{"id":415,"date":"2009-05-22T18:11:51","date_gmt":"2009-05-22T18:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/blog\/?p=415"},"modified":"2009-05-22T18:11:51","modified_gmt":"2009-05-22T18:11:51","slug":"garys-city-methodist-church-to-be-filmed-for-nightmare-remake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/garys-city-methodist-church-to-be-filmed-for-nightmare-remake\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary’s City Methodist Church to be filmed for Nightmare remake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, the Times<\/a> published an article on Gary’s City Methodist Church being filmed for Platinum Dunes’ A Nightmare on Elm Street<\/em> remake. Read below for details:<\/p>\n

Gary set to be backdrop for scenes in Freddy Krueger remake<\/strong>
\nBy Times Staff | Thursday, May 21, 2009<\/p>\n

Freddy Krueger is coming to Gary’s City Methodist Church on Friday, and New Line Cinema will use the historic landmark as a backdrop for a handful of scenes for its scheduled 2010 jumpstart of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.<\/p>\n

The city and the movie studio were in talks about the location over the past few months, but a decision wasn’t made until recently, said Ben Clement, who serves as executive director of the Gary Office of Film and Television.<\/p>\n

Clement, who also serves as economic development and marketing administrator for the city’s empowerment zone, said the city’s board of public works and safety made the film shoot official on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

In picking the City Methodist Church — at the intersection of 6th Avenue and Washington Street — the movie studio wanted an architectural style that would fit the story line of the film, and present a grand vision, said Clement. Landing New Line Cinema, he said, involved working with the studio’s production managers, who scout potential locations for a film shoot and lay out the general requirements for any location.<\/p>\n

Clement expects between 150 and 200 production trucks, about 200 crew members, bright lights and lots of smoke for special effects used during the night-time shooting, which begins Friday night. And of course the star of the horror franchise — Freddy Krueger — will be on set as well.<\/p>\n

“I expect it will bring some people over,” he said. “This is Hollywood.”<\/p>\n

New Line is scheduled to returning to Gary in June to shoot on location on Tyler Street, which will be used as the backdrop for a dream sequence that in the film takes place on Elm Street.<\/p>\n

This won’t be the first time City Methodist Church has served a backdrop for directors.<\/p>\n

Gospel recording artist Dwayne Coleman shot a music video there, and Nobel laureate, Joseph E. Stiglitz used the church as a backdrop in the documentary Around the World with Joseph Stiglitz.<\/p>\n

New Line Cinema’s remake of the original Nightmare on Elm Street, directed by Wes Craven in 1984, is scheduled to star Jackie Earle Haley as Krueger, according to IMDB.com.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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