Tag: Robert Englund
A Nightmare on Elm Street Review
Yes, A Nightmare on Elm Street is the best remake Platinum Dunes has produced, but the reason behind that is also the film’s handicap. For the most part, Wesley Strick and Eric Heisserer’s screenplay hems incredibly close to Craven’s original. There comes a point in the film, however, where staying faithful to the source material becomes a bit too problematic. Mainstream audiences, particularly those who didn’t grow up with Krueger, will be unaffected, but horror fans may soon grow bored with the lack of individuality in the scripting department. And then just as the film threatens to overthrow its predecessor by changing (for the better) Krueger’s origin story, it backs off, once again sacrificing innovation for tradition…read more [Hollywood.com]
Nightmare on Elm Street Reboot Gets The Greenlight!
Producers Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, horror movie veterans, today confirmed to ShockTillYouDrop that the A Nightmare on Elm Street reboot has received the green light with shooting to start in the spring.
Fuller and Form (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Amityville Horror and the upcoming Friday the 13th remakes) say the new Elm Street will be Platinum Dunes‘ next flick and they hope to start production in the spring.
Form said:
“It’s our next movie, hopefully shooting this spring…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.”
Shooting is expected to take place in the Chicago suburbs, but without Robert Englund in the lead. Although Fuller is planning to have a cameo for him.
