If you're going to go with a music video director, he's a solid choice.

Hmm... seems he got a three-picture deal with Platinum Dunes. Hope he give his all on all three, not like some other directors of the past who didn't give a crap about their flicks *cough*JoeChappelle*cough*.

I hope this guy actually studied film at one point in his life because a music video is a lot different. It's no wonder so many modern horror films miss the mark when all the director's knowledge is visual and not thematic. But I know so little about Samuel Bayer other than his music videos (which are very impressive) so I'll give him a chance. At least he's been successful behind the camera before. Now, who's playing Freddy?

I'll give him a chance. There are a few successful movie directors that got there start doing videos. The biggest news will be the casting of Freddy. With a director in place, the news should not be far away.

The worst news i've ever heard. Good music video director does not automatically equal good movie director. When do studios ever learn ?

cant say im pumped about news that the directors experience doesnt even involve film. luckily for us, these movies can hardly be called films.

Wow, this is bad news. What a bad move on Platinum Dunes' part. It's possible he'll be a good film director, but why take such a risk on a film like this? Movies helmed by music video directors are generally a disaster. Very disappointing. I'm not even going to bother following this film's development anymore =(

i think is a good choice, and after the new great f13th i'm with them!

Sad that the fact that a guy's experience doesn't automatically ensure that he'll do a great job guarantees in many of your minds that he'll do a poor one. I hate to be a jerk, but if you're going to give up on the first new Freddy film in six years, or if you don't honestly consider these movies "films", perhaps you're not the die-hard fan you think you are. Am I dancing on the ceiling over this news? No. But you'd be hard pressed to find a more blatant example of an unfair snap judgment than "He directed music videos? OMG, this is terrible!" Life's short. It's sad to spend so much of it being cynical and expecting the worst from things that are supposed to make you happy.

this is awesome news!!! bayer directed bowies 'hearts filthy lesson' vid -one of my favorite all time vids. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_sjm2YiL6E

Wesley wrote the script for The hella awesome Cape Fear remake, but he also wrote the script for Doom. As a self confessed Hater of this project (who actually likes other bay films) who wants this film to beat my expectations and kick ass. I'm going to say it clear and quick. Freddy's history is he's a child killer/and possible molester. He got caught somehow. Something went wrong in the courtroom, the case lost it's legal merit, and he was released (and you should show this stuff in the remake). Some of the people in the town took up vigilante justice. They set him on fire. Why fire, maybe that's how he killed the last child, maybe he was burning them in a boiler. Hell if I know... These Vigilante's buried/hid his body in Springwoods Junkyard. A person who will later become the chief of police was involved in this. Several years pass 20 or more. Then he goes after theses peoples children. Well Teens, and I have an issue with them being Teens again, since he was a child killer, but I can get over this issue. If you follow the breadcrumbs Wes left in his original film. We are lead to believe that the vigilantes were Teens. I have to say this one more time so I know you read it clearly. The Vigilantes who killed Krueger were Teenagers!!!!! Not yet Adults. Makes you think it was a personal thing, like one of the kids that was killed was a sister or brother of one of these Teens, and then there's the whole Death by Fire thing. Sounds to me like they killed him in a hot headed fashion. No gun, cause it's hard for a respectable Teen to get their hands on one, but it is not for an Adult. An Adult would have just shot him and be done wiht it. So please give the film it's Due, and tell that story about Krueger getting caught, escaping the law through mismanagement of the case. And then we see the Teens form a pack kill this asshole and try to hide what they did. cut to 20 years later. And something brings him back. Maybe one of the Teens grew up with issues over it became a bum or a drunk, told one of the kids about it when they harrased him one night and just mentioning it somehow triggered his return. You can do this. You can do it in 30 minutes or less and still give the fans anywhere for an hour and a half too two more hours with the the new teens. Call me a hater but I'm being very open and honest with you here, and I know you skim these boards. I want to be wrong about this remake. I want it to be good. I want it to work. But I'm leery.. Please show us how he got caught, What got screwed up in court and saw the case dropped, Show the teens that got together to take care of this and why they decided to do it (family member is what I'm thinking), Then show them burying his corpse in the junkyard- cut to the future. And provide up some explanation for his return.

This remake has become unavoidable now, so i guess we sadly have to start trying to find positives out of the situation. The two big slaps in the face were always going to be The lead role and the director... so as far as directors go, I think this slap stings slightly less... but lets be honest, an icon music video does not instantly mean iconic movie... this guy is really going to need all the puzzle pieces to fall into place or he will be hated by die hard fans regardless of his previous work. I'll give him a chance though....

I'll give him a chance, it will either give him legendary status, or completely destroy his career.

sorry gears still churning here. I can see it now. These teens broke into his hotel or house while he was sleeping, or they wait for him to go to his car after he gets off of work. they beat him with bats. tape his mouth, tied him up. Tosse him in the trunk of a car and as a group they bring him to the junkyard that belongs to the father of one of the teens, A graves already dug for him, and they set him on fire there. They rip the tape off of his mouth before setting him on fire. So they can hear his screams, only to have him laugh at them dosed in gasoline saying he'll be back.

cant say that i am happy that they are remaking this iconic horror movie, BUT ill live with it. considering going to see f13th either tomorow or sat.....i guess a remake is better than nothing. would love to see freddy on the big screen again.....well said the phantomk. i like your idea.....plus would like to see who would be playing freddy (would love to see robert one more time, but if hes complaining hes to old then as long as its someone decent).....wouldnt mind seeing any of the original cast return from the previous freddys even if it is for a cameo.

Another commercial and music video hack in charge of another horror movie rape. I hope the blacklash for this Nighmare remake is massive and vicious. Stay away from Elm Street you fools- you know nothing.

Guys, David Fincher and Zack Snyder came from music video backgrounds. So, yeah, lets give this guy a chance. We MIGHT just have the next the Fincher on our hands.

I heard Freddy will have a new look, dressed up as Bee Girl, also a scene I read about was in an old gym with a bunch of stoners playing music and they all get slaughtered.

Every Freddy nightmare sequence is just like a music video. I'm neither encouraged nor discouraged by this news.

I hope someone tackles Krueger and brings some respect back to the character. I was watching some eps of 'Freddy's Nightmares' and realized how goddamn lame the character became. A far cry from chasing Tina down an alleyway and chopping off his own extremities while saying: "THIS is God."

I just can't see it working unless Englund is playing Freddy.

The atmosphere and dream sequences could really be helped by this director's experience. That said, hopefully we won't have another nausea-inducing, quick-camera-cut horror movie where you can't even see what's going on. The scene in the original where he slowly approaches Tina while scraping claw on the boiler pipes is chilling. I try to imagine what that would look like if it were cut like the new Texas Chainsaw movies. It seems most horror directors have lost the concept of slow, building dread, and opt instead to film everything as quick action. I always thought Bernard Rose could do an awesome Elm Street movie, but I'll give anyone a chance, as long as it isn't some skilless quack like Eli Roth.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaah . . And no, that's not a cool menacing Freddy laugh. This is gonna look like Bad Boys 2.

Mind you that some of our great directors namely David Fincher, and Ridley Scott came from doing commercials and music videos. Even promising ones like Francis Lawrence( Constantine, I Am Legend ) and McG( hopefully he does well with Terminator Salvation ) were music video directors when they started out. Every director needs to start out somewhere sometime.

thephantomk-the LAST thing this film needs are ridiculous new plot devices/plot twists. Did you see the Halloween remake? How about leaving our villain with a bit of the MYSTIQUE that MAKES HIM SCARY IN THE FIRST PLACE? Our fear of Freddy is a play off of our FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN. You need a refresh? Here you go. Freddy Krueger. Child killer/molester. Cleared of all charges due to a technicality. He is hunted down and murdered by the parents of his victims. Burned alive in his boiler room, the same place he tortured his young victims. Mysteriously, he begins appearing in the nightmares of his killer's children-who all begin to die, one by one, under suspicious circumstances. LET THE FUCKING STORY TELL ITSELF.