Paramount Is Officially Developing a Remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street

Paramount has officially begun developing a new remake of the horror classic “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” Dread Central reports.

Warner Bros. and “Evil Dead Rise” director Lee Cronin had been working on a separate reimagining of the film. That project was canceled following the merger of Warner Bros. and Paramount.

News of the remake first emerged earlier this summer. “Barbarian” producers J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules are set to oversee the project.

It remains unclear who will play the new incarnation of the infamous killer Freddy Krueger. Wes Craven’s original “A Nightmare on Elm Street” debuted in 1984. Robert Englund portrayed Krueger, a villain who, after being burned alive, murdered children in their dreams.

The franchise spans nine films, a television series, several books, comic books and more. The first and so far only remake of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” was released in 2010, with Craven returning as director and Jackie Earle Haley (“Watchmen”) playing Krueger. Despite scathing reviews, the film became the highest-grossing entry in the series, earning $117 million worldwide.

Source: Film.ru