Jason Blum says he could “make” Robert Englund return to ‘A Nightmare On Elm Street’
nme.comBlumhouse founder Jason Blum has said he would have no trouble convincing Robert Englund to reprise his iconic role as Freddy Krueger in a new A Nightmare On Elm Street film if he wanted to – despite the actor having previously indicated such a return would be unlikely.“I could make him come back,” Blum told Screen Rant in a new interview published yesterday (June 20). “I could get anyone back.
I mean, Ellen Burstyn was 87, I got her back in [the upcoming sequel to] The Exorcist.”“Yeah, 75 [years old] – he’s young,” Blum added, referring to Englund.Blumhouse has been one of the most critically and commercially successful film studios of recent years, with hits – mostly in the horror genre – including Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Purge, Get Out, Us, Halloween, and The Invisible Man.Back in 2019, it was reported that the estate of Nightmare On Elm Street creator Wes Craven was looking into a new movie and TV show based on the horror classic.Craven’s estate reclaimed the rights to the film earlier that year.
According to Bloody Disgusting, after the acquisition, they had been looking at pitches for both a movie remake and a TV show likely to air on streaming service HBO Max.
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