‘Elm Street’ Remake Gets a Director with Teen Spirit

Surely the ‘Friday the 13th’ remake is going to rake in the cheddar this weekend.   I’m personally thinking $30-$35 million.   Win, lose, or draw, it seems the Hollywood remake machine isn’t slowing down a bit.

Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes and New Line have hired a director for the reboot of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’.   The man is Samuel Bayer, and, if you haven’t heard of him, don’t worry.   Up until now, Bayer has only directed music videos, most notably the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video for Nirvana.

Unlike other reboots of classic horror franchises, which synthesize plotlines from several films, this one, insiders said, will feature a strong element of the first picture, in which Krueger famously began haunting teenagers’ dreams, attacking them violently in their subconscious in ways that resulted in their real-life deaths.

Now it’s just a question of who is going to fill Robert Englund’s famous shoes as the infamous serial killer.   Who do you choose?   If it were up to me, and I knew there was no chance of talking Englund into coming back, I’d have to nominate Ben Foster.

The guy can play creepy and cool with the best of them.   There were rumors a number of months ago that Foster was at the top of the list to take over the part, and I think that would be the perfect choice.   Well, Englund would be the perfect choice, but Foster would be close to ideal.

What do you think?   Who would you nominate as the new Freddy Krueger?   What do you think of Bayer taking directing duties?   Do you think this will be a scary or a funny Krueger?   Let us know by commenting below!

Source: Risky Business