Sung Kang of the Quick and Livid franchise says he needs to play Freddy Krueger in a brand new A Nightmare on Elm Avenue
Sung Kang, who’s finest identified for taking part in the fan favourite position of Han within the Quick and Livid franchise, has made his function directorial debut with the ’90s-set creature function Shaky Shivers, which is about to obtain a one-night theatrical launch from Cinedigm and Fathom Occasions on September 21st (tickets can be found at THIS LINK.) The movie is claimed to “seize the spirit of the ’80s classics that Kang grew up adoring” – and through an interview with Collider, Kang revealed there’s an ’80s horror icon that may he would like to play: Freddy Krueger!
Reminiscing about childhood journeys to the video retailer, Kang mentioned horror films of the period – the sensible results, the art work, the visuals – are a part of why he got here to understand movie generally. “I undoubtedly appreciated and liked movies like An American Werewolf in London, Gremlins, even Freddy Krueger. Jason was one of many characters that I grew up with. They’re a part of my video retailer filmography, proper?” Then he revealed his Freddy aspirations: “I’d like to play Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Avenue. That character was simply so enjoyable. Having expertise with prosthetic make-up and sitting within the chair for 4 hours like I did within the Obi-Wan sequence in Star Wars, that’s the one half that I form of marvel if I’ve the stamina to sit down within the make-up chair for months. However that character was so enjoyable! That sweater, to today, is so iconic, and the knife fingers. That’d be on the bucket checklist for positive.“
Devon Sawa and Kevin Bacon have each beforehand mentioned they’d be all for changing Robert Englund (and Jackie Earle Haley) within the position of Freddy Krueger as nicely. Sadly, the Elm Avenue franchise appears to be trapped in limbo for the time being. It was in September of 2019 that we heard Wes Craven’s property had secured the rights to the Elm Avenue franchise. In November of that yr, it was mentioned that they have been actively taking pitches. However apparently the rights challenge isn’t as clear-cut because it gave the impression to be. Mike Flanagan has let or not it’s identified that he has an thought for a brand new film in thoughts, however his agent can’t determine who to have him pitch it to. Elijah Wooden and his SpectreVision producing associate Daniel Noah have mentioned they need to make an Elm Avenue film and have “been in contact with the rights holders many instances”, however that hasn’t gone wherever. Blumhouse founder Jason Blum has mentioned he’s all for going to Elm Avenue. Man Busick, co-writer of Scream 2022 and Scream VI, needs to write down Elm Avenue and Friday the thirteenth films… However there’s no signal of a brand new Nightmare on Elm Avenue film going ahead.
As for Sung Kang’s Shaky Shivers, that film takes viewers on a hilarious and nostalgic journey to an deserted camp the place two younger girls, performed by Brooke Markham (Within the Darkish) and VyVy Nguyen (The Sympathizer), bump into a e book of magical spells. Surrounded by traditional monsters and drawing inspiration from 80’s horror movies, Karen and Lucy discover themselves going through a sequence of supernatural occurrences after a fateful encounter with an previous girl. As zombies, werewolves, and Bigfoot wreak havoc, the duo should navigate a wild evening, armed with an unfamiliar spell e book, to revive order earlier than their lives unravel fully…
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