Wes Craven's Estate is Taking Pitches For a New A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Film
It looks like we might be seeing a new A Nightmare on Elm Street film at some point in the near future. According to Bloody-Disgusting, Wes Craven’s estate recently got the rights back to the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise and they are currently taking pitches from people for a new film and/or an HBO Max series. The report offers the following details:
Craven’s estate has begun work on resurrecting Freddy as they are actively taking pitches for a new A Nightmare on Elm Street. While we don’t know exactly what the estate’s plans are – or if they have any distributor/financial deals in place – we have heard that they are looking for both feature film pitches and also concepts for a possible HBO Max series. Again, we do not know the extent of their plans – and it’s also entirely possible they don’t know what they want either.
It’ll be interesting to see what comes of this and how Freddy Krueger will be handled in any future projects. Elijah Wood recently revealed that he and his production company SpectreVision would love to take a crack at the franchise, saying:
“We have long fantasized having a crack at Nightmare on Elm Street. So has Adam Egypt Mortimer, who we just made Daniel Isn’t Real with. That film and Elm Street have somewhat obscure but still tangible similarities of dream worlds. As people have been seeing Daniel Isn’t Real, interestingly, there’s been a little movement on Twitter for Adam Mortimer to take over Nightmare on Elm Street. We’ve made no secret. We’ve been in touch with the rights holders many times. It’s a real dream project for us to have a chance to make a film in that franchise. And like I said, we have a very specific take on it. I think it would be very surprising and exciting to remake the franchise.”
I’d be curious to see their take on the horror franchise, but we’ll just have to wait and see who the Craven estate ends up eventually rolling with.
What would you like to see in a new A Nightmare on Elm Street project? How do you think the franchise should be handled?