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A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Remake Moves Closer And Closer...
Merrick here...
It's been a little while since we've heard anything about Platinum Dunes' remake of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. Shock 'Till You Drop has an update, with a few details from the project's producers.
"It's our next movie," confirmed Form, "hopefully shooting this spring."
...says producer Andrew Form in THIS ARTICLE at ShockTillYouDrop.
The article also indicates that Freddy will, indeed, be recast (this isn't surprising, although a few folks refuted this information shortly after the film's announcement). However, The Powers That Be hope to have "original" Freddy actor Robert Englund appear in the film in some capacity.
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Like all of Platinum Dunes remakes.
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And first.
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BEcause the last news about Platinum Dunes' Nightmare remake was, that Platinum Dunes wasn't able to get the rights yet. Damn, I was hoping.
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and think this the idea of recasting Freddy sucks all the way to the balls the only actor I would like to even see attempt to try it would be Michael Emerson.
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Nick Nolte or Gary Busey.
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Dear Hollywood, I have PLENTY of scripts I can sell you that are new ideas!
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...Chris Cunningham.
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these pretzels are making me thirsty.
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Since the economy is tanking, it's just cheaper and reliable to remake stuff that will sell instead of taking a 40 million dollar chance. Even remaking crappy obscure movies is a gamble to these executives. I can't wait until they remake Star Wars Episode 2 and 3. I thought Phantom Menace was pretty good, so there.
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It's not Freddy without Robert Englund. END OF STORY. Please send the greedy Hollywood yuppies a message by BOYCOTTING this movie.
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...Nick Nolte or Gary Busey as Freddy, directed by Chris Cunningham.
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new nightmare was such an interesting concept, id love it to take a turn like that again.
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Once again unfortunately my regular slogan for any remake talkback.
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Robert Englund IS Freddy Krueger. You can't recast an iconic character like that and it still be good.
With Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers, it's easier to have different actors play them, because they're masked. -
Except it's being made by the same people who ruined The Hitcher.
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C'mon someone had to suggest it. He's grown by leaps and bounds since his film debut (or it was close to his debut) in this movie.
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If Johnny Depp is not in this I will not see it, and I will try to block it's distribution in the U.S.
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this movie does not need to be remade and let alone recast Englund. Re-re execs.. there are so many stories out there... just have an exect get a library card and take out some books... dumbasses.
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Pull my finger.
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You hear me Hollywood!!!! Just fucking stop this shit!!!!!!!!! This is really becoming stupid. Well someone please think of a way of stopping the un-educated, moronic fucktards who insist on seeing these fucking remakes from going in the first place! My prefered method would be a 12 gauge nestled to the base of the skull and blow their fucking head off but too many morons, not enough shells. The only people that should see remakes are the critics who can tell us what we could already guess. It's another shit remake, don't waste your time or money. OK, rant over.
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Sheep don't ask to be fed...but if you put it in front of them they will eat it and as long as they keep eating they will keep feeding.
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F13 was pretty crappy from the get go and only got worse. Halloween was good and the franchise went to shit. New Nightmare wasn't bad, and the series wasn't all that bad. The only problem is that the audience saw Freddy as the protagonist as opposed to a scary figure. I think a sequel could have worked here. I'm curious how they make Freddy "scary" again.
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Not to mention, that Leatherface, Jason, Michael Myers, etc. is basically a large guy in a mask. Recasting Freddy is something I just don't see working.
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Adrien Brody for Freddy. Of course, this movie is totally going to go the route of "JUMP SCARE, JUMP SCARE, GORE GORE GORE, JUMP SCARE WITH GORE, BE AFRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAID!!! BOOGEDY-BOOGEDY!!!" Which blows chunks. They have never really explored Freddy's child-molesting background other than to say "Hey, he diddled kids, the parents killed him, now he's living in your dreams and killing teens." My dream version of this story is to see them actually show Freddy ALIVE, post-molestation charges and getting away with it. Then his death at the hands of the angry mob. Then take it into the present.I've got even more ideas on how this could work well, but whatever. Bottom line is that I think Brody could bring a real element of horror to the character. Does he really need to be a wise-cracking ghoul? Can't he just be a ghoul? Oh well, I guess exploring the inner-workings of a demonic child-rapist/killer would be a little too heavy for this. Fuckers.
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a 7 foot tall muscleman with long hair and a cool jacket
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NO REMAKES EVER RAAAAAAAAARRR!!!
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Bruce plays Freddy in the new touching musical, "I Stole Michael Jackson's Date and Got Burned!"
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They would get my 10 bucks if he still were
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If you're going to go stupid,as in even thinking of a remake, then why not go all out? Razor Glove Kata!
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I suggested it 6 months ago. I hope somebody's paying attention. It would be the ultimate stunt casting. Hopefully Depp will do it out of gratitude since this is where his career started.
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We know the glove will be there. We know the hat. We can guess that horrible burn scarring will be involved.
But what about the sweater?
You can't remake Nightmare On Elm Street without the sweater!
Bill Cosby is taking his first wardrobe job on this "movie". -
But I doubt he'd do it. They'll probably use some CW actor getting his big movie break. I'm intrigued by this project, but not hopeful at all.
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I think Hollywood itself needs to be remade.
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...would play Freddie. It would be the only way that this remake would be watchable and enjoyable. Of course, that won't happen. Johnny Depp has moved lightyears away from his role in Nightmare. I doubt he will even watch it, must less appear in it.
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They work well together, but Burton is not a crutch that Depp must have. Yes, Depp has moved light years beyond, but that's the point. It's because of that he would make a great Krueger. Plus, from a marketing standpoint it's about the only way you'll get fans of the original to watch this. That, and a cameo by Robert Englund.
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It's called Bollywood.
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Anyone else catch it? All in High Def, the original totally holds up today, it's really excellent. I recall it got good reviews when it was in theaters as well. The Friday the 13th remake/sequel/whatever might be good but there is no way this won't be disappointing.
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Oh yeah!
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the fashion. Other than that, leave this classic alone. If it must be redone cast Englund, Depp, or no one at all.
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but he would be an awful Freddy....in fact he should naver take a role that would require him to cover up his pretty face. Yeah I gotta man crush on Johnny wanna make something of it?!?
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FREDDY NEEDS A HARD REBOOT. good idea. with a new actor and a new persona.
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Sweeney Todd, and Charlie and the Choclate Factory, and Edward Scissorhands. He's covered his face up plenty of times.
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is not covering up his face like it would require for him to play Freddy.
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Majel Barrett as the voice of Freddy.
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sounds promising!
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You mean scary as in the first Nightmare and a few early sequels, but nothing beyond Nightmare 3?
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was by far the worst of the series.
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You can cast just about anyone to play masked murders who don't speak, but you can't recast Freddy. I love the series, but this just isn't going to work.
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perfect. www. imdb.com/name/nm0004936/
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So, I'll give this one a shot.
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Or why the fuck the people continue to live on Elm Street? I mean people moved away from Chernobyl...
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John Glover?
Or Ben from Lost I could deal with. Johnny Depp would be preferred...but no one can replace Englund.
Although Alice Cooper might also be good since he played Freddy's dad. And he's got the face and voice for it.
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Way to much gay subtext for me. #5 wasn't that good either.
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as to much gay subtext?
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The End
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The End
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This sequel's overwhelming response in the genre community looks bad, to say the least. In fact, it looks unusually negative. I have to wonder if the involved studios have done the requisite research here. First, I've got the impression that almost ever horror fan between 15 and 24 years of age has already seen a number of these movies... so I'm not sure how large of a potential audience they may be dealing with. In fact, "Freddy vs. Jason" may have shown that forwarding the mythology allows a project to tap into multiple audiences... but what do I know? If they're going with a new killer, I just think it would be better to take a character(s) from one of the prior movies and make him/her the new killer, with Englund's Freddy making a cameo here and there. Whatever the case, I think there's been enough post-1987 research on dreams--- in Psychology, Neuroscience, etc.--- to allow the producers to build off of what they already have in place... and create a downright interesting piece of art.
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You poor saps fall for this remake bullshit every single time, then talk yourselves into saying that it 'was not as bad as I thought it would be' to make yourselves feel better. When the fuck are people going to learn that the past is fine just the way it happened. Why ruin your memories by trying to recreate them!?
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i'd like to recreate that.
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D. Vader... you've got a point. If Freddy doesn't crack jokes, how could he *really* be Freddy? That's like an ultra-stoic Spiderman, a Wolverine who faints at the sight of blood, or a Dr. Doom who doesn't like to read.
Sick Fixx... while I don't entirely agree with your premise, I think "when this film is released" might be the point in time that certain studio execs may realize that, sometimes "the past is fine just the way it happened." -
Chris Cunningham's music videos give me nightmares... hmmmmmm
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Agent Smith said..."it's inevitable..."
bitchin about it in the TalkBacks will only make it worse...just sayin.... -
How's about Triple H?!?!? mini sledge hammer's instead of steak knives....man that'd be dope!
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I thrided that.
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lets hear it
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There is nothing they can add to this. I won't be going.
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it cant hold a candle to the terrible-ness of Freddy's Dead. the series has never had awesome acting or anything but its always been acceptable, but Freddy's Dead is just terrible in every way possible. even Freddy himself is bad, terrible makeup, ugly glove and i dont know what happened to the sound guy or whatever but his voice sounded so bad. i know its often fluctuated through the series but Parts 4 and 5 had finally found a perfect sound. The fact that New Nightmare and FVJ sounded good too just shows it was due to half-assed work. until Freddy's Dead, Part 2 was the worst but least i can still sit through it, i cant say the same for Freddy's Dead....and my pointless rant is done.
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ben foster. watch 30 days of night. dude was creepy and has a freddyish look about him. still, there is no reson robert englund cant still play freddy. half the names that people mention for the character are just as old as robert is, so that just makes no sense.
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They should have him for a cameo as either one of the main parents in the lynch mob throwing molotov's into Freddy's place, or the judge that sets him free.
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i'm pretty sure Platnum Dunes are hoping this is a hit and becomes a new series, so in that way of thinking, recasting makes perfect sense. despite the stories/rumors of older actors i'm 99% sure whoever fills the boots will be mid 30s tops, if even that old...that way he can keep making more. Englund isnt too old as FVJ showed but he obviously has no say and has pointed out recently that he feels he's getting too old with regards to the makeup process and all. Although it would have been so cool to have an actor not only play in a remake of his own movie, but play the same role. oh well..c'est la vie.
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I recall reading that the kid who played Jesse in Nightmare 2 was gay. Now that quasi homoerotic murder-the-gym-coach-in-the-lockeroom-shower scene makes sense
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i think Freddy just waits for the kids to come and visit kids living on Elm Street. isn't there something that he can only come back and prowl on Elm Street, except when he has to leave there to fill in plot holes?
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we should fucking rebel against it physically. Turn over cardboard stand-ups the week of the premiere or something.
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Now that'd be creepy.
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I don't think we need a documentary on Polanski.
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Dec 12, 2008 2:38:41 PM CST
I just can't imagine anyone other than Englund as Freddy.
by mr nicholas
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...A good movie. The best of all the 70's/80's slasher icons. AND it's very fertile ground for a remake. There are a few writers and directors who could do something VERY interesting with this premise, take it a lot further aswell. But this is fucking Platinum Dunes, so expect a shitty rehash with crappy neon coloured "gritty" photography and witkin rip offs.
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Jeez, what's with all these young punks who think they can make a movie better? Oo... Let's make it gritty, edgy and less campy! Yeah, that's it!
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I normally don't care that Hollywood remakes a movie, but I think this is going to far. Not only are they remaking the (arguably) schlocky Horror movies, but also the undoubtedly artistic and classic ones as well. Remakes of the Scanners, Birds and Rosemary's Baby are in the works so what is next? Alien, Exorcist, Jaws, a non-shot-by-shot remake of Psycho by Rob Zombie?
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was to be cast? Or did I dream that??
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All Ben Foster would need then is a step stool to separate him in size from his child victims, and a then a stand in for when it calls for Freddy to be scary.
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not Ben Foster...Ben Linus from Lost.
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...was always like a cat to me, playing with his prey before killing them. You have to keep that element, but I agree the lame one liners have got to go. Anway, Heath Ledger would've been perfect for this.
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and he totally deserves his death by conflagration.
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It was misreported that BBT had been cast. Apparently Robert Englund said he'd love to see BBT cast as Freddy, and people instead read it as "BBT has been cast as Freddy." Killer idea, though. Johnny Depp would be good too, and quite appropriate.Who plays Nancy? Do you go with an unknown or a fairly-well known. Not that it would surprise anyone since it's a remake, but I'd love to see them go with the Hitchcock approach and have a well-known as Tina and an unknown as Nancy.
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He's got that H P Lovecraft look going. Just slap some burn makeup on him, and before every scene remind him how he fucked-up the 2004 election. Scary! Nobody would miss him in the senate. It's perfect! Plus this way, he wouldn't have to live off his wife's money anymore. Am I a genius?
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just continuing the Freddy vs Jason movie?
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I concur
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Same iconic character with a different interpretation. It just seems wrong to recast when the original is always game to step into the spotlight.
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The guy is an A-lister who is set to make $56 million for the next big budget, high profile POTC movie and people still think this slasher remake even registers on his radar?
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chris cunningham would be perfect
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...as much as we might like to pretend otherwise, "Nightmare" is a nearly quarter-centry old horror movie and those things get remade all the time. Twenty-five years after the classic "Universal" monster movies, studios had no qualms about remaking Dracula, Frankenstein or the Wolfman. Why should Freddy be any different?
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How can they recast such an iconic role. I hope this film loses a lot of money. They should be ashamed.
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How about just NOT MAKING THE FUCKING THING????
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Seriously, making a Freddy movie without Englund...it's bullshit. It's like Die Hard without Bruce Willis, or Indiana Jones without Harrison Ford. I am not gonna be watching this piece of garbage and I hope no one else does, either. Maybe if enough people are vocal about their dissatisfaction over this travesty, they'll...aw hell, I dunno. They're gonna make the damn thing one way or the other. But I still feel like our voices should be heard.
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Flames on Freddies glove.
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To answer your question; because, now, such a movie *can* be different. The character of Dracula, et al. didn't have DVDs of his original installment/ cable broadcasts/ actors appearing at annual fan conventions at the time the character was recast. Granted, I'm with you in the sense that New Line execs can do whatever they choose. That's their perogative. I just don't see why they'd turn their proverbial backs on an opportunity to give some of today's writers a little more to play with while simultaneously giving a boost to the sale (and potential re-release) of their existing "Nightmare" DVDs. The execs may have already crunched the numbers and seen where the concerns of so many fans are moot, of course... so I suppose we'll need to wait and see.
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Cast him as Freddy and I'll watch.
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Everyone should boycott Platinum Dunes films! then hopefully, they will die.
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I don't think i can keep getting angry about these remakes,they're relentless.
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yay. woo hoo.
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That is all.
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Freddy as a young boy is raped by 1000 rednecks. He then dies later in life when his trailer is burned down for being an anti-social freak. He comes back from the dead an haunts teenage sexual fantasies wielding a chainsaw arm, spouting bar chanty limericks and complaining about Global Warming. Freddy of course would be played by Will Smith in a Shatner mask... sigh... why does Hollywood insist on skullfukking my youth? (Directed by M. Night Shyamalan and Produced by Dino De Laurentis)
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This is posted on YouTube... it looks really cool. The guy who plays Freddy in this does a great job. It says he has an agent getting him an audition. Check it out. There may be hope for a remake if it looks and feels like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxPmOP1_HIY
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