producers that are trying to remake classic horror movies and doing it in ways that mimic the original movies... Maybe not a movie, but it has to be close to happening... Honestly, is anything left?
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i mean they're remaking both series so does this mean that in a few years when the remakes have their own sequels they will make another FVJ to go along with those?
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As the next Eddie Murphy vehicle after the critical smash Meet Dave... The PG-13 has been slashed to a PG, Freddy now has a large extended family of old, fat people who fart a lot. The retarded Fonzie rip-off from head of the class has agreed to direct for food stamps and nobody actually dies, now Freddy visits you in your dreams to teach children affirming life lessons, while possibly farting...
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Wanted to share this for anyone who's a fan of "30 Days of Night":
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Get a free, limited-edition Dust to Dust comic signed by scream queen Shawnee Smith and horror icons Ken Foree and Ted Raimi!
Visit FEARnet in the Sony Entertainment booth #4313 on Saturday the 26th from 12-1 PM. Only 10,000 free copies of the comic are being pressed, so aside from the opportunity to meet stars you'll be taking home a great piece of memorabilia.
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Is Freddy joining all other rebooted horror icons and moving into Generation Neckless?
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For Fred Kreuger. He looks like him and can act. He proved it on OZ.
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so why are those actors sigining it? is this some spinoff or the sequel to the movie and they're involved or what?
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It's Michael Bay and Platinum Dunes. Have they had a single PG13 film yet? I don't think so. Especially since New Line (or what's left of it) is releasing the R Rated Friday The 13th Remake and the R Rated Final Destination 4 next year.
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Papa Mars aka Enrico Colantoni for Nancy's dad. And Leighton Meester for Nancy.
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Fearnet (Cable tv channel and the website) made a short sequel (30-40 minutes)to "30 Days of Night" called "Blood Trails" and "Dust to Dust" is their new series based on that (the episodes are about 10 minutes or so each). You can watch them free on their website. I don't know why those celebs are involved, except maybe to promote Fearnet, which is a pretty cool site.
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Shawnee Smith is in Dust to Dust".
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End of mystery.
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...Amy Winehouse (zing!) No, but seriously I agree with brokentits way up there that a new Freddy is a good thing. At least it'll go in a new direction, and I sorry all you haters but it needs to be said...ROBERT ENGLUND IS OVERATED IN THE ROLE OF FREDDY. He is way too over the top and hams it up too much. Don't beleive me? Re-watch all the movies from Dream Warriors on.
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Fucking douche bags, remaking shit that has NO REASON to be remade. How about actually writing something original and leave the classics alone? Dumb fucks.
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I've said it on here before. It would bring the franchise full circle.
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It's the only to make this thing work.
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do you go from Cape Fear to Doom?
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once he's wrapped up his scenes for Beauty And The Beast: The Movie. You heard it here first.
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Jul 23, 2008 5:57:10 PM CDT
This just in, Ron Perlman as Freddy is being reported
by regicidal_maniac
by people with access to the interwebs.
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wow, that's a really reassuring comment to make regarding a film about an undead child murderer who slaughters people in their dreams.
for a minute there I thought we were going to have Nightmare at Daddy Day Camp or something.
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I am not all that upset about the remake. As much as it scared the hell out of me in the theaters when I was a kid, it hasn't exactly held up well over the years. As long as they stay true to the original with a good script and cast, I think a new Nightmare could buck the trend of horrible remakes. Granted that is a lot to hope for.
But since it has been reported all over the web (and when I say all over the web, I mean this thread) that Ron Pearlman is Freddie, it is off to a good start. -
I've just been declared creepy over in the SG talkback :0). I'd prefer Robert Englund, since I'm a fan and I don't think I could ever accept anyone else in that role, but if I'm going to morph into a monster I might as well milk it.
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Why not let Englund stay? It's not like they're going to continue the remake series with sequel after sequel. They'll just abandon it after one movie, like all the other remakes out there. If they're lucky, they might manage one sequel (like TCM and Hills Have Eyes), but really, any thought that they need a "younger" actor just because of potential sequels is just ridiculous.
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I heard he once cut in line at the grocery store, and glared at the old lady he cut in front of. Then he took a pack of gum at the counter just so he could have 9 items instead of the "8 or less".
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when I worked as an extra on Tim Sullivan's "2001 Maniacs." Robert is such a nice guy and, I have zero interest in seeing anyone else play Freddy...EVER. If he's not involved, I hope this flops like a wet turd.
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Now I'm disappointed in the guy.
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THE ONLY choice.
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i mean he's already dead so he's halfway there.
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...between a crappy remake or a crappy sequel, I think I'd rather watch a sequel. The Freddy movies always had a tongue in cheek campiness. Hell, I'd probably watch Nightmare on Elm Street 63 Freddy Gets A Prostate Exam.
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Perhaps the best thing to do would be to try persuading England to perform a cameo and "pass down" the mantle to another Elm Street character or to appear at story's end (akin to Charleton Heston from "Planet of the Apes 2") in conflict with said upstart. This would offer a number of different possibilities and, perhaps, 2 days of filming might be attractive to Englund. Ultimately, the strength of the story should be rooted in its exploration of nightmares... which looks to be one of the goals the filmmakers have already set. If the filmmakers are resolute about re-casting Kreuger, I vote for Micheal Emerson. He may ask for too much money, and his filming schedule might be compromised with "Lost," but you never know. Between his work on "Lost" and "The Practice," there shouldn't be much doubt that he could pull it off...
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Freddy became a clown and not a figure of real horror. If we've learned anything from The Dark Knight it's not delving into backstory makes a character more horrifying. I think a new Nightmare is going to be an orgy of CGI and that will be its undoing.
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RS... I won't argue with your assesment of the Freddy character becoming silly. Just too many jokes. That's why I think the filmmakers have the right idea by going with a "darker" approach than most of the last few installments. I think re-booting the series would damage its continuity in the long run, and would advise against it. They actually have a good collection of characters in the Nightmare universe, and if they won't have Englund on board, I think they could craft their story in a manner that would allow them to introduce a new threat (with an Englund cameo being perfunctory). Finally, I *hope* they don't go overboard with CGI (a la "Van Helsing"). If they stand by their goal to delve deeper into the psychology of nightmares, they could actually make one of the better installments in the series.
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Nightmare on Elm Street without Robert Englund as Freddy = massive who gives a fuck. This isn't like recasting Jason or Leatherface or even Frankenstein's Monster, this is like recasting Indiana Jones or something, where the actor is the character. Bad, bad, bad, stupid bad idea. Oh, and speaking of bad ideas, MTV is remaking The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Phillip Noyce is remaking Captain Blood. Just in case there wasn't enough remake news for you today already.M-O-O-N. That spells lack of imagination.
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only if he plays freddy like ledger played the joker as apposed to how englund played freddy like jack played the joker. savvy? a brilliant interpretation that makes you forget about the first guy..... thats the only thing that will work. otherwise, leave it to robert.
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That's one scary lady. Or possibly Ben Foster, either way I'm cool. As long as Alice Cooper plays his belt wielding, booze swiggen pappy again!
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I'm high fiven you GavinvanDraven. Right now! Gimme some...c'mon!
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I mean, the serie's has been doing the high school thing for decades (save for New Nightmare) and it's getting a little old. If you want to make the new one "dark", why NOT have Freddy attack more defenseless characters like those still in grade school or, at leas, junior high?I mean, Freddy vowed to come back to kill the children of Elm street, and was a child murderer, so why would he change his modus operandi post mortem?
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Fuck this remake.
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I thought they'd definately go all light and fluffy with this one!?WTF Dark tone! no shit! HE'S A CHILD KILLING PEDO BEAST!
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I know they'd never do this, but, its insinuated that the living Freddy Kruger prayed on much younger kids than the ones he haunts after death.
How insane would it be to set him in the nightmares of 5th graders?
How's that for your "dark tone"?
IMO the original A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET is the most brilliant + original ghost story of the 20th century, certainly the most genius ghost character at least. The fact that the original film still stands up under the weight of 900 lbs. of awful hammy sequels is a testament to the strength of the concept.
The original nails the unsettling weirdness of nightmares - beds turning into upside down blood fountains, phones becoming burnt tongues, you run up the stairs and they turn into marshmellow goo. Nightmares are often ridiculous and the original stayed true to that idea while never crossing the line into campy.
There's no way these hacks will come close to the inventiveness of the real deal.
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hi MyMan,
now i see you had the same idea 3 posts before mine.
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it was never stated in the movies that he was a molester. he murdered children. plain and simple.
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I'm gonna keep coming back until someone REMEMBERS seeing Richie!
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While its true they never stated that he never molested children, I think it may have been implied in the films. If they are going ahead with this remake, they should make him into a child molesting/rapist murdering torturer of children. Make his character dispicable to look at on screen, almost giving the viewer a reason to hate him. The thing about the sequels to the original series of films I hated the most was turning Freddy into a comedian. People rooted for the bad guy, and though rooting for Jason or Michael Meyers to kill drug taking, promiscuous big boobed teenage babysitters is cool, I think having Freddy portrayed as a child raping torturer/murderer would set this film apart from the other remakes. Make Freddy int Hannibal Lectur from "Lambs." Make him scary and creepy so when he does get his fire bath, you are actually rooting for the parents who burned him. I remember when horror films were, well filled with horror. What is more horrific than to have the main protagonist play possibly the most horrible thing our society has? No more horrific than child rape.
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So I guess I can forget about the planned musical?
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The existing series needs a bookend. Freddy vs. Jason left an opening for a sequel and if New Line insists on remaking both Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street, the existing continuity will never be concluded. I would gladly welcome a remake AFTER and only AFTER the current series has a proper conclusion.
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with remaking Elm Street while Robert Englund is still making Freddy movies.
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