Well to be technical, where is the love for Jackie Earle Haley? That's what Brad Fuller of Platinum Dunes asked in a recent blog update. In an extension of the last article we posted, Fuller confirmed that shooting has wrapped on Nightmare on Elm Street 2010. Going a little further, he also called out all of the Englund fans who are upset of the new Freddy. That being said, he also noted that Haley's Freddy is a creation entirely of Haley's and that he (Fuller) is proud to be part of this film.
Finally, Fuller also commented to fans of the original to "wait and see" what they will have at Comic-Con (beginning this week), saying there will be plenty of surprises. As always, keep coming back to the site for any and all updates in the Freddyverse.
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Are there no new ideas in the film world??
Are there no new ideas in the film world?
Are there no new ideas in the world of film?
I don't think the question is. "Where's the love for Jackie Earle Haley?" more like, "Where's the love for the movie at all?" The answer is there should be none! The original is my all time favorite movie in the world, and I've never been repulsive to remakes, but I really am disappointed they are remaking this one. Expensive advertising, like the one sheet, the staged pictures, or the new comic con footage shown can all look good and awesome and cool, but it's not going to govern whether the movie is good or pathetically lame, cliché, and down-right terrible from story to characters. Don't get me wrong, I really want them to prove me 110% wrong, but they did the exact same the thing with Friday the 13th with advertising and such and the movie turned out to be a complete failure, the characters all seemed to be expendable, predictable, and thinner than cardboard -- they had absolutely nothing to them and I could care less which one was picked off next. It was basically another sequel with a new bunch of kids that are slaughtered. If it is a REMAKE of an ORIGINAL movie then the remake actually has to be original -- and I'm sad to say it wasn't in the least. Which leads me to say that the real main problem with remakes is that people pick up the idea because they know: # 1 It makes money (proved time and time again it sells to remake a classic, whether they deny it or not it's the MONEY!), second is it's the perfect scape goat for upcoming directors, actors, writers, etc. to have their name known and gain extra fame through a well-known name, in this case NOES, and lastly and most importantly is with the knowledge of all this above, the select people behind these remakes don't spend their time wisely on key elements that made the originals ACTUALLY good! They spend their time on the ONLY thing they know: the iconic character that made it famous, the killer. When they do this they ignore character development, and key storytelling elements that are absolutely essential to making a good film (but it doesn't matter to them, it makes the $$$ either way) and us unintelligent fans buy into the whole idea and flock to the theaters anyway (even though truthfully I will also probably go see it in theaters JUST because it's my favorite film). I have even more confirmed faith that the film will disappoint because we all have past proof of several terrible remakes before this one (all under the belt of the same ones in charge of the NOES remake), otherwise I wouldn't be so quick to judge. The film is already wrapped up so I know that nothing is going to be undone what already is done. I just want everyone to open their eyes and not be so brainwashed by the same filth that drew us in time and time before! Message to those involved in my favorite movie remake: PROVE ME WRONG PLEASE!
i guess a new freddy can't be all that bad but much like other fans of the franchise we grew up on R.E. so all i'm saying is JHE better do a really good job. to be honest i think he made watchmen if he can make a superhero sadistic i am willing to give him a chance as freddy.
freddy krueger is cool and he is like me.
Glad to see everyone is as excited as I am! And so happy to see we have international readers. Hello UK! Thanks to all of you so far for the suppport of this site!
*UPDATE* I have a correction to make to the above article. I stated that Comic-Con was this past week, but it is this coming week! I am sorry for the error, and the subsequent lack of news!
Jackie gets love, i can see a dark twisted change to the whole series.
It was exactly the same for Batman, now look at how successful the franchise has become.
I really hope the film has a dark shade to it, not any of this bullshit freddy vs jason look, looked cheap and non believable, we need darker tints etc.
Oh and Jackie will kill it, literally!
To be honest, it doesn't matter to me who plays Freddy... I'm just really excited to see the remake!!! The idea behind the character and the movie was genius and still remains the best concept of it's genre. I can't wait for the movie release, I'll be first in line =)
Ps: Will there be a UK premier?
I am excited for JEH to play Freddy. I grew up on R.E being Freddy, but I am more than freaking out excited they are rebooting the movie! It's not realistic for R.E to restart the franchise.......I am pissed he isn't making a cameo.....but I don't think there will be anything nostaligic about this movie.
HERE"S MY LOVE FOR JACKIE EARL HALEY!!!