Another new nightmare

Horror icon Freddy Krueger was last seen standing toe to toe with Friday The 13th‘s Jason Voorhees in 2003’s Freddy vs. Jason. The evil nightmare stalker, though, is not content to sit on his laurels, with New Line advancing its plans to relaunch him back onto the big screen.

Wesley Strick (Cape Fear/Wolf/Doom) has been hired to pen the script for a new movie which will, according to The Hollywood Reporter, still be set in an American high school and which will delve deeper into both Mr Kreuger’s back story and the psychology of nightmares.

While no announcements have been made regarding casting, particularly that of the evil child killer that was so memorably played by Robert Englund, New Line’s plan is to have the film ready for the original 1984 film’s 25th anniversary next year.