Another 'Nightmare' for New Line
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Freddy's back. Again.
New Line is in talks with horror production company Platinum Dunes to relaunch the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" movie series, the franchise that helped establish the studio.
Partners Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form will produce the remake.
The first "Nightmare" movie was written and directed by Wes Craven and released in 1984. Its runaway success spawned a slew of films and created one of the most popular villains in screen history, Freddy Krueger, played by Robert Englund.
The films' premise centered on Krueger, a serial child killer murdered by angry parents who returns with a burned face and razor glove to terrorize teens in their dreams.
A writer will be hired when the strike ends.
Platinum Dunes is prepping another relaunch, "Friday the 13th," which will be directed by Marcus Nispel for New Line, for whom they remade "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and its sequel.
The company is remaking "Near Dark" for Rogue and "The Birds" for Universal. It also is prepping a nonremake project, an untitled David Goyer thriller.
Quote from: MacGuffin on January 30, 2008, 12:51:16 AM
It also is prepping a nonremake project, an untitled David Goyer thriller.
Which they will immediately remake.
"Teen Spirit" director Samuel Bayer to helm new Nightmare On Elm Street
Source: SciFi Wire
Risky Business reports that Samuel Bayer will direct the proposed remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street for Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes company.
Bayer is known for his commercials and music videos, especially Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and Blind Melon's "No Rain."
Bayer is also signed on to helm Fiasco Heights, a thriller Platinum Dunes is producing for Universal.
Platinum Dunes' Brad Fuller and Andrew Form are joining Bay in producing Nightmare, which observes its 25th anniversary this year. Bay, Fuller and Form are also producers of the Friday the 13th reboot movie, which opens Friday.
Is Jackie Earle Haley ready to play Freddy in Nightmare on Elm Street?
Bloody-Disgusting is reporting a new rumor, first teased by Latino Review in February, that Watchmen's Jackie Earle Haley is in final talks to play the new Freddy Krueger in Platinum Dunes' upcoming A Nightmare on Elm Street reboot.
Citing no source for its rumor, the usually reliable horror site says to expect an official announcement as early as next week.
Shooting on the remake, from the same people who produced the successful Friday the 13th reboot, begins at the end of the month in Chicago.
Krueger, as fans know, is the serial child killer murdered by angry parents who returns with a burned face, striped sweater, fedora and razor glove to terrorize teens in their dreams.
Haley drew rave reviews for his performance as the psycho vigilante Rorschach in Zack Snyder's Watchmen and an Oscar nomination for playing a sex offender in 2006's Little Children.
didn't haley try out for the roll johnny depp eventually got in the first nightmare?
Quote from: squints on April 03, 2009, 02:51:17 PM
didn't haley try out for the roll johnny depp eventually got in the first nightmare?
According to imdb:
Johnny Depp accompanied friend Jackie Earle Haley to the auditions, where he was spotted by director Wes Craven, who asked him if he'd like to read for the part.
why are they doing this to robert englund? why are they doing this to me? make them stop.
New Line finds its Freddy Krueger
Jackie Earle Haley joins 'Elm Street'
Source: Variety
Jackie Earle Haley is going to Elm Street, signing to star as iconic killer Freddy Krueger in New Line and Platinum Dunes' relaunch of "A Nightmare on Elm Street."
Platinum Dunes partners Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form are producing with John Rickard co-producing. Samuel Bayer will direct from Wesley Strick's script, with lensing set to begin next month in Chicago.
New Line decided last year to relaunch the movie series centered on the iconic killer, who haunts the dreams of teenagers and kills them in their sleep. Krueger was originally played by Robert Englund in the 1984 original, spawing nine films and two TV series in what was New Line's most lucrative franchise until "The Lord of the Rings."
The relaunch comes on the heels of New Line and Platinum Dunes' rebirth of another horror franchise, "Friday the 13th," which has grossed $65 million domestically since its launch on Friday, Feb. 13.
Haley starred in "Watchmen" as Rorschach and will next be seen opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Phoenix Pictures' "Shutter Island," directed by Martin Scorsese.
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First Look: Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Krueger
by Peter Martin; Cinematical
As first looks go, it's remarkably ... minimal. The first image of Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Krueger in the upcoming A Nightmare on Elm Street has been released, showing a shadowy Freddy ready for action.
Ehhh.....
It looks like Freddy Krueger.........
what a cop out. show his god damn face
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Spooky.....got my anticipations low baby.
Trailer here. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-tSvrkKx2Y)
Why does he look like leatherface myers?
what's worse is Haley seems to be getting typecast as accused child molesters, ehhhhhk.....
Surprised they haven't made this in 3D, yet, cause it seems like a shoe-in.
Quote from: RegularKarate on September 28, 2009, 12:27:33 PM
Why does he look like leatherface myers?
Nightmare producer: What's up with Freddy's burn scars, voiceSource: SciFi Wire
If you watched the new teaser trailer for A Nightmare on Elm Street and your first reaction was "WTF? Freddy's makeup looks weird! His voice sounds weird!", you're not alone, and our pal Brad Fuller, producer of Platinum Dunes' upcoming remake, wants you to know that he hears you and has posted details about the movie on a new production blog.
Here's part of what Fuller said:
Is that Freddy's final look? No, it isn't—we are continuing to refine Freddy's look. Many people commented about the CGI on his face—and I don't want to give everything away but I will say this—Freddy's face is 98% practical make-up. Moreover, as you now know we went hardcore on what a burn victim really looks like, and I can't imagine what the comments would have been if he DIDN'T look like a real burn victim.
Is that Freddy's final voice?No, Jackie spent so much time on the voice, researching what people who've has their vocal cords burned sound like. He is still working on it, and I suspect that we will be refining it, until the last moment.
Will it be rated PG-13?Are you kidding me? Make no mistake about it this is a R-rated movie.
damage control alert
"no, freddy won't look or sound anything like the trailer we just released"
*damage control alert* indeed. I can't believe that either.
A co worker (Panera Bread Co.) who has said a ton of ridiculous shit about film, and i do mean more ridiculous than the things i say, had this to say about the new freddy, which i believe he told me he saw before surrogates, or maybe online, i'm not sure.
"Aww man, it looks awesome they're gonna focus more on like his origin, and why he kills people"
-have you watched the original?
"Yeah, but this has the guy who played Rorschach in it, and Englund even said he was impressed!"
Anyways, this trailer looks like shit, I can't imagine this being any good. May as well be "One Missed Call" with nostalgia. The voice is the least of my concern, fucking fan boys of NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET????? And that whole "what do you think i've done" bullshit before they burn the building down. wow.
Dear God (or whatever they call you these days), please stop. I'm living below the poverty line here.
Love, Neil
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Nice nail polish.
New Trailer here. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtN90wGiJbw)
scattered thoughts during the trailer..
sprig?
ryan philipe?
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ryan philipe?
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ha freddy looks short
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that death scene's from let the right one in!
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at least the voice is scaryish
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joshua jackson?
looks as boring as the original.
I will see this for JEH
Like the other remakes of classic horror films, this one is pointless as well. If the other Nightmare films didn't come before, and this was our first introduction to Freddy Kreuger, you wouldn't peg him to be such and iconic figure in pop culture. This Freddy does without any humor and isn't frightening at all. The heroine lacks the strength to take on Freddy, and none of the characters feel nothing more than just "kills."
To be fair, Mac, Freddy wasn't really much of a wiseacre in the first Nightmare. He got much worse with the one-liners as the series went on. You can't really blame JEH for this. If they put the exact same Freddy into this movie, it still wouldn't be scary.
This was duller than dull.
The only thing that was "bad Movie" worthy about this was the fake search engine they used called "Gigablast" that looked like it was designed by 1999.
The scenes they lifted from the original were so incredibly lazy. They CG'd the part where Freddy stretches the wall out... it looked worse than the OG.