Michael Bay moving to Elm Street?

Demiurge
Demiurge Posts: 10,874
edited January 2008 in Music & Movies
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117979807.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
New Line sets up new 'Nightmare'
Platinum Dunes to get Freddy ready for return

By MICHAEL FLEMING

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.

As stated in the article it's Michael Bay's production company, not that he'll be the one directing them exclusively, although it's likely.

It's the era of remakes, so what do you think? Like it? Hate it? Don't really care?

Comments

  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,798
    edited January 2008
    Eh...

    I like Freddy

    But... why cant they come up with a new physcho killer?
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited January 2008
    I'm not sure, frankly I think people get nostalgic over the old stuff and movies like Saw push the envelope so far with the gore it's hard to pull off a good old fashioned slasher flick these days without being a completely gore fest.
  • dbaldus
    dbaldus Posts: 730
    edited January 2008
    And why would Michael Bay direct a slasher flick? There aren't enough explosions in them for his taste!

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