Merrick here...


Last week, we learned that Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes gang was gearing up to remake A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET.

The first question that popped to many people's minds (besides "Why?") was: "What about Robert Englund? Will he be Freddy again? He's Freddy..."

Not surprisingly, word is now filtering out that Englund does not appear to be part of the equation.

Shock Till You Drop says...

A number of industry sources recently phoned in to shed some light on the early discussions going on behind-the-scenes regarding "Nightmare"...and none of them include Englund starring as Krueger.

The franchise facelift includes discovering a new actor to polish up the finger knives and play the iconographic dream role Englund has practically made his second skin since '84.

...in an article you can find HERE.

The idea of someone else as Freddy will certainly ruffle a few feathers. On the other hand...presuming this is a re-launch of the franchise from the ground up (as it appears to be)...it's certainly understandable that they'd re-cast part to a performer without baggage/the weight of pre-association; a cleaner start will come about that way.

But, still, this isn't exactly the same thing as recasting Leatherface, for example. Englund performed his character...Freddy is a defined personality...where as Leatherface more-or-less lumbered along. ELM STREET is a whole different scenario than CHAINSAW; hope these factors are taken into consideration when they're putting this project together.

More on this as more comes in...