Incredible, isn’t it? He really has the silhouette down pat.
Backstory: Platinum Dunes, a company partially owned by Michael Bay that makes mediocre, unnecessary remakes of classic horror movies for easy money, is doing a remake of Nightmare on Elm Street. Jackie Earle Haley, who was an epic badass in Watchmen, is playing Freddy Krueger, which makes me feel ever so slightly bad about the fact that I’m definitely not going to see this ever.
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Michael Bay’s production company, Platinum Dunes – who’ve previously produced remakes of Friday the 13th, The Hitcher, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, etc. – have announced they’ll be remaking, er, rebooting, A Nightmare on Elm Street. They say it won’t be your grandma’s Freddy Krueger movie (probably because it’ll be your retarded nephew’s Freddy Krueger movie).
“It’s not Freddy cracking jokes. We want to make a horrifying movie. The concept is so scary, don’t fall asleep or you’ll die. This guy gets you when you’re most vulnerable, in your sleep. We love that. That’s the basis of the movie. It’ll be most similar to the first one but in terms of kills and dreams we’ll borrow from the entire series.” [via Shocktillyoudrop]
We love that movie, that’s why we’re going to make another movie about that movie. This is what passes for inspiration nowadays. I really liked that scene in Risky Business, so I remade it. Pretty smart, right? Look, I don’t wanna sound too harsh here, but everyone at Platinum Dunes needs f-ck off and get a real job. Quoth the movie blogger.
Hey! Remember Robert Englund, the guy who played Freddy Krueger? Guess what: he’s still alive! Also, he’s starring in an upcoming horror-comedy called Horror in the Wind.
What’s it about, you ask?
The flick, written and directed by Get Your Stuff‘s Max Mitchell, is about "two biogeneticists who invent an airborne formula that reverses the whole world’s sexual orientation." [Cinematical]
Ha, no hiding behind your preference for women anymore, Clive Owen! Uh, I mean… I mean I think they already invented just such a formula and they named it Hairspray.
GRR, FOOTBALL!
Sidenote: If you were curious about what Get Your Stuff was all about, you need only know that David Faustino, the younger brother on Married With Children, is in it.
