One, two, Freddy’s coming for you…
…Well, maybe not.
All the way back on January 29, Horrorbid did a column that discussed the future of two popular franchises in horror: Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Columnist Patrick Farmer only offers mere speculation as far as whether or not the sequel to the 2010 Nightmare remake will ever hit the big screen, but that speculation does come from a Twitter post that Brad Fuller, a producer at Platinum Dunes, wrote about the future of Freddy.
Fuller’s tweet hinted at a bleak future, saying that the studio hasn’t even given a go-ahead to write a script yet; which generally means that it could be a while before Jackie Early Haley dons the colorful, yet crispy sweater again.
And, it has been almost a month since that column was written and I have neither heard nor seen any story regarding an update.
Could this actually be the end of Freddy Krueger?
Not likely.
Just because Platinum Dunes hasn’t started any pre-production procedures doesn’t mean that Uncle Freddy is gone just yet. I mean, the remake just came out in 2010 and it usually takes a couple years to get the ball rolling on something like this. I’m sure that Hollywood would have no problem pushing out a sequel almost right after the reboot, but it wouldn’t be good.
And if the hot shots in “Tinsel Town” have learned anything about the horror remake business, it is that it is not wise to rush a sequel to production just to make a few bucks from a dying franchise (i.e. – Rob Zombie).
*cough* Halloween 2 *Cough*
The point is, it should not be counted out that another film will be in the works soon. In fact, it’s only a matter of time. The franchise is too popular and too marketable to just sit in movie purgatory for years. I think the studio is just waiting for the right time and the right market to bring films like A Nightmare on Elm Street back into theaters.
Like Fuller said later in the column, studios quite possibly do not want “rated r” horror right now. And that’s fine. They’d much rather have more mainstream, “pg-13” thrillers like Red Riding Hood or The Rite. Those films are marketable now. The audience is obviously (but suprisingly) craving that type of horror.
But trust me, the market always changes what’s popular; and sooner rather than later, Freddy Krueger will be up to his dream-raping ways once again.
It is mostly just unfortunate that we have to sit through another Friday the 13th sequel before it can happen.
To read Patrick Farmer’s original column for Horrorbid, click here.