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Post by krisosk on Jan 31, 2008 13:37:47 GMT -5
'Elm Street' remake on the way
Platinum Dunes also remaking 'Friday the 13th,' 'Near Dark' and 'The Birds'
By Zap2It.com
Freddy Kreuger is slashing his way back to theatres.
Next up on the franchise redevelopment gravy train for Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes shingle is the Wes Craven classic "A Nightmare on Elm Street."
According to the industry trades, Bay and his Platinum partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form have been enlisted by New Line to put a fresh spin on the razorblade-wielding baddie originally played by Robert Englund.
Platinum Dunes is also behind New Line's upcoming revamp of "Friday the 13th," set to be directed by Marcus Nispel, who previously reinvented "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" for the company.
No writers can be attached to "Nightmare on Elm Street" until after the strike ends, which is fine. Bay and his Platinum cohorts already have remakes of "Near Dark" and "The Birds" in various stages of preproduction for Rogue and Universal respectively.
Englund's Freddy Kreuger was born in Craven's 1984 classic about a group of teens whose dreams are terrorized by child killer who lurks in their dreams. Freddy returned in a slew of sequels, most recently facing off with Jason Voorhees in the self-explanatory 2003 hit "Freddy vs. Jason."
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Post by euritar on Jan 31, 2008 14:06:06 GMT -5
Could be good, I always liked the Nightmare and Friday the 13th movies, thought I saw someone was redoing Hellraiser also.
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Post by DMK II on Jan 31, 2008 15:42:45 GMT -5
Could be good.
But I'm personally getting tired of all the "remakes". In most cases they aren't as good as the original and seem to just be a waste of time.
Maybe I'm in the minority, but I'd rather see something original.
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Post by krisosk on Jan 31, 2008 16:18:47 GMT -5
I hear you, but consider how cool New Nightmare was... and even though critics didn't like it, I thought Freddy vs. Jason was pretty rad (leagues better than either Alien vs. Predator ended up being). Anyhow, this is kind of a cool little excerpt: by Jeff Giles of Rotten TomatoesThe original Nightmare on Elm Street has endured as a horror classic, boasting a 93 percent Tomatometer rating -- but subsequent entries in the series rapidly fell victim to the laws of diminishing returns: 1985's Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge netted 24 percent, and though 1987's Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors rebounded at 75 percent, it was downhill from there, with 1988's Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master topping out at 50 percent, 1989's Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child receiving a 24 percent spanking, and 1991's Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare notching a pitiful 13 percent. Though 1994's meta-slasher Wes Craven's New Nightmare (83 percent) seemed to reclaim a little of the franchise's fire, 2003's Freddy vs. Jason (39 percent) wasted much of its crossover potential. One more time, I disagree with the last statement. Freddy vs. Jason wasn't bad at all...here's hoping the remake won't be either.  ~ :-Xsk |
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Post by DMK II on Jan 31, 2008 16:58:23 GMT -5
I hear you, but consider how cool New Nightmare was... and even though critics didn't like it, I thought Freddy vs. Jason was pretty rad (leagues better than either Alien vs. Predator ended up being). Anyhow, this is kind of a cool little excerpt: by Jeff Giles of Rotten TomatoesThe original Nightmare on Elm Street has endured as a horror classic, boasting a 93 percent Tomatometer rating -- but subsequent entries in the series rapidly fell victim to the laws of diminishing returns: 1985's Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge netted 24 percent, and though 1987's Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors rebounded at 75 percent, it was downhill from there, with 1988's Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master topping out at 50 percent, 1989's Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child receiving a 24 percent spanking, and 1991's Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare notching a pitiful 13 percent. Though 1994's meta-slasher Wes Craven's New Nightmare (83 percent) seemed to reclaim a little of the franchise's fire, 2003's Freddy vs. Jason (39 percent) wasted much of its crossover potential. One more time, I disagree with the last statement. Freddy vs. Jason wasn't bad at all...here's hoping the remake won't be either. ~ :-Xsk Agreed Osk, The New Nightmare was awesome. And assuming that this new Nightmare on Elm Street goes in that direction, I'm all for it. But if they're just going to do a retelling of the original NoES, then I could do without. Freddy vs. Jason for me was sort of a novelty. Not a terrible movie, but not spectacular either. It was just fun to see Jason and Freddy go one on one at the end of the movie. |
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Post by MikeMcKinney on Jan 31, 2008 18:22:48 GMT -5
This is good news. I always liked A Nightmare on Elm Street.
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Post by Pete on Jan 31, 2008 22:09:12 GMT -5
Why don't they just go ahead and take a giant dump on my childhood, while they're at it?
Casting someone not named "Robert Englund" as Freddy is like remaking Silence of the Lambs with Adam Sandler as Hannibal. Michael Bay's cinematic reign of terror has got to be stopped, one way or another.
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Post by Shon Maxx on Feb 1, 2008 6:14:50 GMT -5
As a whole, I hate remakes. Are they that short of ideas that now they are digging up and remaking movies from only about 20-25 years ago?
What's next, a remake of Scream or The Sixth Sense?
Take care,
Jay
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Post by JimSteel on Feb 1, 2008 6:19:11 GMT -5
There is only one Freddie Krueger and Robert England
Anybody ele plays his it wont look right
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Post by Trent Lawless on Feb 1, 2008 8:22:06 GMT -5
Eh, I don't know that nobody else can play Freddy. It'll just be different, not necessarily better or worse. I dislike certain remakes, but this one could be better than the original if done well (naturally).
I'm also interested that Near Dark is being remade. Kind of an underrated flick, one which I only watched initially because Tangerine Dream did the soundtrack.
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Post by JED-SE on Feb 1, 2008 12:10:28 GMT -5
I don't have a problem with a new series of "Nightmare on Elm Street."... as long as it's not the same movie with different people playing the same characters and script. One of the biggest thrills of horror is suspense. When you know exactly what is going to happen because the same exact thing happen 20 years ago, it just isn't the same. Sure there are certain people you know are going to die and survive without watching the original, but you don't always know how or when.
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Post by Werner Mueck on Feb 1, 2008 19:07:17 GMT -5
Who they cast for Freddy will make or break it. One horror movie I'd like to see remade is Waxworks. Loved the idea behind that one but the execution wasn't the greatest.
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Post by Vidtek on Feb 1, 2008 21:57:10 GMT -5
I agree that that casting for Freddy must be spot on to make the film work. Freddy must be almost equal parts terrifiying and funny (I always got a great laugh out of his dreamscape antics).
And Freddy V. Jason wasn't bad, but the Horrorclix game peices will make it better for me.
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Post by theace2008 on Feb 12, 2008 0:39:22 GMT -5
As much as I like the NOES movies...why remake it? The TCM remakes sucked
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Post by GalactiKing on Feb 12, 2008 12:36:40 GMT -5
Could be interesting depending on how it's doen but I definitely would want a totally new spin instead of just a simple remake.
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Post by ringking on May 27, 2008 5:47:27 GMT -5
Personally I'm more excited to see how Near Dark and The Birds comes out over NOES. But if they want to do a new spin. They could go back to when he was a kid before he became a evil child killer. And then go over how the parents of the town were trying to find him and finally make him burn for his wrong doings. And of course end it with him as Freddy killing someone and then finishing with a scary redone nu-metal version of the original theme song. I usually hate Prequels but this might be a fun one seeing how he got his mind into Freddy before he was Freddy. Kinda like how they did the new Halloween with more about his younger side of life. Maybe make England his angry father who use to cut him with blades or something. Maybe this is a train wreck idea but it may be interesting if done right.
P.S. I didn't see the Friday the 13th one on there. I'm more excited to see how Friday comes out over all the other movies personally. Always been a Jason fan.
Anyway that's my take.
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Post by JED-SE on May 27, 2008 12:30:30 GMT -5
Personally I'm more excited to see how Near Dark and The Birds comes out over NOES. But if they want to do a new spin. They could go back to when he was a kid before he became a evil child killer. And then go over how the parents of the town were trying to find him and finally make him burn for his wrong doings. And of course end it with him as Freddy killing someone and then finishing with a scary redone nu-metal version of the original theme song. I usually hate Prequels but this might be a fun one seeing how he got his mind into Freddy before he was Freddy. Kinda like how they did the new Halloween with more about his younger side of life. Maybe make England his angry father who use to cut him with blades or something. Maybe this is a train wreck idea but it may be interesting if done right. P.S. I didn't see the Friday the 13th one on there. I'm more excited to see how Friday comes out over all the other movies personally. Always been a Jason fan. Anyway that's my take. That's actually not a bad idea for a movie. After seeing Freddy vs Jason in the begining when they show Englund without the burnt face, it made me wonder the same. |
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Post by mft on May 27, 2008 22:07:13 GMT -5
It is a pretty good idea. Can't remember the one, but they did go into small detail on how Freddy was conceived...his mother (a nun) was raped by a bunch mental patients.
But the idea is like the new Halloween...what exactly turned him into "Freddy Krueger".
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