12:00 AM, 23-JULY-08

Strick To Reboot Elm Street

New Line, now a division of Warner Brothers, has hired veteran writer Wesley Strick to pen a relaunch of its A Nightmare on Elm Street series, the franchise that helped establish New Line as an industry player in the mid-1980s, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The original Nightmare was written and directed by Wes Craven and released in 1984. It created one of the most popular villains in screen history, Freddy Krueger, played by Robert Englund, and its runaway success spawned a slew of sequels.

The films' premise centered on Krueger, a serial child killer who was murdered and who returns with a burned face and razor glove to terrorize teens in their dreams.

The new project will keep the high-school setting and delve deeper into the psychology of nightmares and Krueger himself. The plan is to have a dark tone. The company hopes to have the movie ready for the 25th anniversary of the original.

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