Freddy Krueger is on the prowl again

Posted on January 30, 2008
Filed Under Actors, Directors

It’s about time I get to post about something less serious and bit scary. The horror genre is full to the brim with lousy, low budget attempts to frighten the audience. Very, very few is worth watching. But then there is the ones that stick out. The really good ones that actually manages to scare you. The ones that sometimes haunts you in your dreams.

Freddy Krueger is without a doubt one of the most memorable killers of all time. And now, according to Variety, it’s time for Freddy to put on his knife gloves once again…

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. Both franchises will be given a complete overhaul.

Bay, Fuller and Form are also developing a Universal remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds,” with Martin Campbell directing Naomi Watts.

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