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.
Great!! Freddy Krueger is one of the most scary characters I've seen in my life, specially cause the way he attacks isn't that unbelievable.. He could haunt you in your dreams!!!
If it's going to be a remake, i wonder if Robert Englund would return? I know if I were in that position, where they were going to be making a remake a movie i was originally in, I probably wouldn't participate. No re-do's, just keep moving forward! That's how I would feel if I were him
I, seriously, can't imagine Freddy being played by anyone other than Robert Englund.
And that's really all I have to say.
yeah, without Robert Englund the movie would be a catastrophe. However, if he were asked to appear in this movie, it's pretty much like remaking your own movie. I'd rather see a new sequel than a remake.
Great!! Freddy Krueger is one of the most scary characters I've seen in my life, specially cause the way he attacks isn't that unbelievable.. He could haunt you in your dreams!!! 