Freddy Krueger Will Return

Posted by Robert Fure (robert@filmschoolrejects.com) on September 27, 2007

While we all know it was only a matter of time before the return of Freddy and his Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, we wondered “How long?” and “What form?”  Were we destined for a versus movie against a new opponent? Chucky had been thrown around. Or perhaps a sequel to Freddy vs Jason, to which I am not opposed.  And while it’s not definitive on how he’s coming back, I can tell you straight from the horses mouth that a new Nightmare on Elm Street movies is coming your way with, of course, Robert Englund as the titular slasher.

Kevin Kasha, a producer and Senior VP of Acquisitions and Programming at New Line Cinema announced during an interview for Flight of the Dead (he was Executive Producer) that the immediate future of New Line included movies “made for a price” in the horror vein as well as a brand new Nightmare on Elm Street.

We’ll make sure to keep you informed when we learn more, but my guess is probably 2009.

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