A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 (2014 film)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 is a 2014 horror film and the third installment in the rebooted A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, and eleventh Nightmare film overall, scheduling for April 25, 2014 release in theaters and IMAX. Jackie Earle Haley, Kathryn Newton, Harry Styles and Sean Kingston will all reprise their roles, while Chloe Grace Mortez, Zayn Malik and Ross Lynch joins. It marks as the acting debut for Malik, like his partner Styles of One Direction, and Lynch's first theatrical film. A sequel will be released on April 24, 2015.

Plot
It's been a year since she fight against Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Haley) but Brooke (Kathryn Newton) is still paranoid that he is still alive. Callling her friends Chad (Harry Styles) and Seth (Sean Kingston), he is no where to be seen at a deserted elementary school. As Brooke witnesses a bit from Seth's dog in reality, the boys still refused to believe her. Although, Krueger has indeed return and kills the boys. Seth was killed first in the grave yard, as seen from the last film, trapping him and stabs him in the abdomen. That same night, Chad was tricked of seeing a naked woman in the hot tub, eventually being stabbed and battered where his body can be found by his mother the following day.

Brooke discovers the boys' absences in class, and she knew that Krueger killed them before passing out. She explained to her best friend Alice (Chloe Grace Mortez), her boyfriend and also Alice's brother Kyle (Ross Lynch) and his best friend Dave (Zayn Malik) about the story.

Brooke's mother Lisa (Tea Leoni) tricked her daughter by placing sleeping pills in her drink during dinner. She furiously tries to escape to see Alice, but she ended up falling asleep waking up relaxing on the beach. Krueger, however, showed up but Brooke tried to escape, but ended up sinking in quicksand leading to the pre school school basement. Frighten, she mistakingly pulls Alice into the dream. Brooke protects her against Krueger, but he throws her into the furnance burning her to death. Before she dies, Brooke passes her dream powers to Alice, waking up immeditaly realizing that Brooke is in danger. She and her brother quickly ran to her house but are too late to save her as Alice, Kyle and Brooke's mom Lisa watches Brooke being burned to death in her room in horror.

The next day Krueger than comes after Alice's friends one by one. He killed Christina (Coco Jones) by sucking the air out of her, leading to a fatal asthma attack. He than comes after her brother Kyle, who is struggling to get over girlfriend Brooke's death. He takes revenge to Krueger, but lost the battle as he is being stabbed violately. After every deaths, including Brooke's, Alice gains new skills. She exlpains to Dave about Krueger's story, and he attempts to help her. However, Krueger is planning on killing Gwen (Julia Gogila) next, trapping Alice and Dave in circles before they get to her, with Alice realizing that Gwen is in danger. However, Krueger transforms her into a cockroach before being squashed to death.

As Alice and Dave got into a car accident, Dave ended up in the hospital injured which may lead him in danger from Krueger. Alice gets to Dave before Krueger. The two escape before ended up falling into a church. They fight against Krueger, which lead Dave unconcious and Alice is unable to defeat him. Alice remembers the rhyme of the dream master, and she uses it to weaken him, and Dave, who woke up from conciousiness, chops his head off with a machete, which the souls of the deceased victims were freed. Alice and Dave shared a kiss for a celebration of Krueger's death. Months has passed by, and a teenage girl was killed by the reflection of the mirror as Dave and screaming Alice watches in horror before she is pulled through the mirrror, similar than the first film.

Development
On January 29, 2008, Variety reported that Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes production company would be rebooting the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise with a remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) besides continuing on for A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985). In an interview, producer Brad Fuller initially explained that they were following the same line they did with their Friday the 13th remake]], by abandoning the things that made the character less scary—the film's antagonist, Freddy Krueger, would not be "cracking jokes" as had become a staple of his character in later films—and focusing more on trying to craft a "horrifying movie". Fuller expressed how everyone at the studio loved the concept of being killed if you fell asleep. The producer stated that the film would be a remake of the 1984 film, but clarified that they would be borrowing certain character deaths and dream sequences from the entire Nightmare series.

Wes Craven states that three more films will be made, as he planned for rebooting the entire franchise. The third installment, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3, will be a remake to the 1988 fourth installment of the original franchise, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, to continue the story after A Nightmare on Elm Street 2. The third film has already confirmed its release date for August 15, 2014. Wesley Strick is currently working on writing a script for the third film. The film is currently entitled A Nightmare on Elm Street 3. Director of the film states that the survivors will return for the third film as they are now teaming with newcomers to fight against Freddy following the death of their beloved friend, who got killed by Freddy.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 will see another One Direction member Zayn Malik making his acting debut in the film. His co-worker Harry Styles made his acting debut in A Nigtmare on Elm Street 2. Also, R5 member Ross Lynch will make his first theatrical film release for his career since filming Disney Channel show, Austin & Ally.

Samuel Bayer, who directs the first two films, will now be producer, while Michael Bay, who produces the first two films, will now be the director. He become the director because he wants to take some time on making the next installment to hit the next level where things get alot more complex. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 will be Bay's first directed film ever since Transformers franchise.

Casting
Kathryn Newton, Harry Styles and Sean Kingston all signed up to reprise their roles as Brooke Allen, Chad Brown and Seth Cleveland after the sequel. Newcomers Bella Thorne and Ross Lynch are expected to star as new characters. The two will be playing the sibilings, Alice and Robbie. Alice (Mortez) is a new friend of Brooke, and Kyle (Lynch) is Alice's brother and Brooke's boyfriend. Steven Weber is cast to play as Alice and Kyle's mean father, who treats the both of them like trash for their entire life since their mother died from breast cancer.

Chloë Grace Moretz is aiming to play the role as Alice Hunter, the remake of character Alice Johnson. Mortez will play as a new leading character Alice Hunter, remake of Alice Johnson. Mortez's character is subscribed extremely shy and also a very good friend of Brooke. It was rumored that R5 member Ross Lynch will be starring into the film, making it his very first theatrical film he starred in his career. Lynch will play as Alice's older brother Kyle, a young guitarist as well as Brooke's boyfriend. Steven Weber joined the film to star as Alice and Kyle's father. Like his One Direction member Styles, Zayn Malik will also make his acting debut as a new character as Dave Jones, remake of Dan Jordan from A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. Malik's character is subscribed as a high school jock and Alice's secret crush.

Newton (Brooke), Styles (Chad) and Kingston (Seth) may not be starring as regular characters, because they want to focus new characters, so their characters Brooke, Chad and Seth may be killed off in the film or their characters moving away. Newton says she may not be part of the film for a long time, so her character Brooke may die in the film at this time Styles and Kingston is also unsure if their characters will not survive in this film at this time.

Also being cast are Coco Jones and Juliette Goglia as Alice's two friends Christina, a nerdy friend with asthma, and Gwen, a good who is into gynastics. Also, Bay wants the film to have a detailed opening where Freddy is returning from the dead so he states the film will start with two young teenagers getting attacked by Freddy Krueger, and possibily get murdered. Bay has choosen Maddie Hasson and Danielle Campbell for the small roles.

Filming
They confirmed that filming for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 is expected to start filming in April. Filming took place in Los Angeles, California on April 14, 2013. New Line Cinema is estaming the film's production budget to $35 million, the same like the first film. Following the IMAX success of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2, New Line Cinema confirms that they could film A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 in IMAX.

Bella Thorne, Ross Lynch and Zayn Malik began filming their scenes, but Newton, Styles and Kingston may become recurring characters, because they want the film to focus on new characters fighting against Freddy Krueger in ther dreams, so Bayer says that he might kill off one of the characters, who survived from the previous film.

After wrapping up the second season of Austin & Ally, Ross Lynch has a chance to start filming his first theatrical film, and is very excited about it. Bella Thorne avoids schedule conflicts so that she could still have a chance to continue filming the third season of Shake It Up. She is looking foward to be starring into her lead role in the film.

It was confirmed by Thorne on her Twitter account that she and the cast and crew has wrapped up filming A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 on June 2, 2013.

Release
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 will be released on April 25, 2014, one year after the release of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2. It will also most likely be released in IMAX theaters as well following the success of the IMAX release of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2. Midnight showings will begin on late night April 24, 2014. The film's release date has since been pushed back to June 6, 2014 for unknown reasons, and again to July 25, 2014 after Sonic X: The Final Chapter - Part 2 was rescheduled to June 6, 2014. The film received an R rating by MPPA.

Critical response
The film currently ranked as the best reviewed film in the franchise. It earned a stunning 31% from Rotten Tomatoes, better than the previous film, which ranked 25% from Rotten Tomatoes.

Box office
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 has the widest release ever for an R rated film opening at 3,645 theaters beating The Hangover Part III nationwide on April 25, 2014, one year after the release of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2. It set a record as the biggest opening weekend ever for a horror film earning $2.3 million. After earning $25 million on opening day, it earned a total of $57.6 million during it's opening weekend, becoming the biggest opening weekend for a horror film beating A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 ($50.7 million).

Sequel
New Line Cinemas and Wes Craven has signed up to film the first three sequels to the 2010 reboot A Nightmare on Elm Street. The fourth installment is currently in the works and would most likey be the final film in the rebooted franchise. It will most likely be released in 2015. Director Michael Bay confirms that the fourth film is set to release on August 14, 2015. Wes Craven reveals that the film will indeed be the last film, and will be having a new title, A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Final Nightmare. Craven states he wants the final film to have two story between two characters, and they both must work together to defeat Freddy once and for all. He also wants to include Freddy's mother, Amanda Krueger, known to be the helper of the children, who are trying to kill Freddy. It was rumored that Elle Fanning might be starring. Mary McDonnell was Craven's #1 choice to play Freddy's deceased mother.

The film has since been retitled A 4inal Nightmare on Elm Street.

Chloe Grace Mortez confirmed she will reprise her role as Alice, but Zayn Malik confirms he is unsure if he will reprise his role as Dave.