Some years ago The Hill House haunt AND Doctor Sleep director Mike Flanagan revealed that he has an idea for a new one A Nightmare on Elm Street movie. It’s a film project he’s been dying to pitch, but hasn’t had the opportunity to pitch yet because, apparently, no one knows who he’s meeting with to pitch it!
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During a recent interview on the Script Apart podcast, Flanagan offered an update on wanting to pitch his idea for Freddy Kruger, he said:
“One of [franchises] A Nightmare on Elm Street has always been on my list. Man, that would be fun. I have a whole idea that I came up with a couple of years ago and my understanding is that the rights situation for that title is so tense, nobody knows who really controls it and nobody knows who to pitch. So, I keep telling my agents, “Send me to Nightmare on Elm Street,” and they say, “We’d love to, [but] we have no idea who you should be talking to.’ And I’ve talked to — I’ve spent almost a year of my life with [A Nightmare on Elm Street star] Heather Langenkamp, and we would talk about it. It’s like nobody knows what to do.”
THE A Nightmare on Elm Street the franchise has been produced by New Line Cinema for years. Then, three years ago, it was reported that the Wes Craven estate had re-gained the rights to the horror franchise and they were taking pitches from people for a new HBO Max movie and/or series. Then there was a report stating that the Warner Bros. Discovery was in talks to secure the rights to the franchise’s future.
Right now, we don’t know where the rights to the franchise currently are, which is why Flanagan is having a huge problem trying to pitch his movie! Flanagan added, “If you had to do it that would be great.”
There are no details on what Flanagan’s tone would entail, but I would love to see him make the film! I’ve enjoyed everything he’s done so far and I bet he would do something great with the franchise. Hopefully one day he will actually be able to bring it to life.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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