{"id":244035,"date":"2025-11-04T21:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T21:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/244035\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T21:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T21:14:09","slug":"robert-englund-shares-his-thoughts-on-why-we-havent-seen-an-elm-street-movie-in-15-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/244035\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Englund Shares His Thoughts on Why We Haven’t Seen an ‘Elm Street’ Movie in 15 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s now been a complete FIFTEEN YEARS since we last saw the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise on screen, with Samuel Bayer\u2019s maligned remake<\/a> effectively killing off the Freddy Krueger saga back in 2010. But the poorly received remake isn\u2019t the only thing to blame there, as the franchise rights have become increasingly complicated over the years.<\/p>\n

As Bloody Disgusting reported way back in 2019,\u00a0the U.S. rights to\u00a0A Nightmare on Elm Street have reverted back to Wes Craven\u2019s estate, while Warner Bros.\/New Line Cinema continues to own the international rights to the franchise and its iconic killer, Freddy Krueger.<\/p>\n

But that still doesn\u2019t quite answer the question of why nothing has been done with the franchise all these years. While Robert Englund may be retired from playing Freddy Krueger, at least in the world of live action, there\u2019s still endless potential to revive Freddy for a new generation. What does Englund himself think about the 15 years of silence from the saga?<\/p>\n

Englund tells Indiewire in a new chat<\/a>, \u201cThere are so many people involved who have a piece of the action. When Wes passed away, he left an awful lot of rights to his estate. He has many many rights that he worked out between character titles and names and plot and things like that. New Line Cinema obviously has a big hand in it. And much of that was surrendered to Ted Turner, then went to Warner Bros. So Warner Bros. has a huge piece of it. I know Michael Bay had been involved with some interest and also Blumhouse.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the [2010] remake was premature,\u201d Englund muses. \u201cI love a lot of the actors in the movie, so I\u2019m not going to say anything bad about it, I just think the timing was off.\u201d<\/p>\n

What would Englund choose to do with the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise for the next installment? \u201cI know, eventually, they are going to reboot the franchise,\u201d he tells Indiewire. \u201cAnd I think they can do part 2 as a standalone and really get into the subtext of Freddy manipulating Jesse and playing with his subconscious.\u201d<\/p>\n

He adds, \u201cMy theory would be, you don\u2019t go near Nightmare 1 again. You either do a prequel or start with Dream Warriors, which is the biggest success in the franchise and a fan favorite. So I would do 3, 4, and 5. I\u2019d reboot them. And then, to end the franchise, I would do the prequel.\u201d<\/p>\n

[Related] Watch Robert Englund\u2019s Full Halloween Day Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony!<\/a><\/p>\n

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