Title: Michael Bay to remake A NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST.
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William S. Wilson - January 30, 2008 04:20 PM (GMT)
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Platinum Dunes partners Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form have been set by New Line to relaunch the movie series centered on the iconic killer, who haunts the dreams of teenagers and kills them in their sleep.
The trio will create a new franchise based on Wes Craven’s 1984 film “A Nightmare on Elm Street.”
Originally played by Robert Englund, the Krueger character haunted nine films and two TV series in what was New Line’s most lucrative franchise until “The Lord of the Rings.”
Deal comes as Bay, Fuller and Form ready an early May start for “Friday the 13th,” New Line’s relaunch of another iconic baddie, Jason Voorhees. Marcus Nispel will direct from a script by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift (“Freddy vs. Jason”).
Both franchises will be given a complete overhaul, just as Platinum Dunes did with the Nispel-directed “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” New Line won’t hire a writer on “Nightmare” until the writers strike ends. |
JEFFREY ALLEN RYDELL - January 30, 2008 04:44 PM (GMT)
Saying that this is a Michael Bay remake is like implying that Spielberg directed THE GOONIES or GREMLINS.
Though with Nispel at the helm, I'd almost prefer Bay were directing! Almost.
Oh wait - do they mean only that Nispel's directing F13?
William S. Wilson - January 30, 2008 05:21 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (JEFFREY ALLEN RYDELL @ Jan 30 2008, 10:44 AM) |
| Saying that this is a Michael Bay remake is like implying that Spielberg directed THE GOONIES or GREMLINS. |
True, but I think his fine work producing at Platinum Dunes speaks for itself:
# The Hitcher (2007)
# The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
# The Amityville Horror (2005)
# The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
JEFFREY ALLEN RYDELL - January 30, 2008 06:14 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (William S. Wilson @ Jan 30 2008, 12:21 PM) |
True, but I think his fine work producing at Platinum Dunes speaks for itself:
# The Hitcher (2007)
# The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
# The Amityville Horror (2005)
# The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) |
Oh yeah - this bodes well for little more than a tidy opening weekend take. It's just that Bay is so... unique in his hands-on brand of cinematic outrage.
Craig Blamer - January 30, 2008 11:18 PM (GMT)
Could be interesting... but then, I was never a fan of the series.
Although I think that they should retain Englund. Then he was a youngster playing a creepy old man. These days, he could pull it off even creepier.
If creepy is the direction they're going, instead of camp.
Brandon Rome - January 31, 2008 12:51 AM (GMT)
Now I understand what I'll the Chainsaw fans were griping about....
NIGHTMARE is, in my opinion, the best of the (well-known) '80s horror cycles; or at least the most thematically rich.
Too bad all of this will be presumably wasted on the predicably low level of talent involved.
Why does Bay get access to both franchises? Can we please make up a new phrase like 'remake whore' and make it stick to him to make him stop.
Man, I sound like a whiner.
JEFFREY ALLEN RYDELL - January 31, 2008 01:01 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Brandon Rome @ Jan 30 2008, 07:51 PM) |
| Can we please make up a new phrase like 'remake whore' and make it stick to him to make him stop. |
Why would being branded as a whore stop Bay from doing... anything?
Dave Bohnert - January 31, 2008 02:10 AM (GMT)
I'm with Brandon on this one. I actually have gotten into quite a few heated conversations concerning ELM STREET. I think the original is one of the best modern surrealist films of the last 30 years or so. In fact, I think it works thematically much better as a surreal piece than a horror piece. I really can't imagine remaking it, let alone with Bay in charge. I hope this falls apart before it goes into production.
John W McKelvey - January 31, 2008 02:52 AM (GMT)
You're really worried about the good name and integrity of Nightmare On Elm Street being tarnished after Freddy Vs. Jason? Let 'em do what they want. At least the premise of a bunch of new, crazy dream gags has more promise than most of these junky remakes.