10 Status Updates On Iconic Horror Movie Franchises

The Last Film: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

What's Going On? When one remake is badly received, what do you do? Why, you simply try, try and try again.

That was bizarrely what was going on with the Elm Street franchise at one point, with 2015 seeing Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema looking to attempt a second remake of Wes Craven's beloved 1984 picture.

Late 2019 saw the rights to the property move to Craven's estate, with the estate currently looking to okay a new Elm Street movie in addition to potentially doing a TV series.

Previously, Lights Out's David F. Sandberg had shown interest in directing a new Elm Street film, and Wes Craven's estate is eager to take pitches for what would be a long-form Elm Street show that they hope would be housed on HBO Max.

Right now, it's very much 'ifs' and 'buts' with A Nightmare on Elm Street and the property's future - but it certainly looks like we've not seen the last of the infamous Freddy Krueger just yet. How and when Freddy resurfaces, not to mention who'll be paying the sinister child killer, remains to be seen.

The beloved Robert Englund has regularly talked about how he is now likely too old to once more tackle the physicality of the Krueger role he played for eight films, while the abysmal response to Jackie Earle Haley's iteration of the character in the 2010 Elm Street remake should realistically rule him out.