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Michael Bay to Remake Nightmare on Elm Street
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by Jordan Yerman | January 30, 2008 at 07:02 am
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Platinum Dunes, a produciton company co-owned by megablockbuster director Michael Bay, is set to "relaunch" the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.
No! It's not just a dream!
Platinum Dunes partners Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form have been set by New Line to relaunch the movie series centered on the iconic killer, who haunts the dreams of teenagers and kills them in their sleep.
The trio will create a new franchise based on Wes Craven’s 1984 film “A Nightmare on Elm Street.”
Originally played by Robert Englund, the Krueger character haunted nine films and two TV series in what was New Line’s most lucrative franchise until “The Lord of the Rings.”
Oh f*ck! Michael Bay to f*ck up new NIGHTMARE
url="http://www.avclub.com/content/newswire/michael_bay_hey_how_bout_i"]Promising
to bring the same combination of over-the-top CGI effects, J-horror
cribs, and MTV-style smash-cuts he previously lent to remakes of The
Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Amityville Horror--in addition to his
forthcoming relaunch of Friday The 13th, shooting this April--Michael
Bay announced plans today to create a new Nightmare On Elm Street
franchise under his Platinum Dunes shingle, promising a "complete
overhaul." Nightmare is just another in a long line of planned "new
visions" from Bay's company that includes updates of Near Dark and
(shudder) The Birds, and at least the sixth or seventh indicator that
Michael Bay is in dire need of a razor-tipped finger in his remakin'
eye.[/q]
Platinum Dunes – the production shingle which handsomely-coiffed “Transformers” director Michael Bay uses to desecrate beloved horror movie classics – has been charged with the duty of ruining the “Nightmare on Elm Street” franchise for everyone.
Hobbit-dependent mini-studio New Line handed over the keys to the Freddy-Mobile to Bay and his fellow ruiners-of-good-things Brad Fuller and Andrew Form. Together the trio of creative-property rapists hope to re-launch the “Nightmare” franchise as something completely trite, predictable, unscary and devoid of subtext.
This is what happens when you get the sniffles and ignore the beat for a couple of hours: the world of Hollywood deals starts exploding with awfulness. Something in the Elm Street-verse started feeling askew a few weeks ago when Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund, said he thought it was a good idea to remake Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street and perhaps pass his claw on to someone else. Word arrives today that production house Platinum Dunes (of which Michael Bay is a partner) and New Line Cinema are setting a plan into motion to completely revamp the franchise, just like they’re doing with Friday the 13th and Jason Voorhees, which starts filming in early May. Platinum Dunes have previously set their signature glossy and tan paws on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Eric Red’s The Hitcher and the upcoming Hitchcock-remake The Birds.
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at 19:39 on January 30th, 2008
Stalked by Freddy and Jason in the Hollywood Wax Museum!
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at 11:01 on February 5th, 2009
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This is James Gilks (owner of SerialKillerCalendar.com). Let me start by saying that I love Robert Englund. He is a talented actor and a treasure to the horror industry. That said, I really hope that he is not cast as Freddy in the new Nightmare on Elm St remake. I understand that this is practically blasphemy in the horror fan community. It is tantamount to saying that Hellraiser 1 was slow and poorly made (which it is but thats another story). The truth is that Freddy Kruger has the potential to be one of the most terrifying and truly lasting characters in horror movie history. He is a serial killer pedophile with knifes for fingers that can get to you at your most vulnerable (when your sleeping). This is pure nightmare fuel (no pun intended) and put in the right hands, this franchise could be reborn as something extremely horrific that will stand the test of time. Now, Robert Englund brings a great humor to the role and helps to dull the edge of the atrocities on the screen. I love this and the original Nightmare on Elm St series is one of my favorites. But is that really what we want? Do we truly need the horror and sheer disturbingness of this character desensitized by one liners and cheep visual gags. I honestly don’t think we do. I am hoping for a gritty, in your face realism that paints Freddy as the monster he really is. I think we would be far more impacted if the film makers drew their inspiration from real life pedophile serial killers such as Albert Fish, Peter Kurten or Carl Panzram. What we need now, in these cold and uncaring times, is a Freddy Kruger that doesn’t pull any punches. We need truly dark and devious creature who can transform our once terrifying bogyman in to something that will really give us nightmares. And, unfortunately, I just don’t think Robert Englund (who I mean no offense to) can bring us this.
Well, that’s just the opinion of someone who runs a company devoted to selling serial killer merchandise so you can take it or leave it. I hope you can all stop by SerialKillerCalendar.com to pick up some morbid merch (including the new Serial Killer Magazine, Serial Killer Trading Cards and Serial Killer Action Figures. I know, its a shameless display of self promotion but really, I have to justify reading up on Batman Movies while I am supposed to be working somehow.
James Gilks
Owner of SerialKillerCalendar.com and Editor of Serial Killer Magazine.