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New Line Will Eventually Get Around to Remaking ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
It’s been three years since we learned that New Line Cinema was developing yet another remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street. Nothing has changed, although the success of Universal Pictures’ Halloween has fans wondering when Freddy Krueger will return to the big screen. The answer is, eventually. Right now, New Line is focused on their Conjuring universe.
“It’s still happening,” writer David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick tells GameSpot.
“Nothing is percolating just yet. The Conjuring universe is sort of first and foremost on [New Line Cinema’s] horror burner. Everybody wants to see Freddy again I think, so I think it’s inevitable at some point.”
Let’s be very clear here, the response is both conjecture and speculation. The last I checked in (Oct. 21), I was told the exact same thing from several sources: Conjuring, Conjuring, Conjuring. I was told there was zero movement or discussion on Johnson-McGoldrick’s screenplay, although one has to hope that with James Wan finished with Aquaman, maybe he finds a way to create a slasher universe alongside his Conjuring films over at Warner Bros./New Line?
As we broke the news earlier this fall, LeBron James‘ SpringHill Entertainment will produce a remake of Friday the 13th with Roy Lee‘s Vertigo Entertainment, and Legendary has acquired the rights to revive Texas Chainsaw Massacre, as well as Leatherface, so a shared universe is possible. The recent success of horror and the slasher film surely will help propel these films and characters back to the big screen, the only question is when? 2019 could be the year we’ve all been waiting for…
Digressing, Samuel Bayer directed the 2010 Elm Street reboot that introduced Jackie Earle Haley as the new Freddy. Robert Englund played the iconic slasher from Wes Craven’s 1984 A Nightmare On Elm Street through several films, concluding in 2003’s Freddy vs. Jason.
With Halloween picking up where John Carpenter’s film left off, and retconning the sequels, could A Nightmare on Elm Street follow suit and bring Englund back for one last hurrah?
Sunrise Films has announced the official North American release of William Bagley‘s horror comedy Hold the Fort, and it’s accompanied by an energetic new trailer.
Hold the Fort debuts on digital platforms on June 23.
In the film, “Lucas and Jenny think their life is finally coming together when the couple become homeowners. Little do they know that their new house comes with a big catch. Lucas and Jenny soon find themselves in a fight for their lives when they become trapped in a battle between their Homeowners Association and an onslaught of monsters from hell. The horror-comedy takes the timely concern of home-ownership and wraps this up in an entertaining action-packed thrill ride.“
Watch the new trailer below, which introduces one wild HOA gathering during an equinox. Things get bloody fast.
Chris Mayers (Adult Swim Yule Log), Haley Leary (“The Walking Dead”), Levi Burdick, and Julian Smith star.
William Bagley writes and directs, in addition to producing with Smith, Matt Dodd, Luke Williams, and Tim Reis (Adult Swim Yule Log).
Ahead of the release, Bagley said, “My goal with this film was to make a hilarious, fast-paced thrill ride while also telling a great story with heart. Hopefully, through all the blood, laughs, fights, and gags, you leave the film feeling inspired to tackle whatever life throws at you.“
Hold the Fort premiered at Fantasia last summer before going on to play FrightFest London, Toronto After Dark, and Beyond Fest.
I wrote in my review, “It’s an infectiously charming assemblage of jokes and monster vignettes bound together by a barebones plot with not much on its mind beyond delivering an entertaining time.”
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