The Hollywood Reporter announces today that Wesley Strick ("Cape Fear," "Doom") has been hired to pen the remake of "A Nightmare on Elm St.," which is currently under development at New Line Cinema. Warner Bros. is hoping to get the film out in time for the 25th anniversary of the original.

Starting in 1984, the "Nightmare" franchise told of a child killer named Freddy Krueger who was killed in a fire and came back to haunt teenagers in their dreams. Filmmakers are hoping to make the new film darker in tone and will dive deeper into the psychology of dreams and Krueger himself.

Richard Brener, Walter Hamada and Dave Neustadter are producing the project.