[officialleafan]

Freddy Krueger is getting a wakeup call.

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.”

Deal comes as Bay, Fuller and Form ready an early May start for “Friday the 13th,” New Line’s relaunch of another iconic baddie, Jason Voorhees. Marcus Nispel will direct from a script by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift (“Freddy vs. Jason”).

Both franchises will be given a complete overhaul, just as Platinum Dunes did with the Nispel-directed “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” New Line won’t hire a writer on “Nightmare” until the writers strike ends.

At Rogue Pictures, the Platinum Dunes team is prepping an exorcism thriller to be directed by David Goyer and a “Near Dark” remake to be directed by Samuel Bayer. Bay, Fuller and Form are also developing a Universal remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds,” with Martin Campbell directing Naomi Watts.



http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryid=13&cs=1

[XxShortyxX]

Wow cool, my brother has all of them on DVD I am defo going to see that when it comes out

[officialleafan]

I think it's bad idea really, the originals were great, and most remake's are rubbish, they should leave it be.

[Glenn.]

Looking forward to the Friday 13th remake! Nightmare on Elm Street was probablythe first horror I watchedwhen I was a youngster, one Halloween. I was up 3 nights straight!!! My mum never let me watch them til I was a little older. The creepy song still haunts my dreams.
`One, two Freddies coming for you`
`Three, four better lock your door`
`Five, six grab your crucifix`
`Seven, Eight better stay up late`
`Nine, ten never sleep again`

[Hugo]

They shouldn't do this. They killed Halloween with a remake.

[Glenn.]

Freddie vs Jason wasnt too bad. Had a bit of a crap ending but it was rather good on the whole. Jason X on he other hand was completely ridiculus, a combination of bad acting, and the setting five hundred years in the future was a bit of a stretch.

[Bright-Eyes]

Well I am a massive fan of the series, I liked almost every installment. It seems to keep changing from being a remake to being a prequel. I really do not want to see a remake I never see the point in remakes. They should just leave it alone or make a sequel to A New Nightmare or Freddy Vs Jason.

[Tom4784]

It'll end up being crap I think, Horror remakes are rarely good (Except Dawn of the Dead) exepcially if they are remaking classics.