NEWS – A Nightmare on Elm Street Goes Through Re-shoots

Published on: 13th January, 2010

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Re-shoots are hardly cause for concern in Hollywood as there are very few mainstream movies that escape the touch-up treatment. So it is hardly shocking that Platinum Dunes‘ remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street was subjected to numerous re-shoots over Christmas. SCI FI Wire report that Jackie Earle Haley, who has taken over the role of franchise boogeyman Freddy Krueger from Robert Englund, revealed during an interview this week that he returned briefly to the role to film additional scenes.

“We did do some re-shoots over the Christmas holidays, and I feel really good about that…Just some re-shoots and tweaks that I think are probably customary for pretty much every movie that gets made.” Whilst it is common for re-shoots, one of the more obvious reasons is that the movie failed to excite executives after viewing an initial cut. After all, they are hardly going to throw money at something unnecessary.

After their hugely successful but uninspired remake of Friday the 13th early last year, many fans of old school slashers are extremely skeptical about the company’s handling of the classic franchise. But, let’s face it, the series only produced three decent movies and the rest were irritating and childish, so it is not as if the bar was set very high.

The movie will be released by Warner Bros. Pictures on April 30.

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