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Samara Weaving Wants to Fight Freddy Krueger in the ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ Franchise
A fan favorite here in the horror world, Samara Weaving has made her mark on the genre with films including Mayhem, The Babysitter and Ready or Not, and she’s also appeared in two iconic horror franchises to date with roles in both “Ash vs. Evil Dead” and Scream VI.
What franchise would Samara Weaving like to appear in next? It’s a question Collider asked the actress at SXSW over the weekend. Her answer? A Nightmare on Elm Street!
Samara Weaving vs. Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street?! Sign us up!!
Wes Craven’s original horror classic celebrates its 40th anniversary here in 2024, though it’s another anniversary that’s at the forefront of our mind right now. It’s now been FOURTEEN YEARS since the most recent Nightmare on Elm Street movie, that being the remake in 2010.
At this time, there’s still zero forward momentum on a new Nightmare on Elm Street movie that we’re aware of, but with Jason Voorhees finally coming back to life, you would think that Freddy’s return couldn’t be too far behind. He can’t stay dead FOREVER, right?
Samara Weaving isn’t the only one talking about A Nightmare on Elm Street, as both Mike Flanagan and original Elm Street star Heather Langenkamp have expressed interest in recent years in the franchise’s return – and more importantly, in playing a role in that return.
Heather Langenkamp said back in 2022, “If Nancy could fight Freddy one last time, I would really like that.” She continued at the time, “Gosh, I’d love to see a future in that.”
Last we heard, the Wes Craven Estate is currently in charge of the rights to the Elm Street franchise. What are they going to do with them? Only time will tell. Stay tuned for updates.
One of this summer’s most hotly anticipated new movies is A24 and Ti West’s MaXXXine, a follow-up to X and Pearl that brings Mia Goth’s title character into the 1980s.
With her past catching up to her, Maxine attempts to make it big as a superstar in Hollywood, 1985. While you wait, check out a new image below courtesy of USA Today this week.
Releasing in theaters on July 5, 2024, MaXXXine is rated “R” for…
“Strong violence, gore, sexual content, graphic nudity, language and drug use.”
If you missed the official trailer, you can watch it right here.
Mia Goth stars alongside Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito and Kevin Bacon in MaXXXine.
Here’s the official plot synopsis from A24 this week: “In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.”
Last we saw Maxine in Ti West’s X (2022), she was the sole survivor of a massacre carried out by elderly couple Howard and Pearl in the Summer of ’79. Goth of course pulled double duty as the villain Pearl in that movie, who got her own origin story in Pearl (2022). Pearl and Maxine are different characters, but they share the common goal of wanting to be stars.
Will Maxine finally make it in Hollywood? Or will the demons of her past become her ultimate downfall? With the Night Stalker roaming free, we expect MaXXXine to get wild this summer.
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