Veteran music video director Samuel Bayer will be directing the upcoming r
eboot of A Nightmare on Elm Street.Bayer, who's worked with Green Day, Metallica and Nirvana, is on deck for the "re-imagining" of the 25-year-old horror classic from Wes Craven. According to Reuters, unlike other horror reboots which lift plot devices from other horror movies, the new Nightmare will stay true to the original formula: Krueger attacking teens in their dreams with real-world consequences.In December, the Nightmare on Elm Street project was announced with Cape Fear scribe Wesley Strick writing the screenplay. Production is expected to take place in the 'burbs of Chicago sometime this year, with or without the gloved-one, Robert Englund. Rampant speculation suggests that Englund, who's played Freddy Krueger in all seven films including a couple TV series, is not yet attached. Rumors have suggested that Billy Bob Thornton may replace him.
Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes and New Line Cinema are behind the project and are set to release another retread, Friday the 13th, tomorrow. If estimates for the film are met, the Nightmare project will have serious momentum.
...."Bumped to prime-time, bitch!"
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