BLOODY-DISGUSTING.COM Your best source for the latest horror news, reviews, interviews, and more... 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' Director Named http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/15275 Print This Page The Hollywood Reporter's Risky Business Blog reports this evening that Samuel Bayer has been tapped to direct the reimagining of the Wes Craven classic A Nightmare on Elm Street, which begins shooting in April/May. Bayer has been attached to Platinum Dunes' remake of Near Dark, which shows the Dunes' enthusiasm for this music video director. Written by Wesley Strick, the films' premise centered on Krueger, a serial child killer murdered by angry parents, who returns with a burnt face and a razor glove to terrorize teens in their dreams. We're told the movie won't spend too much time on the early portions of Freddy Krueger's crimes, although no real details have been revealed. Click here for our NOES casting call. Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes and New Line have hired a director for the reboot of "Nightmare on Elm Street," bringing on Samuel Bayer to direct the reimagining of the Wes Craven classic, reports The Risky Business Blog. Bayer, for the uninitiated, is a sought-after director whose best-known work is in commercials and music videos; he's won best director at MTV's VMAs and is responsible for a host of iconic videos, including Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and Blind Melon's video for "No Rain," featuring the famous girl in a bumblebee costume. Endeavor reps Bayer, whom a number of film producers have long wanted to work with. The director is also signed on to "Fiasco Heights," a thriller Platinum Dunes is producing for Universal. Platinum Dunes' Brad Fuller and Andrew Form are joining Bay in producing "Nightmare," which this year hits its 25th anniversary. Source: http://www.riskybusinessblog.com/2009/02/a-director-moves-onto-nightmare-on-elm-street.html