Speaking with Shocktillyoudrop.com, Andrew Form confirmed that Nightmare On Elm Street will be production company Platinum Dunes next film. Their Friday the 13th reboot will hit cinemas in February 2009, and the Nightmare On Elm Street remake is “hopefully shooting this spring” says Form.
The basic premise of the 1984 Wes Craven directed A Nightmare On Elm Street will be taken on board, but in terms of killings and dreams; Platinum Dunes will be looking to borrow from films from the whole Nightmare On Elm Street collection.
It’ll be interesting to see what they come up with for this series reboot, it would seem however that Robert Englund will not be back to take on the role of Freddy Krueger. So who will be taking on the all important role of undead serial killer Freddy Krueger? I’ve no idea who I’d most like to see play the part, there’ll no doubt be a lot of ideas floating around online though as to who would make the ideal Freddy Krueger for this new film in the series.
Robert Englund has appeared as Freddy Krueger in every single Nightmare On Elm Street film thus far, and Platinum Dunes remain hopeful that he will appear for a part in this new film also.
I feel that this A Nightmare On Elm Street remake has real potential; it could easily all go horribly wrong, but I’m still quite interested to see what they can come up with. Producers Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, and Andrew Form have certainly come good in the past, and their Nightmare On Elm Street could well turn out to be something really rather special.
So filming will probably begin this spring, and a 2010 release date seems most likely at this stage. Can a brilliant horror remake be born, or will another horror classic be ruined? Only time shall tell.
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