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Has The NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Remake Found Its Nancy???

Beaks here...

Bloody-Disgusting has confirmed that New Line cinema is in "final negotiations" with the new Nancy Thompson for their remake of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. And the lucky young woman is...


Rooney Mara!

Yes, she's the sister of Kate Mara (as well as the great-granddaughter of the founders of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Giants - which explains her first name). Wanna see what she looks like? Head over to Bloody-Disgusting for ">her perfectly adorable headshot.

I'm still not thrilled with the idea of Platinum Dunes tinkering with Wes Craven's 1984 horror classic (which is just a tad more cerebral than the genre fare they've successfully remade in the past), but they've at least landed the best possible Robert Englund replacement in Jackie Earle Haley. Let's just hope that Wesley Strick bangs out a reasonably thoughtful screenplay for director Samuel Bayer. What do you think?

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nah
by Duke of Hurl
Apr 22nd, 2009
10:31:42 PM
foist
by Duke of Hurl
Apr 22nd, 2009
10:31:56 PM
third
by frank cotton
Apr 22nd, 2009
10:33:29 PM
she's not buck-toothed enough to be Nancy
by Duke of Hurl
Apr 22nd, 2009
10:35:24 PM
getting closer
by frank cotton
Apr 22nd, 2009
10:35:51 PM
She should play Freddy.
by GibsonUSA Returns
Apr 22nd, 2009
10:36:41 PM
"Rooney, I don't have any more time to bark at you..."
by Darkman
Apr 22nd, 2009
10:39:20 PM
Did you see that? He touched me...
by Shermdawg
Apr 22nd, 2009
10:40:15 PM
And Mark Cuban plays himself
by Heckles
Apr 22nd, 2009
10:48:24 PM
Kristin Scott Thomas
by SenatorJeffersonSmith
Apr 22nd, 2009
10:53:45 PM
Nice
by covenant
Apr 22nd, 2009
11:06:00 PM
This won't work - can't just throw in stylized slicing and dicin
by JuanSanchez
Apr 22nd, 2009
11:12:00 PM
Really too early to tell if this'll be good.
by LoneGun
Apr 22nd, 2009
11:12:47 PM
Re: Casting
by ArmageddonProductions
Apr 22nd, 2009
11:17:58 PM
What I want to know is...
by oh_riginal
Apr 23rd, 2009
12:01:38 AM
Producers like free football tickets
by MCVamp
Apr 23rd, 2009
12:32:41 AM
most pointless remake...
by billyhitchcock
Apr 23rd, 2009
01:51:32 AM
SHCREW YOUR PASH!
by caruso_stalker217
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:02:50 AM
Starring Nicholas Cage as Freddy!
by Castlemonster
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:08:24 AM
I HOPE SHE IS NAKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Illuminate
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:22:58 AM
I HOPE SHE IS NAKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Illuminate
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:24:13 AM
Morality sucks!
by Castlemonster
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:24:26 AM
They should ban remakes
by Brody77
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:29:49 AM
THE FOG remake was ass
by caruso_stalker217
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:34:57 AM
Get John Saxon back!
by HarryBlackPotter
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:35:44 AM
Zombie's Halloween was an interesting failure
by HarryBlackPotter
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:41:51 AM
Last thing I saw Saxon in was Tarantino's CSI episode
by caruso_stalker217
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:42:03 AM
I'm also looking forward to H2
by caruso_stalker217
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:43:51 AM
I dunno
by Rich Malone
Apr 23rd, 2009
03:08:29 AM
Re: billyhitchcock
by ArmageddonProductions
Apr 23rd, 2009
03:10:17 AM
Perfect
by 420 Boylston St
Apr 23rd, 2009
03:10:22 AM
don't know
by ryan74
Apr 23rd, 2009
03:14:49 AM
Meh. She has unsympathetic eyes.
by wowsah156
Apr 23rd, 2009
03:17:55 AM
Yeah and Trick R Treat is going straight to DVD
by alucardvsdracula
Apr 23rd, 2009
03:21:28 AM
ROONEY!!! ROOONEY!!!
by TheExterminator
Apr 23rd, 2009
03:25:51 AM
she'll go far in Hollywood
by filmcoyote
Apr 23rd, 2009
04:16:05 AM
Hollywood has officially given up on making original movies
by Mr Willi
Apr 23rd, 2009
05:25:00 AM
Wellington Mara
by JamesT
Apr 23rd, 2009
06:17:58 AM
I'd rather see...
by Pumpkihn
Apr 23rd, 2009
06:33:53 AM
Zom-bot
by Flibbertygibbet
Apr 23rd, 2009
06:44:30 AM
You AICN Guys Are On Crack
by Halloween68
Apr 23rd, 2009
06:52:39 AM
Well, shes got the Nancy hair LOL.
by Mike_D
Apr 23rd, 2009
07:00:07 AM
Well she looks fucking annoying as hell
by Series7
Apr 23rd, 2009
07:44:53 AM
She was just on ER...
by Blancoshadow
Apr 23rd, 2009
08:28:57 AM
other sister cast on Entourage and Iron Man 2
by Blancoshadow
Apr 23rd, 2009
08:39:02 AM
Damn good review, Pilgrim.
by Darkman
Apr 23rd, 2009
08:57:27 AM
No thanks
by HerbWestAustin
Apr 23rd, 2009
09:23:11 AM
Cute, but no Heather Langenkamp
by V'Shael
Apr 23rd, 2009
09:24:14 AM
John Saxon back as Nancy's grandfather
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Apr 23rd, 2009
09:32:55 AM
Caruso you're a jerk
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Apr 23rd, 2009
09:34:41 AM
I agree with you on The Fog
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Apr 23rd, 2009
09:37:06 AM
No, Rooney Mara is not pretty enough for me to acknowledge.
by Leafar the Lost
Apr 23rd, 2009
10:21:01 AM
her big, HOTTER sis Kate Mara just cast in IRON MAN 2
by Kaiser Soze
Apr 23rd, 2009
10:27:07 AM
Robert Englund Should be Lt. Thompson
by JCWolfwood
Apr 23rd, 2009
10:40:20 AM
Hey Leafar the Loser
by password.swordfish
Apr 23rd, 2009
11:29:53 AM
All bullshit aside..........
by Stuntcock Mike
Apr 23rd, 2009
12:18:02 PM
H2 will be a good ride. So will this.
by Stuntcock Mike
Apr 23rd, 2009
12:20:00 PM
Kate Mara is just the prettiest thing ever.
by Knuckleduster
Apr 23rd, 2009
12:23:26 PM
two times is one week!!!
by Blancoshadow
Apr 23rd, 2009
12:46:38 PM
I prefer Kate
by spectrebeeyatch
Apr 23rd, 2009
01:17:03 PM
Didn't Freddy have a penis?
by Itto Ogami loses Daigoro
Apr 23rd, 2009
01:31:06 PM
For a mometn I thought the headline was a jab at...
by drewlicious
Apr 23rd, 2009
01:43:07 PM
Think, people. Think.
by RageOfStreets
Apr 23rd, 2009
01:59:26 PM
Shooter exists in this Dojo.
by Stuntcock Mike
Apr 23rd, 2009
04:02:51 PM
Kate Mara is a Hot Piece of Ass
by Jack Shepherd
Apr 23rd, 2009
04:12:50 PM
hope this doesnt suck
by Willy_Idle
Apr 23rd, 2009
04:21:04 PM
She's the spittin' image of The Chief!
by Hikaru Ichijo
Apr 23rd, 2009
05:48:38 PM
At least..........
by Movies4dummies
Apr 23rd, 2009
05:58:19 PM
The Fog remake is the worst movie ever...
by pdennett316
Apr 23rd, 2009
06:25:46 PM
pdennett316, don't give up hope
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Apr 23rd, 2009
06:58:55 PM
YES-! IT'S HUGH JACKMAN--
by Sal_Bando
Apr 23rd, 2009
08:04:12 PM
i'm bettin'
by frank cotton
Apr 23rd, 2009
08:19:05 PM
JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH YOKO...
by johnnyrandom
Apr 23rd, 2009
08:37:18 PM
suuuuper unimpressive
by the_shogun_gunslinger
Apr 23rd, 2009
08:43:09 PM
Nancy should have been Leighton Meester
by Mr. Profit
Apr 24th, 2009
04:55:41 AM
YOU'RE NOT DREAMING ABOUT ME!
by The Amazing G
Apr 24th, 2009
05:43:38 AM
Corky as the new Nancy
by Knobules
Apr 24th, 2009
10:44:49 AM

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