The Nightmare Continues

Well after an opening weekend that garnered 3O million in the bank, Warner Brothers have started to make the necessary steps to brink dream horror A Nightmare On Elm Street back for a sequel; in 3D no less.

“We don’t have a story yet, but this is the largest horror opening in the April may corridor, and it just proves there’s a lot left in the franchise” Warner distribution president Dan Fellman tells The Wrap.

So despite luke warm critical reviews; was it ever going to receive anything else? Its seems that there is enough profitability in the old tank yet for Krueger and chums.

Producer Andrew Form told Dread Central.  “It would be amazing to work with Jackie and the cast again. Unfortunately, as far as we know right now, Sam wouldn’t be back to direct the follow-up, but we’d love to come back to Elm Street because Freddy always has a story to tell. We definitely left ourselves open for a sequel so it would be a great privilege to get to do another Nightmare film."

And on the film being potentially in 3d fellow producer Brad Fuller commented. "We think that 3D movies have to be designed and written as such. If Eric Heisserer and Wesley Strick came to us with a Nightmare script that is for a 3D movie, we’d be fools not to make it.”

Nothing is set in stone, but the future looks just rosy for our dream state serial killer.

MATT RICHARDSON

Final Destination 5 Update: Writer Hired

Where do you go after the "Final Chapter"? Well back again of course. After announcing that the Final Destination franchise was to live another day, New Line have now hired Eric Heisserer to form the script.


After all, Heisserer's reputation is on the rise, having delved into projects with known difficulties, take a bow Nightmare on Elm Street 2010 and The Thing prequel, he has been credited with the screenplays and getting them out the development mire.


According to Heat Vision Blog, the Final Destination series could do with a similar resuscitation, after all it is supposed to be done and dusted, and the last film in particular did not score highly with critics, but made enough money to secure another sequel.


Yet, the question remains; where could Heisserer take this one? Unless studio execs are willing to create a picture with a story arc revolving around actually breaking the inevitable 'design of death', or indeed bring more back-story to previous instalments to actually make the film interesting. Without this change in perspective it is likely to be just another lame excuse to watch a group of photogenic's get burned up, harpooned and split-in-two.


MATT RICHARDSON