{"id":225156,"date":"2025-10-25T18:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T18:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/225156\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T18:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T18:39:08","slug":"a-nightmare-on-elm-street-3-director-thinks-jim-carrey-should-take-over-as-freddy-krueger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/225156\/","title":{"rendered":"A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3 Director Thinks Jim Carrey Should Take Over As Freddy Krueger"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve been hearing that there might be some movement on a new\u00a0A Nightmare on Elm Street movie for a while at this stage, but If and when Freddy Krueger does return to the screen, fans shouldn’t expect to see Robert Englund\u00a0back in the iconic bladed glove and\u00a0striped jumper.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no Freddy left in me,” he told Bloody Disgusting<\/a> in a recent interview. “I could possibly voice a really high-end animated version. That would be nice to be asked to do, but I know I can\u2019t do the fight scenes more than one take now, one angle. I just can\u2019t be snapping my head or anything like that. I\u2019m an old dog! Give me a break.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chuck Russell, the co-writer and director of what many fans consider to be the best movie in the franchise, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, has expressed interest in returning to helm another movie, and though he notes that Englund \u201cis the only Freddy\u201d to him, he does have a very interesting idea for the actor who could take over the role: Jim Carrey.<\/p>\n

\u201cJim, in my opinion, could almost do anything if he put his heart into it,\u201d he said on Dread Central\u2019s Development Hell<\/a> podcast. \u201cFor Jim to do it, we\u2019d have to do something that was another leap in the Elm Street series \u2014 a little bit like what Wes did with his very meta New Nightmare. I think Jim would only consider it, and I\u2019d only consider harnessing Jim, if there was a bold new direction for Elm Street.\u201d<\/p>\n

Russell, who previously worked with Carrey on The Mask, hasn’t confirmed that he’s actually had any discussions about directing a new ANOES movie, but it definitely sounds like it’s something he’s put a lot of thought into.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d love to do another Elm Street if there was the full support of everybody,\u201d he added. \u201cPatricia Arquette has said she\u2019d like to do it again in the press. Very interesting, because she didn\u2019t talk about it a lot earlier in her career. She was so terrific and went on to have such a great career \u2014 I think that\u2019s a good idea too. “<\/p>\n

The Hollywood Reporter recently asked New Line Cinema President and Chief Creative Officer Richard Brener if a new movie was in development, and was given a somewhat optimistic response.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope so. It\u2019s complicated because of the rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

The U.S. rights to the A Nightmare of Elm Street franchise\u00a0reverted to the estate of writer-director Wes Craven back in 2019, but New Line retains\u00a0the international rights. Last we\u00a0heard, the estate was “taking pitches,” but they still need New Line on board or a deal with another domestic distributor to move forward with a new movie.<\/p>\n

Do you think Jim Carrey would be a good pick to take over as Freddy Krueger? Drop us a comment down below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

In Wes Craven’s classic slasher film, 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?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We’ve been hearing that there might be some movement on a new\u00a0A Nightmare on Elm Street movie for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[95984,96,76906,95985,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-225156","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-a-nightmare-on-elm-street-3-dream-warriors-director-chuck-russell-thinks-jim-carrey-should-play-iconic-dream-demon","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-freddy-krueger","11":"tag-if-the-franchise-is-ever-rebooted","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}