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Paramount Primal Acquires Rights to 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' Script

Updated 2026-07-13 16:40 UTC 1 source Neutral

Before the Warner Bros. merger, Paramount Primal acquired the U.S. rights to the original screenplay of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ from J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules. The studio plans to reboot the franchise under its new genre label.

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‘A Nightmare On Elm Street’ Original Screenplay U.S. Rights Head To Paramount & Studio’s New Genre Label Primal Before Warner Bros Merger

Before Paramount has even swallowed up Warner Bros., the Melrose lot along with the former Boulderlight duo, J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules under their new genre label, Paramount Primal, have taken the U.S. rights to the original screenplay of A Nightmare on Elm Street. The idea is to reboot the

2026-07-13 16:37 UTC