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Your First Look at the New Freddy: 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' Teaser!
Filed under: Horror », New Line », Newsstand », Movie Marketing », Remakes and Sequels », Trailers and Clips »
Fittingly, Platinum Dunes' remake of A Nightmare On Elm Street popped online via MySpace Trailer Park during the witching hour, and just in time for Halloween. While it's only a teaser, it manages to pack Freddy Krueger's origin story into a few horrifying frames. You actually feel bad for the (alleged?) child molester, something that's due entirely to Jackie Earle Haley. I'm beginning to think he can make you feel sympathetic for just about anyone.
This teaser also offers us the first look at Freddy's new make-up. This has been a rather well-kept secret in these spoiler-happy days, and even at ComicCon they were being quite tight-lipped about what he was going to look like, except that it would be "more extreme" than before. You don't get a very good look at Freddy in this teaser, but I've screen-capped the close-up and ran it through Photoshop. If you don't like it, don't criticize the filmmakers too much, as I've de-shadowed and sharpened quite a bit. (I've included an unedited photo in the gallery below for those more curious.)
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Gallery: A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Glimpse Down the New 'Elm Street'
Filed under: Horror », Casting », Mystery & Suspense », New Line », Warner Brothers », RumorMonger », Fandom », Remakes and Sequels »
A couple of us onliners got an up-close look at the fresh flesh of Jackie Earle Haley's Freddy Krueger last month on the Chicago set of the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, and from the sound of things, he'll be making his first public appearance at the San Diego Comic-Con later this week. Though the bulk of our set visit coverage will have to wait until closer to the film's release next April, we can share a bit on what Haley's bringing to the legendary character and what the producers are bringing to the franchise...
Haley: "Robert Englund's done an amazing job over the years playing Freddy. Everybody's that's a fan of Nightmare loves Robert and, you know, that's a challenge when you've got to step in a big man's shoes like that, so it's scary but also exciting. You can't please everybody. All I can do is really just try to work from the heart and do the best job at playing Freddy that I can and hope for the best."
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Platinum Dunes Producers Spill on 'Friday the 13th' Sequel, 'The Birds' Remake, etc.
Filed under: Horror », Thrillers », New Line », Warner Brothers », RumorMonger », Fandom », Scripts », Distribution », Remakes and Sequels »
On a recent visit to the Chicago-based set of the A Nightmare on Elm Street remake, producers Brad Fuller and Andrew Form gave us online types a good hour with which to poke and prod about that film and countless other projects in the works. The Elm St. stuff will have to wait until the time is right, but at the moment, you're just a hop, skip and jump away from finding out where Platinum Dunes currently stands with a Friday the 13th sequel, their present involvement in reported remakes of The Birds and Rosemary's Baby, and how exactly the little-seen Horsemen ended up slipping through the cracks last spring...
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Remake Factory Bails on 'Near Dark' and 'Rosemary's Baby'
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Y'know, for every horror flick that gets a remake, there must be like ... dozens that don't! And since Platinum Dunes is a production company that enjoys dabbling in the horror remake department, it's good to know they won't just CHASE popular titles for the hell of it. According to Filmstalker (and a variety of other sources), the company behind the remakes of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Amityville Horror, The Hitcher, Friday the 13th, and (eventually) The Birds and A Nightmare on Elm Street is dropping its formative plans on remakes of Roman Polanski's classic chiller Rosemary's Baby and Kathryn Bigelow's cult fave Near Dark.The reasons are both basic and uninteresting ("We couldn't come up with something where it felt like it was relevant and we could add something to it other than what it was so we're now not going to be doing that film."), but at least we can take those two off our "ugh, why?" list.
But fear not, remake admirers: Next year looks to be a big-time buffet of My Bloody Valentine, Friday the 13th, The Wolfman, The Crazies, Piranha 3-D, and the sequel to the remake of Halloween. So these two won't be missed, really.
After Leatherface and Jason, Platinum Dunes Turns to ... Freddy
Filed under: Horror », Deals », RumorMonger », Remakes and Sequels »
They started off with Leatherface, which makes sense if you think about it: Horror flicks don't get much more "classic" than TCM. So when Platinum Dunes announced a do-over on Friday the 13th, nobody was all that much surprised. Plus the Dunes boys keep talking about remaking The Birds, so I guess that means all bets are off. So don't act all surprised when you learn that the production company is looking at a spring start date for, yep, A Nightmare on Elm Street.Producer Andrew Form spilled a few early details at Shock, but here's the part that should keep horror fans (at least partially) sated for the time being: "It's not Freddy cracking jokes. 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." Sounds good to me, Andrew.
So not only will the new* Freddy start shooting relatively soon ... it also looks like Platinum Dunes have found themselves a screenwriter in veteran word-maker Wesley Strick, whom the genre fans will remember from Arachnophobia, Cape Fear, Wolf, and Doom.
*And yes, it definitely looks like a NEW Freddy will hit the scene, although the producers seem open to having Robert Englund stop by in some capacity.
Platinum Dunes Wants to Play 'Ouija' With Us
Filed under: Action », Horror », Thrillers », Mystery & Suspense », Universal », Games and Game Movies »
When I say "Platinum Dunes," you probably think "horror remake" -- which only makes sense since PD is the production company that brought you The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Hitcher, and The Amityville Horror. (Plus they also have Friday the 13th and The Birds on the way.) But it sure looks like Platinum bosses Michael Bay, Andrew Form, and Brad Fuller are trying to deliver some (relatively) original product. They've already got David Goyer's The Unborn in production ... and now they're signed up to deliver Ouija Board: The Movie. (title not official)According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ouija will hit the big screen courtesy of Platinum Dunes, Universal Pictures, Hasbro, and producer / screenwriter David Berenbaum. (His credits include Elf and The Spiderwick Chronicles.) No director has been named yet, and the top secret premise is being described as "a supernatural adventure..." I smell a PG-13 horror flick.
All I know is I hope it's better than Witchboard.
Wow, Nobody's Remade 'Rosemary's Baby' Yet?
Filed under: Horror », Thrillers », Remakes and Sequels »
Well, hell, that just won't do! Apparently someone at remake factory Platinum Dunes just realized ... Hey, what the hell, nobody's done a Rosemary's Baby remake?!? And to have an old, popular, influential horror movie with NO remake? Like I said, that just won't do.We don't have any news on directors, writers or actors, but according to Shock, Platinum producers Andrew Form and Brad Fuller are presently scouting screenwriters for the remake. For those keeping score, Platinum Dunes has already remade The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Amityville Horror and The Hitcher, plus they've got The Birds, Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street in the percolation stage. Dang those guys work hard.
So, since the Dunes boys don't have an adapter yet, allow me to apply for the gig. I've seen all of Platinum's movies AND I own the Rosemary's Baby DVD, so I think I'm more than qualified. Here's my pitch: Jessica Alba and Ryan Reynolds move into a mega-slick new apartment building that's run by computer, only to discover that the old couple who live next-door are actually Satanic Robots from the Future! Oh wait, here's an easier idea: Just take the original screenplay, modernize with bikinis, computers and cell phones, and then make the exact same movie. It'll make the same amount of cash anyway.
Dubbed "the scariest movie I've ever seen because I was pregnant when I saw it" by Scott Weinberg's mom, Rosemary's Baby was based on the Ira Levin novel of the same name, it featured some stellar work from Mia Farrow and Ruth Gordon, and is (easily) one of Roman Polanski's finest achievements. And now a stinkin' remake. Sorry for being so snotty, especially because I actually really LIKE the Plantnum Dunes re-do of Texas Chainsaw, but when I see a production company loading up on remakes and nothing else, I can't help but think "LAZY!!!"
Beyond Hollywood's Megan Fox Scoop Was Beyond Believable
Filed under: Horror », Casting », RumorMonger »
Yesterday we brought you news that "uber-hottie" Megan Fox had signed on to star in the horror flick Half to Death for Platinum Dunes/Rogue Pictures. Beyond Hollywood were the ones to break the news, however Shock Till You Drop is now claiming their entire story was false. While Fox was offered the role, "an insider" from Platinum Dunes told the horror site the actress passed on the role "weeks ago." We're not sure where Beyond Hollywood got their story from (they attribute it to "one of their most reliable sources"), but as of now I would count her out. It just goes to show that when a website throws out the "reliable source" card, it often turns out their source ain't that reliable at all.
But there is indeed a film called Half to Death in the works, and it revolves around a young college freshman who discovers that she's living the same day over and over again. Cute. Kind of like the female Groundhog Day. Ah, but here's the horrific part -- each day ends with her brutal murder by an unknown attacker. Not so cute. There pegging this one as Groundhog Day meets Captivity, only they should probably find a better comparison as the latter film isn't doing so well at the box office. I imagine our college freshman will spend most of the film trying to figure out who keeps killing her, and once that's accomplished, she'll have to kill them before they strike ... or something like that. Wasn't there a similar film recently where the central character was a male? I know there was, I just can't think of the name. Anyhoo, Half to Death will most likely begin production this fall (assuming they find their star), and will hit theaters sometime next year. Fox, on the other hand, is currently playing the "uber-hottie" Sophie Maes in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People.
'The Birds' Will Begin Shooting This Year
Filed under: Classics », Horror », Universal », Remakes and Sequels »
At the tail-end of a Variety article about a spec script called Fiasco Heights and the way in which it was sold by a DreamWorks assistant to Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes shingle, there is one casual sentence that reads: "[The production company] aims to begin shooting a remake of "The Birds" for Universal by the end of the year," which is the first new information we've heard about the project since last October (when Naomi Watts was mentioned as a potential leading lady).I guess I was hoping that this project would simply go away, but with Fiasco on the horizon (and something called The Horsemen in pre-production), it looks like producers Michael Bay and Andrew Form have got their attentions re-focused on the avian-centric remake thriller. Those who choose to follow such stories will no doubt remember the producers' claims that their Birds flick will hew closer to the original Daphne Du Maurier story and not the classic Alfred Hitchcock flick -- but I'm guessing if Du Maurier had written another book called Hippo Attack or Revenge of the Squirrels, it's The Birds that'd still be earmarked for a new adaptation. Why? Because, despite the protestations of the filmmakers, they know "The Birds" is a title that everyone already knows. And that's what the remake game is all about: Selling "name recognition" and little else.
Yeah, I'm a little salty about this particular project, and I freely admit it. But if The Birds is going to begin production some time this year, then we should definitely be getting reports on writers, actors and directors some time soon. Maybe my opinion of this remake will improve once some of those names hit the wire ... but I doubt it.
Paramount & New Line on Board for Friday the 13th Remake?
Filed under: Horror », New Line », Paramount », Remakes and Sequels »
With the arrival of (their version of) The Hitcher, Platinum Dunes producers Andrew Form and Brad Fuller have started making the junket rounds, and that's how the Bloody Disgusting boys were able to ask the filmmakers if that long-rumored Friday the 13th remake is still moving forward. And the answer seems to be ... yes."We're working on a script right now and I think next year, maybe end of the year we will have it out. Jonathan Liebesman is still attached, but he's got a lot of things rolling around. If he's available when we have the script we'd love to work with him again."
Liebesman is the gentleman who directed both Darkness Falls and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning -- and if that's all it takes to become an in-demand director these days, heck, I'm in the wrong business. To be fair, he also helmed the short Rings, which is notable in that it's about ten times better than The Ring Two.
In related news, it seems that Paramount Pictures might be back in the Jason Voorhees business. BD.com further reports that when the new Friday arrives, it will be as a co-production between New Line Cinema and Paramount Pictures. Hardcore horror geeks are well aware that Paramount dropped Jason after 1988's Manhattan disaster, thereby giving New Line the ability to churn out Jason Goes to Hell, Jason X and Freddy vs. Jason. No specific word on how/why Paramount will be involved in the series again, but ... does it really matter?
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