It looks like Rosemary’s Baby will be next in a long line of movies to which Hollywood has decided to give the “re-imagining” treatment. Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes production company will be doing this one too according to ShockTillYouDrop.com who first reported this.

I just find it utterly ridiculous that out of all of the creative minds in the movie industry the only way they can figure out how to make money is to remake movies that have already made money. It wouldn’t be so bad if it were only a few movies and there were good reasons for remaking them, but Rosemary’s Baby, made by Roman Polanski in 1968, is seen by many (not I) as a horror classic. Why would you want to remake a movie that is considered a classic? There’s just no class in that. It’s simple greed and bad taste.

I think this is stupid. Do you guys think this is a good idea?

The Freddy Krueger character was originally played by Robert Englund and was featured in nine films and two TV series. “Nightmare” was New Line’s most lucrative film franchise until “The Lord of the Rings” came along. The first “A Nightmare On Elm Street” was written and directed by Wes Craven in 1984 and featured Johnny Depp in his first feature film role.

The relaunch of this film series comes just as Michael Bay and Platinum Dunes gets ready to relaunch another 1980s horror franchise, “Friday the 13th” starring the most famous Jason of all (I’m excluding myself, of course), Jason Voorhees. “Cloverfield” star Odette Yustman has just been tapped to star in that film, and Marcus Nispel will direct a script by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift (Freddy Vs. Jason). Filming will get under way in April.

Both franchises will be given a complete overhaul, or a re-imagining as many like to call it, similar to what Platinum Dunes provided in the Nispel directed “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” New Line will not be able to hire a writer for “Nightmare” until the writer’s strike ends.