Last April’s A Nightmare on Elm Street remake may not have been the best horror film, but it made money. It also is headed down the same road to nowhere as 2009’s Friday The 13th remake- in other words, no possible sequels in he near future.Dark Horizons gives us the good (?) news:
This weekend, Platinum Dunes producer Brad Fuller posted some tweets clarifying where things currently stand on both.
On a “Friday the 13th Part II”, Fuller indicates they want to do a sequel but haven’t gotten a green light yet. “We are ready to go, when New Line is ready. But as of yet, they are not ready” he says.
“As for Freddy, as far as I know, there isn’t even talk of writing another script.”
Yes, a Friday The 13th 2 could still happen. But I’m not holding my breath on it. After all, this generation has Saw. My generation had Jason, like a cheap knockoff film every year or two, knowwhatimean? Like it or leave it–there it was. So my feeling is that if New Line isn’t going to give the go-ahead now, I honestly don’t think they will. But “Elm Street’ is a bit more surprising. Yes, last year’s remake was lame for the most part. But it made money. In fact, of all the films with Freddy, it was the most successful in dollar revenue.
I’m rather split on this. On one hand, it ticks me off. The whole point of remaking these films is to breathe new life and new franchises into them. Now it is all not only pointless, but the producers now think horror fans don’t want R rated horror anymore because the two of the biggest and baddest horror icons didn’t carry the weight. Horror does not need be ‘R’, that’s true, but we can say that about any film genre. Many great films have been rated ‘R’-we can say that about any genre too.
So what does these two films have in common? Bad remakes in general? Ooops. We shouldn’t go there. No-second thought, we should. It’s this sort of thinking that disgusts me as a lover of film. You’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t.
Look, I’m glad sequels to the remakes have stalled. I don’t shed tears. But it has nothing to do with people not wanting to go to R rated horror films or not. NOTHING. We give the filmmakers a chance and see where they go. When the film stinks, it stinks.
Yes, a message is sent. But don’t misread it. Horror fans want horror films, not imitations and reworkings of franchises they hold dear. Is that too hard to understand?
What’s your take? Are you happy that Elm Street sequels are DOA? Thrilled that Friday 2 is still spinning wheels?
Scream 4 is going to be R and the buzz couldnt be bigger. This is one of the most anticipated moves of 2011. The rating has nothing to do with it. I think if Scream 4 wasnt rated R people would be pissed.
Is Scream 4 really one of the most anticipated movies of the year?
i want jason vs fred vs Ash then ill be happpy if they never do another movie again go out with a bang guys. that or evil dead 4 with bruce no one else if they reboot it they can still use bruce who cares if he isnt in his 20s anymore he is still the best actor the world will ever have
So there isn’t going to be a movie called “All Quiet on Elm Street,” eh? That sounds like a sombre sequel, maybe a look back on all the fun they had on Elm Street now that Freddy’s gone…
The only action movie that needs an R-rating to be good is the action genre. I have yet to see a genuinely great action movie below R aside from Raiders, but that’s more adventure-type I guess…
i could do without a friday the 13th sequel, but would REALLY like to see another nightmare on elm street. i personally think that Jackie Earle Haley gave us a scarier more appropriate Freddy performance than the almighty (no sarcasm there) Robert Englund. Sure Robert owned that role and rightfully so, but Jackie came along and just did it so refreshingly different that I liked it better. It’s the whole Jack Nicholson / Heath Ledger thing.
But now that they’ve gotten the obligatory origin story out of the way, i would really like to see the new freddy in an original setting and story. I hope they change their minds about putting in some work on an Elm st 2.
Agreed. I really enjoyed Jackie as Freddie. His performance was wasted on a sub-par movie, but I thought he did a great job.
+1
I think Jackie can do something better with more time on screen, and something original.
i loved the original friday and nightmare films and while i believe any reboot will never live up to them .i watched both of the remakes hoping for something to pull me back in like in my teen years but neither did. theres only 1 jason thats kane hodder and only 1 freddy robert englund.although i love jackie earl haley in everything he does except mr krueger
“There’s only oone Jason – that’s Kane Hodder”
Other actors have played Jason before Hodder.
yes thats true but kane hodder is to jason what englund is to freedy
Well said! Lets see some creativity and originality back in the horror genre. I really hope this is the beginning of the end for horror remakes. I knew hollywood would eventually run our of films to dishonor and exploit.