https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3975346/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-reboot-confirmed-plans-freddy-krueger/Warner and Paramount were developing competing versions of the project. Warner’s was a full reboot written and directed by Lee Cronin (“Evil Dead Rise”, “The Mummy”) while Paramount’s is a requel to the 1984 original ignoring all sequels. Warner’s version was further along in development, but with the Warner/Paramount merger, Skydance killed it and is moving forward with Paramount’s version.
Who would you cast as Freddy?
>>224268366Can't be worse than the remake
>>224268366About goddamn time
>>224268366again?
>>224268558Jim Carrey
>>224268558Frances McDormand
>>224268558Everybody seems to want Kevin Bacon.
>>224268558Pedro Pascal
>>224268558Sidney Sweeney
>>224268558Paul Dano.
>>224268558Glenn Howerton
>>224268558Peter Dinklage
>>224268558
>>224268558Michael Shannon
>>224268366>while Paramount’s is a requel to the 1984 original ignoring all sequels.I hope they jump right into it and don't spend half the movie on backstory or flashbacks or some shit. Also, Nancy better be stacked if she's in it.
>>224268558Tobey Maguire
Honestly, this is the one big slasher you can't reboot, englund was simply too good as freddy and no one else really works
>>224268366>while Paramount’s is a requel to the 1984 original ignoring all sequelsWhy? Freddy is flexible enough that you can easily retain the continuity of the old movies. It's not like Halloween, which was a total mess of multiple branches with dead ends.
>>224269401Just follow Englund's pitch of each character seeing a different version of Freddy played by different actors each doing their own spin on the character.
>>224269525>Why?Paramount only has the rights to the first movie's script. New Line Cinema owns the rest.
>>224269525Also>retconning 3What a mess
>>224269401How about Robert AIglund?
>>224268558Giancarlo Esposito
Playing Freddy is also playing a psychopathic serial killing pedo. You need charisma to pull it off.
>>224269525My guess is that they want to use Nancy again, but she dies in the third one.
>>224269543Man, these various production companies being involved in these long running horror series is so fucked.I remember when the first season of Ash vs. Evil Dead was being made, they were only able to reference and show clips from the first movie, despite Ash's character clearly being an evolution of all his lived experiences from afterward. They were able to talk about and show things from the other movies later on once that was worked out, but it led to some oddities, like how he starts the show with a wooden hand and doesn't get a proper gauntlet prosthetic like he had in Army of Darkness until the last few episodes of S1.
>>224269532That would work. IF they don't go with the obvious 'Freddy turns into character X to mess with character X's friends'There could be a sassy freddy, a creepy silent one with shadows and angles like old German horror movies, a whimsical one with a mix of children fantasy and gore, etc.
>>224268558Idris Elba
>>224269110Which doesn’t make sense. Dude is old. They need a thirty-something like Englund was when they made the first
>>224269645Having Nancy but without Englund as Freddy would probably be the biggest mistake they could make.
>>224268963the fact that wb was getting lee cronin on board was a bad sign but now them doing a requel is even worse.>>224268558my hope is they don't cast any of those three yokels who are spamming youtube with their "auditions" because those are just really poor englund impersonations and not their own style of freddy whatsoever.
>>224268366Didnt they already do this?
>>224269543new line cinema is owned by warner bros which is now owned by paramount. they own the entire series.
>>224269532But there still needs to be a "true" version of Freddy right? Somebody has to play the main version of him who the final girl goes up against. If he's just some ambiguous creature, I think it would lose a lot of the appeal the franchise has.
>>224269798Eldritch Monstrosity-tier Freddy is the Big Boss.
>>224269401Honestly I’m open to a new interpretation of the character (like how they went from 90s Pennywise to the new one). I can’t pretend to be blinded by nostalgia goggles.
>>224269661>they were only able to reference and show clips from the first movie, despite Ash's character clearly being an evolution of all his lived experiences from afterward.still spamming this lie lol, if they only had the rights to the first film (which was the only film they didn't have the rights to for years until they made the show) then ash wouldn't have the chopped-off hand nor would he even be alive in the first place, and the wooden hand was made modular so he could attach the chainsaw easier.
>>224269401They need to cast a total unknown
>>224269543I think you're thinking of Friday the 13th
>>224269981he probably is but then again that's also wrong, paramount owned the first 8 films and new line took over after that, however paramount now owns new line cinema because it owns warner bros which means that shit doesn't matter.
>>224269924It's not until the second season that they ever acknowledge that Ash went back in time. And then he goes back in time again and runs into Henrietta, who wasn't mentioned at all in season one when they go back to the cabin.
>>224270116that's called pacing and planning, anon. s2 is filled with callbacks to the films, s1 is original content designed to feed into later seasons. besides his prosthetic hand is all the evidence you need.
>>224270181Ash doesn't even say something like "oh cool, I made one like this before" when Pablo gives him the new gauntlet. It's obvious that the old gauntlet itself was a piece of iconography too closely associated with Army of Darkness for them to use at the time when they didn't have the ability. Ash wouldn't give up his fully functional prosthetic for a wooden hand for no reason. Why exactly would the first season of the show only have callbacks to the first movie, the one least in common with its style and its portrayal of Ash, unless it was all they had access to at the time?
>>224268366>ANOTHER prequel nobody asked forcool, thanks for wasting everyones time.
>>224270240ash didn't even make the original hand, it was merlin. besides, he's an idiot and forgets things all the time.>Why exactly would the first season of the show only have callbacks to the first movie, the one least in common with its style and its portrayal of Ash, unless it was all they had access to at the time?because it was their way of letting fans know that the first film was still canon, despite ed2 being a remake/reboot. why do you think bruce has repeatedly told people that you can now safely ignore the first chunk of ed2 and pick up from ash getting possessed after the ending of the first film? also iirc the actual reason he didn't have the mechanical hand is it rusted lmao, that's canon btw.
>>224268366they should make him exclusive a sexual abuser of kindergarteners and doesn't kill anyone at all ever, since that's what the fucking cretins keep repeating on here every fucking day like utter spasticated shitlicking fuckwits
>>224270304>ash didn't even make the original hand, it was merlin. besides, he's an idiot and forgets things all the time.What the fuck are you talking about? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxmrokULWwQBeing a surprisingly competent engineer has always been a character trait of Ash's. He quickly throws together the chainsaw mount in 2, AoD has him make the gauntlet with some help from the blacksmith, but clearly designed with modern engineering, and he uses chemistry textbooks to make some proper explosives for the defense of the castle, as well as converting his car for battle. Even Vs. which made him more of a general oaf, still had him make stuff like trapdoor release for the boomstick in his camper.
>>224270244I was saying boo-urns
>>224268558unironically me. i have the Englund face.
>>224270477And you’re a nonce like Freddy so you got that going for you as well
>>224270572freddy is an alpha compared to that chud
Is the movie gonna be set in the 80s or modern times? I know 80s nostalgia baiting is overdone, but I'd rather it have that than the modern cell phones and social media BS that plagues modern horror.
>>224270902obviously 80s, it's a perfect nostalgia bait trap
>>224268558Johnny Depp
>>224271384that would actually be based, if he got sucked into the bed and somehow turned into a new freddy to ensure survival.
>>224269057i can see it
>>224268558gabourey sidibe or dj qualls, or even why not both
>>224268558Your mom
>>224268558Leslie Jones as Frederica Kreuger.
>>224271464It would be based. And he cameoed in Freddy's Dead for that retard foid director who ruined the streak. I think he'd strongly consider if the director was hot shit like Curry Barker. And it could subtly mock his real life "controversies"
>>224271970>retard foid director who ruined the streak.now to be fair, rachel was there since nightmare 1, it's just that it was her first time directing and it was a dumb decision to give her the chair.
>>224270902I wouldn't be against a movie that does the 80s and present day. But the director matters almost as much as casting FK
>>224271985I didn't know that, but I do what it was like being depressed by the 3D trailers and skipping it entirely. The aesthetics are abysmal compared to 1-4. I snuck into New Nightmare, theater was empty, and by the end knew it was ogre. I liked the meta but the character redesign was shit and the ending was laughable. Made me depressed for months. If only Craven used the Scream script for Freddy and used those aesthetics and actresses.
>>224272040>character redesign was shitfun fact, it was actually craven's original design, but he was obviously veto'd in nightmare 1
>>224272040New Nightmare had healthy amounts of people in the theaters around here. It was a moderate success.
>>224272069Yeah, less than the design, Freddy as demon irl works, the long jacket works, the execution was gay. >>224272177No one at my middle school gave af about it and no one was in the theater. It was considered a flop. I checked box office each week, because it needed to make a little money for another movie and wasn't that cheap to make. Reviews were nice because meta, older horrorfags at mall made fun of it or skipped it and basically ran me off.
>>224272252It made nearly triple its budget. Maybe your town is just gay. Do you live north of the Mason-Dixon or west of the Mississippi? Rampant homosexuality may be more likely than you think.
it's gonna be shit
>>224269798Animatronic Englund. Controlled by Andy Serkis.
>>224272301>Controlled by Andy Dick.ftfy
>>224272269It's not like Craven wasn't vocal about how poorly it did. Hollywood trades and horrorfags knew it was over for Freddy. Because they brought back Heather and fans didn't go. No need to revisionism. Craven was bummed about it. It was "reappreciated" later, especially after Scream, that's when fags would say, "Did you know New Nightmare did it first?" and repeat it for years. Those people didn't pay to see it. I remember it all too well. New Line "The house that Freddy built" was disappointed, Bob Shaye iirc.
>>224268366Oh good, more garbage reboots. We really needed one.
>>224272358Making new things is racist. I'd rather watch [thing], but with lots of diversity.
>>224272468lol
>>224271384good ideaprobably jo one realises but me, but jonny deep was actually an actor who acted in the first nightmare with freddy film when it was made. but probably no one realises that but me, but I thought I'd tell you that he wąs
>>224272040think I saw it in the cinema too, not sure anymore.was alright, but a bit of a let downthe book of the film was a bit better
>>224268366New movie will tell us Freddy is a metaphor for systemic racism in America
Ralph would probably be too good for it but it would be so kino. Hes the only actor that comes to mind I think can pull off the whimsy and cruelty of Freddy simultaneously
>>224273030>HMM DARK MEATalready done
>>224273030Is it you were concerned you didn't already look like enough of a faggot, bruh?
>>224273099what about liam neesoninstead of a glove he can use a cosh
>>224269057actually kino
>>224273124>third worlder has a seizure
it's a heavily prosthetic dependent role, is there some reason Robert Englund couldn't play him again?
>>224273157prosthetic and actionrobert is an old man in his 70s who wants to enjoy himself
>>224273154You suck at this, bruh.
Michael Wincott
>>224273171just now learned he's nearly 80
>>224268558Ryan GoslingAnd in one of the dream kills he shows up in a car and asks the teen "WANNA GO FOR A DRIVE BITCH? HAHAHAHAHA"
>>224273157if you got Englund back in the role there wouldn't be any scenes of him running around chasing the girls down or jumping through glass doors or any kind of moderate action scene. Being a dream demon, it doesn't HAVE to get physical with his victims, but I think a mix of both Freddy physically attacking his victims and the more elaborate and creative kills that don't require such physicality works best.
>>22427315775 year old man in the makeup chair for 6 hours every morning before dawn
>>224273236could also have another kill where he says some boring phrases from the blade runner spinoff
>>224270304>>224270403Yeah dude. He was going to school for engineering. Don't know how you missed that.
>>224269057I would watch that. Jim has a dark side boiling under the surface and I think he'd be incredible in the role.
FredAI
>>224269288It's easy cause you don't need make-up. I can see it.
>>224273406Claudeger
>>224268366I want a studio executive to name five OK-ish reboots (they don't even have to be good!) that audiences enjoyed and they didn't lose money on. Because I don't think there's an actual market for ruining an old franchise.
JaFredquay Kreuger is a black man who gets lynched, and he comes back to kill racist white children.
>>224273484All those dogshit live action remakes of Disney animated movies made huge profits. Normgroids will show up to anything Disney craps out.
>>224268366Yeah, just don't. Stay the fuck away from it, better yet. The bar (Englund) is set insanely high and the demake already pissed off more people than it pleased. There's no sneed for this. Make new shit or piss on something else.
>>224268366We need a female Freddy
>>224273484The Planets of the Apes moviesDreddEvil DeadThe new Star Trek moviesand yea all those live action Disney movies
>>224268366I am genuinely confident that my personal film treatment of a Nightmare on Elm Street reboot will be better than the actual reboot they're going to make.
>>224273566dredd was a flop despite it being uber kino
>>224273570>my personal film treatment of a Nightmare on Elm Street rebootis shit. if you have to reboot you've already lost the game. a real writer would make nightmare on elm street 8 or whatever number they would be on by now.
>>224273591one of the best, most sincere films in the last 25 years
>>224273607Dumb idea. You're obviously not gonna use Robert Englund anymore and you need to update the story to deal with depressed zoomers nowadays. It needs to be rebooted with a new approach.
>>224273645>you need to update the story to deal with depressed zoomers nowadays.no you don't
>>224273645>You're obviously not gonna use Robert Englund anymore and you need to update the story to deal with depressed zoomers nowadays.that's that shitty gen-x mindset anon, get your mind out of the gutter. you fucking bet my revamp has robert englund back, but not as freddy, he plays a character named christopher raven (his mailbox reads c.raven) who is instrumental in resurrecting freddy due to his obsession with serial killers and prior work as a horror fiction author/parapsychologist
>>224268558The guy from Obsession
>>224268366Sure, why not? It went really, really well the last time......
>>224273243Cause that's what body doubles are foooor.Seriously, does this board know how movies are made or is it just flooded by casuals at this rate?
>>224273566>The Planets of the Apes moviesThey went soulless by not having the apes wear clothes
>>224273793I mean that made a shit load of money off it, so in a way it did. This movie is probably gonna go the same way. A bunch of people will see it and then complain about it.
>>224273852there's still the matter of robert getting into makeup for 6 hours every day and then trying to shoot all his scenes first before the body double does everything else
>>224273856the computer animation ones are. anti-human crud. the one with marky mark was fine
>>224268558anon talking about planet of the apes made me think tim roth could be great as freddie.
>>224273939>the one with marky mark was finebased burton appreciator>>224273966>tim rothnot bad
>>224273927Not buying that excuse. FX makeup has come a long way. It took 6hrs to put Bill in his full body Nosferatu makeup.Freddy is just a head piece. And makeup artist usually find a quicker way to apply after the first application.
>>224274043>is just a head piececovers his shoulders and the top of his chest as well, not to mention the hands go up to the forearms at least.
>>224273524I thought they spent $2-300mil per film? Which one made money? >>224273566Dreadd is cool, but nobody went to see that...
>>224274043>plebbitor viral marketer
>>224268558Does it matter? None of the classic slasher villains had A-list actors
>>224274072>Which one made money?nta but the beauty & the beast and aladdin films i believe both were hits
>>224274132difference between lumbering silent zombie in a mask to freddyengland was an established stage and tv actor
>>224274154>england was an established stage and tv actorHe's not really that good. Watch V or The Mangler. He was also a cultist on Soap.
>>224274161he was good as freddy, the best there'll ever be. not once does it ever feel like there's an actor behind it, he's just the character.he was an established tv and stage actor before it. it's simple plain fact, keep weirdly leftistising though.funny you are conveniently leaving out any of your original comparison with voorhees/myers that never once act or need to act besides mutely lumbering into a pit or through a door
>>224274237>funny you are conveniently leaving out any of your original comparison with voorhees/myers that never once act or need to act besides mutely lumbering into a pit or through a doorWhen did I make said comparison?
Unironically our boy Robby Pattinson could be the only guy to pull it off
>>224274315nah dylan mcdermott would do it well
>>224274244in your first post you pathetic lying freakkill yourself
>>224274071Again, this would only take long for the initial mold. Application would take little to no time at all.>>224274112Read a book. Watch a doc. For god sake, just educate yourself.
>>224274380What was my first post? Perchance.
>>224270572you won't be so tough after i get done raping you
>>224274381>Again, this would only take long for the initial mold. Application would take little to no time at all.i can tell you have no idea how makeup application works
>>224274427You'd be wrong as I have actually worked on set with makeup artist on dozens of occasions.
>>224272942Most of this thread is moderately aware Depp was in the first Friday, but Depp is the kino choice outside of that and because of that, hence kino. It's full circle in a way befitting a dream master monster. You become what you despise in old age. He played Scrooge, good performance btw the movie itself is rather overwrought and dreadful, no charm, just watched the leak, glad I didn't cough up money to see it. >>224273099He's theatre like England but lacks the USA to fit the glove. And he would never walk the path of multiple sequels which was Englund's secret appeal, he became the classic monster as Lugosi and Karloff did before him, that's why Englund and Freddy are a band apart from Jason and Michael. >>224273552We don't but we got a female Freddy in part 1 in the high school dream sequence, one of the freakiest scenes in the franchise for those who know. >>224274315Pattinson is the new James Bond. Maybe if he was 60 and a recovering alkie. >>224273966>Tim Roth Hollywood but specifically Paramount, an Israeli owned outfit, will never cast a jewish actor, specifically one named Roth, as a convicted child killer. In fact that's why Freddy has a German surname and wears a Christmas sweater, he is an ironic allegory for jews being blamed throughout history for the abduction and murder of children and being falsely prosecuted by the pitchfork "villagers" adapted into white suburbia parents who coverup their reactive murder of Freddy, this carries over to the oven and fire imagery for how they covered up Freddy's murder and why he is a fire victim, a burnt offering as it were. I admittedly never liked this deeper subversive aspect of the character, over time Freddy became an American horror icon freed from these zionist chains. Even the title Elm Street is a wink that zionists killed JFK on Elm Street in Dallas btw.
>>224274844>we got a female Freddy in part 1NO RUNNING IN THE HALL
they're going to kill this thread now kek
