Another nightmare on elm street reboot reportedly in development

New Line Cinema is reportedly look to reboot horror franchise A Nightmare on Elm Street ... again.

"Plans are to scrap the lackluster 2010 reboot and start with a fresh new take," according to The Tracking Board. "There’s no producer on board yet, but Orphan scribe David Leslie Johnson has been tapped to script. Toby Emmerich, Walter Hamada, and Dave Neustadter will oversee for New Line."

Johnson was also announced this week as scripting Warner Bros.' new Dungeons & Dragons movie. His other screenwriting credits include Wrath of the Titans and the forthcoming sequel to The Conjuring.



The Elm Street franchise began in 1984 with director Wes Craven's classic, spawning another seven films until the series was rebooted in 2010 by Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes with Jackie Earle Haley as slasher icon Freddy Krueger. The film earned $115.7 million at the worldwide box office.