Annabelle: Creationdirector David F. Sandberg currently has thenumber one moviein the country and has his eyes on possibly rebootingA Nightmare on Elm StreetandCritters. The Swedish director’sAnnabelle: Creationwas made for only $15 million dollars and has now more than doubled its budget, which is a great sign of things to come for Sandberg. Now the director may be setting his sights on rebooting some of New Line’s legendary horror movies.
The news comes to us viaScreenRant. During a discussion aboutAnnabelle: Creation, Sandberg was asked if there were any movies that he would be interested in rebooting. The director chose two classics from the New Line catalog and mentioned that he would like to do something different with the movies as opposed to atraditional reboot. The director had this to say.
“I’ve been thinking about what fun franchises New Line has like A Nightmare on Elm Street andCritters. Might be fun if you took something like that in a different direction from previous installments. Like instead of remaking Nightmare you do some continuation of it in the same world kind of thing.”
Taking Wes Craven’sA Nightmare on Elm Streetas source material for a new movie could potentially be a homerun if done in a caring manner. It would take some serious work to put out something that horror fans would respect, but Sandberg could very well be the director to pull off that kind of undertaking. Taking onA Nightmare on Elm Streetcould be a very risky project. The last time we sawFreddy Kruegeron the big screen was in 2010 for a remake of the original movie and it was critically panned and generally hated by all that saw it. Despite all of the hate for the movie, it did go on to win the People’s Choice Award for Best Horror Movie in 2011.
Critterswould be an interesting choice because of the comedic undertones. The original movie was released 2 years afterA Nightmare on Elm Streetin 1986 and finished the franchise off in 1992 after 4 movies of varying degrees of success. The final movie in the series was a direct to video release that didn’t really leave fans wanting any more of the science fiction horror movie.Critterscould be the more interesting choice of the two, purely for underdog status.
David F. Sandberg’s 2016 movieLights Outwas released in 2016 and grossed over $140 million dollars at the box office with an initial budget of $4.9 million dollars. Sandberg’s talents of basically making something from nothing are starting to make him a hot commodity in the horror world, which could lead to him taking the helm of a classic franchise likeA Nightmare on Elm Streetor evenCritters. No official announcements have been made, but if anyone could do something interesting with a horror movie currently, it’sDavid F. Sandberg.
