‘Nightmare On Elm Street’ Remake Starts Filming Next Year

Posted by Rob Hunter (rob@filmschoolrejects.com) on December 12, 2008

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Platinum Dunes’ remake machine can’t be kept down for long. After acknowledging that their plans for a Near Dark reboot have been scrapped due to it’s remarkable similarity to Twilight, the production company has green-lit a start date for their re-imagining of A Nightmare On Elm Street.

Producer Brad Fuller spoke with BloodyDisgusting and ShockTillYouDrop, and while he gave slightly different dates as to when shooting will begin, the bottom line is the cameras should be rolling by next summer.

It’s like what we’re doing to Friday the 13th,” says Fuller. “It’s not Freddy cracking jokes. We want to make a horrifying movie. The concept is so scary, don’t fall asleep or you’ll die. This guy gets you when you’re most vulnerable, in your sleep. We love that. That’s the basis of the movie. It’ll be most similar to the first one but in terms of kills and dreams we’ll borrow from the entire series.”

Apparently Warner Bros. has been quite pleased with Friday the 13th’s test screenings, and that enthusiasm has helped get A Nightmare On Elm Street back on the fast track. The screenplay is currently being written by Wesley Strick, whose previous credits include Cape Fear, The Saint, and Doom. Fuller reiterated that Robert Englund will be replaced as child-killer Freddy Krueger, but he hopes the actor will return in one form or another.

Are you excited about a new Elm Street? Interested? Indifferent?

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RobertFure

I look at Nightmare exactly the same way I look at Halloween and Friday the 13th and even Texas Chainsaw Massacre. These films all started great and have near and dear spots in our hearts. But as they went on, they started to suck. Jason Takes Manhattan? Please. I'd rather have an awesome fresh start than another tepid sequel.

I talked to Brad Fuller and he's a legit dude. While I'll miss Robert Englund as Freddy, it's time to make the Nightmare Demon scary again.

Meli

I'm getting use to the idea of Robert Englund giving up the role of Freddy, especially as I've recently revisited a few of the past movies. Feddy did become pretty cheesy towards the end, not to mention the movies on a whole were pretty bad. If they pull off what they promise, no more corny jokes and flat out terrifying nightmares then I'll happily watch. If they screw it up? Well, I'll have Elm Street 1 & 3, which are my favorites.

Don B.

I had the opportunity to speak briefly with Robert Englund at DragonCon back in September.He had a "wait and see what they come up with" sort of attitude concerning the remake.I do remember him saying they should completely change Freddy's look and not have him in the red and green sweater ,but maybe wearing a pair of coveralls like he was a school janitor or something like that.I don't know if deep down he really feels that way,but he did do a good job of trying to calm down the angry fans when the topic of the remake came up in the autograph line.

Cole_Abaius

Well, this seems totally necessary.

ViktorDrakonus

It will be interesting to see a remake of this classic. I think they should keep the green and red sweater. As for borrowing from the other movies, I`d rather see all new concepts in the nightmare department.

Phoghat

I am so frakkin tired of retreads of movies! Was Englund good as Freddy? Of course he was. Do I want to see a remake starring Tom Cruise? (You know that might be interesting at that). Come on, get a new idea, take a crapshoot, see what sticks to the wall. You guys know the drill.

David G

Im horrified and will definitely stay away from the theatres when released. I saw one of this series when I was 4. Needless to say I've had a legitimate fear of Freddy Krueger ever since. And after reading this article, I found I wet my pants. Excuse me, I'm going to lock myself in my room til this blows over.

HempKnight757

I am huge fan of the series & huge hater of rebots or remakes or whatever you want to call these stale stories of old ideas by hack writers. I for one say no thank you if one Robert England is not involved . I mean kool a Jason where he finally runs & it looks just like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Hollywood just has no fresh ideas & at least their finally learning comic book movies are big draws, but then they go & want Will Smith to play Captain America. It won't happen & he is an good actor, but just the idea of it just shows how desperate this movies are becoming.

jds

They tried reimaging Freddy in Wes Craven's New Nightmare and I'm guessing it wasn't that great of a success since the series went idle for a long while after.
Remakes are lame and ruin the chances of another sequel. Look at Halloween, Rob Zombie destroyed any chance of them picking up from a storyline that was being built up since the first sequel (which answered a lot of how/why questions and still had a lot more to elaborate on.)
I disagree with people who say they'd rather see a remake than a crappy sequel. I'd much rather see nicely done sequel than a crappy remake who's goal is to squeeze out a bunch of cheap scares aimed at a fanbase built up by the originals.
All I've seen so far are bigger and more powerful bad guys who kill with a lot more gore. And you can really see the writers' and directors' creativity and originality that they bring to these types of movies.
Jason running, Michael Myers being 8ft tall and raised by a white trash family... I can't wait to hear what the "original" take on Freddy will be!

Jam

I don't know what the fuck they are thinking. Robert is Freddy. Jason wears a mask, Texas Chainsaw Killer wears a mask, Mike Myers wears a mask. Freddy is just latex glued to Robert... You can't just put it on another person. If it truly isn't Robert as Freddy then I wont see it in theaters. Why fix what wasn't broke...

‘Nightmare On Elm Street’ Remake Starts Filming Next Year

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