Another Nightmare on Elm Street reboot in development

There ill thoughts and feeling by most of Freddy Kruger fans are still ripe in regards to the 2010 reboot attempt, I personally liked it, especially Jackie Earle Haley performance, but I also had my own complaints however mine were less die hard fan and more general and pragmatic.  My basic complaint was I understand paying homage to what came before in regards to SFX and kills but there should have been some new ones and new special effects, after all they had 20 plus years to come up with fresh original way and mean for kids to get killed by Freddy.
Anyway The Tracking Board reports that New Line’s second Nightmare on elm street reboot will be penned by David Leslie Johnson, writer of Orphan, and the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons reboot. Potential plot details are being kept under wraps, so it remains unclear whether this new Elm Street film will be another remake of the original Wes Craven shocker, or a brand new take on Freddy Krueger’s dark deeds.

Another Nightmare on Elm Street reboot in development

There ill thoughts and feeling by most of Freddy Kruger fans are still ripe in regards to the 2010 reboot attempt, I personally liked it, especially Jackie Earle Haley performance, but I also had my own complaints however mine were less die hard fan and more general and pragmatic.  My basic complaint was I understand paying homage to what came before in regards to SFX and kills but there should have been some new ones and new special effects, after all they had 20 plus years to come up with fresh original way and mean for kids to get killed by Freddy.

Anyway The Tracking Board reports that New Line’s second Nightmare on elm street reboot will be penned by David Leslie Johnson, writer of Orphan, and the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons reboot. Potential plot details are being kept under wraps, so it remains unclear whether this new Elm Street film will be another remake of the original Wes Craven shocker, or a brand new take on Freddy Krueger’s dark deeds.

Friday The 13th TV Series In development

Deadline is reporting CW president Mark Pedowitz confirmed the network is developing a TV adaptation of Friday the 13th, written by Steve Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle (The Pretender, Tin Man).

The CW’s series is described as “a sophisticated horror/crime thriller” with “a stronger feel of grounded reality.” Additionally, the show will follow “the ongoing quest of a detective’s search for his missing brother that is somehow tied to Jason Voorhees, a long thought dead serial killer who has now returned to wreak havoc in the new Crystal Lake.”

Scream tv series renewed for another season

WHile I have continued watching the Scream tv series I hve only done so out of curiosity, wanting to know who the killer is while at the same time wondering if it is who I think it is.  But curiosity and confusion do not equal interesting.  There has been to many slow moving sub plots and not enough twists and turns to keep it interesting beyond the novelty, as one of the characters mentioned in the first episode… “Horror is a genre that does not translate well to a one hour serial format, Horror burn bright and fast and then dies out. (no pun intended, paraphrased)

MTV Executive Vice President of Series Development and Head of Scripted Programming, Mina Lefevre said,

“It has been a wonderful experience working with Bob Weinstein and his team who are such connoisseurs of this genre and we are thrilled by how our viewers have responded to the reinvention of ‘Scream.’ We look forward to another season filled with suspense, horror and more twists and turns.”

“We couldn’t be happier ‘Scream’ has been renewed for a second season and that we have a wonderful working relationship with Doug Herzog, Stephen Friedman, Susanne Daniels, Mina Lefevre and her team,” said Bob Weinstein, co-chairman of The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films. “The ‘Scream’ franchise has been such a huge part of our history and to watch it evolve, find a new generation of fans and succeed at MTV makes this all the more sweet. We promise even more scares, surprises, romance and of course kills in season two.”

Martyrs remake planned for 2015

Martyrs is a special kind of movies and by that I mean that even for a die hard horror genre afficinado as myself, watching the fim, is like a insane, violent, bloody, almost obsene stress test that has gone horribly wrong.Let me explain it this way, the director said in an interview the most difficult part of the film was not the film itself or ever the special effects, but was in fact having to constantly keep the lead acctresses CRYING.   And this is being said by a person who has watched such films as All the Human Centipede films, The I spit on you grave remake and its sequel, and even the Siberian Filmand come out basically unscathed. It is also one of the first films to be associated with the fringe film making style affectionatily called “New French Extremity”  and includes such other pieces of “ultra violence” such asand come out basically unscathed. It is also one of the first films to be associated with the fringe film making style affectionatily called “New French Extremity”  and includes such other pieces of “ultra violence” such as“À l’intérieur, a.k.a. Inside“and “Frontiere(s)

I highly recommend all the aformentioned films, but only in moderation and only for the stong willed and those with stong stomachs and even stronger nerves.

Now come news that an american remake of the original Martyrs is currently being developed for an assumed 2015 release In February 2015 the new productions company’s Blumhouse Productions and The Safran Company announced that the movie was already filmed and that the Goetz Brothers, Michael and Kevin, had directed with the leads stars Bailey Noble, Troian Bellisario, Kate Burton and Blake Robbins.

The Dark Tower film finally gets a director…?

Deadline is reporting that Nikolaj Arcel is poised to enter talks to secure a deal to direct The Dark Tower film and oversee a rewrite of the current script. Sony and Media Rights Capital will co-finance the film; it is is heavily based on 1982 release “The Gunslinger”, the first book of the series, and is naturally expected to launch a franchise. A companion television series – which has long been discussed as part of the plan – is also in development by MRC.

Arcel co-wrote the original Swedish version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo before going on to co-write and direct Mads Mikkelsen (Hannibal) and Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina) in the Oscar-nominated Danish film A Royal Affair.