Platinum Dunes partners Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form have been set by New Line to re-launch Freddy Krueger, the iconic psycho who haunts the subconscious dreams of teenagers and kills them in their sleep, reports Variety.
The trio will create a new franchise based on A Nightmare on Elm Street, the 1984 Wes Craven film. Originally played by Robert Englund, Krueger haunted nine films and two TV series.
The deal comes as Bay, Fuller and Form ready for an April start for Friday the 13th, a New Line re-launch of another iconic baddie, Jason Voorhees. Marcus Nispel will direct a script by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift (Freddy vs. Jason).
Both franchises will be given a complete overhaul, something that Platinum Dunes provided in the Nispel-directed The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. New Line won't hire a writer on "Nightmare" until the writers strike ends.
"Nightmare on Elm Street" to be "Rebooted"
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This sucks, but is not surprising.
NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Michael Bay and company have fucked up enough horror franchises as it is! Not this one too!...Oh well, Jerry is right; this sucks, but it really shouldn't be seen as a surprise.
They better not butcher this. Either way it won't even compare to the original...especially with the amazing collaborative team that created it. What is Freddy going to be with out Robert Englund?
I get more and more pissed everytime I read about this. I officially dislike Michael Bay.
Lame. What they did to TCM: The Beggining was a travesty