HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Just when you thought it was safe, Freddy is coming back.
New Line is currently in talks with horror production company Platinum Dunes to re-launch the "Nightmare on Elm Street" movie series, the studio's most lucrative franchise until "Lord of the Rings."
The first "Nightmare" movie was released in 1984 by Wes Craven. The film's success led to nine films and two TV series, creating one of the most popular villains in history, Freddy Krueger, played by Robert Englund.
The film revolved around Krueger, a serial child killer murdered by angry parents, who returns with a burned face and a razor glove to haunt teenagers and kill them in their sleep.
The producers — Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form — hope to focus portions of the new movie on Krueger's backstory.
New Line won't hire a screenwriter for "Nightmare" until the end of the ongoing writers' strike.
Platinum Dunes is also bringing back another villain, Jason Voorhees of the "Friday the 13th" franchise.
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