And the new Freddie Kreuger is...
 

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Casting is now 100% official. Back in February the boys over at Latino Review had broke the news first that Jackie Earle Haley (watch a clip of him from Watchmen beyond the break) was in fact locked down as your new Freddy Krueger. While at the time they were wrong in the fact that it was a done deal, this afternoon Bloody-Disgusting learned exclusively that Haley is now locked and loaded to pull over that grimy red and green sweater, strap on the infamous razor glove and tip his fedora as the brand-spanking-new Freddy Krueger! Expect an official announcement as early as next week. Shooting begins under the watch of Samuel Bayer at the end of the month in Chicago on A Nightmare on Elm Street, New Line Cinema's reboot of the infamous franchise created by Wes Craven that followed Krueger, a serial child killer murdered by angry parents, who returns with a burnt face and a razor glove to terrorize teens in their dreams. Don't fall asleep on April 16, 2010.

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interesting. 1, 2 freddy is commin for you

what a stupid idea

The producers have also cast the Johnny Depp role. He's supposed to be a podcaster. I don't recognize him though.

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this was the number one choice but the next hobbit movie picked him up as gollum ...

I thought Billy Bob Thornton was supposed to be the new Freddy. For some odd reason I kind of liked the idea of Billy Bob since he is kind of a creepy fucker in real life...

Freddie Krueger role = career death? Ask Robert Englund

The role was not career death as he was in makeup anyways and if he did not do all of the sequels etc. He could of easily moved on. Though you can not really call his career death either. He just was a B grade actor, so he has remained in such realms for most part.
Typically taking on horror roles has been good for many unknown actors and if they are decent actors they seem to get noticed quick.

Honestly it was all downhill anyways after that plum role as Willie on "V"...

I liked him in V.

My buddy plays lead guitar for Billy Bob's band. Which I find really cool. Next time he is in Nashville Im supposed to meet him. :thumbsup

Jimmy Fallon is going to need a gig soon.

Is the new Krueger franchise going to be frat boy style you tube comedy?

omg. lol I loved that series when I was younger. I still remember him eating the "mousies" out of the dumpster. :thumbsup

I did too. :winkwink:

nah, he has a lot of fans from that. One of my favorite actors of all time.

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A new Freddy? Hollywood needs some new ideas.

Omg, they're going to make part 8 :helpme

Yeah, because the Batman franchise reset was such a failure... :winkwink:

Seriously, though, I'd much rather see a franchise reset than another sequel. I thought the Halloween remake was brilliant, and look what the Battlestar Galactica re-imagining did for the TV show. There is nothing wrong with breathing new life into an old idea, so long as it's not another Prom Night...

I'll be watching for sure

that would be nice, it seems to be going okay for them though because nobody seems to care ... I can't wait for the new Batman :Oh crap

Ahhh, can't wait for another classic movie to get destroyed...reimagined on the silver screen.

And what career did he have prior to Elm Street other than being a friendly vegan alien in the V miniseries?

"clasic"? LOL. like it's fucking Gone with the Wind or something.

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Already listed here.

I dont find a remake of that movie worth it!

I'd rather have a new Nightmare on Elm Street film with a new Freddy.

Moochie from Breaking Away, which was a great movie!

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:thumbsup enough with this crap already

The box office proves us wrong, I'm sorry. There is ademand for thesekinds of things. Hell, new horror is a hard sell nowadays. Hostel 2 didn't earn as much money as The Hills Have Eyes remake, and the new Friday the 13th earned more than moolah than The Uninvited.

Can't wait for this butchering of a movie.

Actually Nightmare on Elm Street was my Gone With the Wind...
Friday the 13th was my Casablanca
Texas Chainsaw Massacre was my Citizen Kane

a very good point! One man's classic is another man's "old crumby movie my fucking grandparents have on VHS"

He's great in Watchmen, I think he was a good call for Freddie