New Line Cinema still wants to reboot A Nightmare on Elm Street, despite the last reboot bombing at the box office. This is not new news, as talks about a reboot have happened for the last five years.
In 2015, the reboot made headlines again when writer David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (The Conjuring 2) signed on to pen the screenplay. That was the last news anyone has heard since 2015. Could the project be dead in the water?
Johnson-McGoldrick spoke with GameSpot recently, saying that the project is not completely dead, but little is happening right now:
“It’s still happening. Nothing is percolating just yet. The Conjuring universe is sort of first and foremost on [New Line Cinema’s] horror burner. Everybody wants to see Freddy again I think, so I think it’s inevitable at some point.”
Johnson-McGoldrick recently co-wrote Aquaman for DC and Warner Brothers. The Conjuring 3 is his current project, eying a 2020 release date. With the recent success of Halloween, most studios are tapping reboot Successful films.
Several Midwestern teenagers fall prey to Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), a disfigured midnight mangler who preys on the teenagers in their dreams — which, in turn, kills them in reality.
After investigating the phenomenon, Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) begins to suspect that a dark secret kept by her and her friends’ parents may be the key to unraveling the mystery, but can Nancy and her boyfriend Glen (Johnny Depp) solve the puzzle before it’s too late?
