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Seems Platinum Dunes Is Now Finalizing Its New Freddy Krueger!!


Merrick here...

THIS ARTICLE over at Bloody Disgusting expands upon/solidifies early indications posted by Latino Review in February; Bloody Disgusting says Jackie Earle Haley is now in final talks to play Freddy Krueger in Platinum Dunes' NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET remake.


BD says an official announcement may come as early as next week.

Haley, of course, recently played Walter Kovacs/Rorschach in WATCHMEN. Growing up, he was always my favorite character in Peter Yates' BREAKING AWAY. For a remake/reinvention that really doesn't need to happen, and once one looks beyond that "Freddy isn't Robert Englund!" prejudice...this isn't altogether unreasonable casting at all.

A friend recently loaned me THIS collection of the original films. Now I'm trying to figure out if I wanna sit down and watch 'em all again...or keep my head clear for whatever Platinum Dunes is gonna bring us.




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by gnarwhal_evan
Apr 3rd, 2009
06:39:58 PM
I don't need a new NOES but Haley is good casting
by phaedrus007
Apr 3rd, 2009
06:42:05 PM
NO ROBERT =
by the_shogun_gunslinger
Apr 3rd, 2009
06:43:11 PM
If we can't get Robert, this guy will do.
by ganymede3010
Apr 3rd, 2009
06:45:25 PM
DAKOTA FANNING AS NANCY?
by The InSneider
Apr 3rd, 2009
06:46:00 PM
He's a little short. Not that we need a giant, but he's 5'5"
by JuanSanchez
Apr 3rd, 2009
06:52:02 PM
I think haley would be the best pick
by Broseph
Apr 3rd, 2009
06:52:34 PM
Works for me
by drewlicious
Apr 3rd, 2009
06:53:15 PM
Works for me
by Geekgasm
Apr 3rd, 2009
06:54:05 PM
that's nice
by Cory849
Apr 3rd, 2009
06:58:20 PM
CHRIS CUNNINGHAM AND JACKIE EARLE HALEY OR GTFO!!!
by CreepyThinMansPreciousLittleLi fe
Apr 3rd, 2009
07:02:41 PM
I WANT A CREEPY, DISTURBING, FUCKED UP NOES!!!
by CreepyThinMansPreciousLittleLi fe
Apr 3rd, 2009
07:04:37 PM
I'd love to see Liev Schreiber, but he probably wouldn't do it
by JuanSanchez
Apr 3rd, 2009
07:05:30 PM
90% of Freddy's dialogue will now consist of "Hurm."
by Stryder
Apr 3rd, 2009
07:05:48 PM
Chris Cunningham? You mean Sean Cunningham?
by JuanSanchez
Apr 3rd, 2009
07:06:38 PM
Mistake!
by DarthChimay
Apr 3rd, 2009
07:07:45 PM
I mean RICHIE Cunningham!
by Stryder
Apr 3rd, 2009
07:09:16 PM
I could see Alfonso Ribeiro - if he does the Calrton dance
by JuanSanchez
Apr 3rd, 2009
07:10:38 PM
JuanSanchez, KRUGER DOESN'T NEED TO BE 6'4" ALSO....
by CreepyThinMansPreciousLittleLi fe
Apr 3rd, 2009
07:11:58 PM
JuanSanchez, CHRIS CUNNINGHAM, CHECK HIS SHIT OUT ON YOUTUBE!!!
by CreepyThinMansPreciousLittleLi fe
Apr 3rd, 2009
07:13:24 PM
"You all need to understand something.."
by InfantFinite8
Apr 3rd, 2009
07:14:30 PM
Certainly doesn't need to be 6'4", but I'd want at least 5'8"
by JuanSanchez
Apr 3rd, 2009
07:14:33 PM
Alfonso Ribeiro as Freddy, Amy Dolenz as Nancy, and Seth Green a
by Stryder
Apr 3rd, 2009
07:15:34 PM
Small world
by Next_Wednesday
Apr 3rd, 2009
07:17:05 PM
martin landau
by TheExterminator
Apr 3rd, 2009
07:44:16 PM
5'5" Rorshack
by enderandrew
Apr 3rd, 2009
07:47:16 PM
Be tough to make him look tall if he has to grapple with a teen
by JuanSanchez
Apr 3rd, 2009
07:50:39 PM
A prequel would just be Little Children...
by hegele
Apr 3rd, 2009
07:51:42 PM
Get David Fincher to direct it.
by FookU
Apr 3rd, 2009
07:55:53 PM
a letter to Dakota Fanning?
by I am the most horrible
Apr 3rd, 2009
07:56:16 PM
Awesome actor, but...
by MaxTheSilent
Apr 3rd, 2009
07:56:21 PM
Sorry but Dakota Fanning doesn't have grass on the field
by FookU
Apr 3rd, 2009
07:58:54 PM
ok i'm going to catch flak for this
by pc1971
Apr 3rd, 2009
08:04:52 PM
What's Jacke Eale about 50?
by JediRob
Apr 3rd, 2009
08:16:04 PM
Who gives a fuck how tall he is?
by Biffs_Pleasure_Paradise
Apr 3rd, 2009
08:26:39 PM
brilliant!
by S_Rorschach
Apr 3rd, 2009
08:29:15 PM
Good call.
by rev_skarekroe
Apr 3rd, 2009
08:46:53 PM
Enlightened. Casting.
by CENOBITE
Apr 3rd, 2009
09:06:29 PM
SWF... looking for tall, 5'8" or taller child killer...
by CENOBITE
Apr 3rd, 2009
09:08:03 PM
Good choice
by SenatorJeffersonSmith
Apr 3rd, 2009
09:08:56 PM
This works for me
by Series7
Apr 3rd, 2009
09:17:15 PM
Nice.
by Anna Valerious
Apr 3rd, 2009
09:23:57 PM
After Rorschach...
by sonnyfern
Apr 3rd, 2009
09:24:38 PM
ON NOOOOOOES!
by DOGSOUP
Apr 3rd, 2009
09:54:04 PM
Great casting. Should not be remade.
by criticalbliss
Apr 3rd, 2009
09:56:40 PM
Freddy speaks
by criticalbliss
Apr 3rd, 2009
10:02:19 PM
GOOD CASTING FOR A FILM I DO NOT WANT
by Mullah Omar
Apr 3rd, 2009
10:08:48 PM
AND ABOUT THE HEIGHT
by Mullah Omar
Apr 3rd, 2009
10:12:29 PM
Wow. This is almost too obvious.
by Kid Idioteque
Apr 3rd, 2009
10:19:41 PM
if not englund, then next best thing
by Darth Thoth
Apr 3rd, 2009
10:26:28 PM
Jackie
by Darth Lebowski
Apr 3rd, 2009
11:09:39 PM
If Jackie Earl does this
by BanditDarville
Apr 3rd, 2009
11:16:57 PM
1, 2, Rorchachs comming for you!
by BatPsycho
Apr 3rd, 2009
11:17:23 PM
Better than Zach Efron
by Gooch1195
Apr 3rd, 2009
11:24:39 PM
Mini Kruger...
by Outlaw
Apr 3rd, 2009
11:37:01 PM
The ironing is rich
by GAH
Apr 3rd, 2009
11:40:34 PM
Well. If they're gonna...
by maxxsterling
Apr 4th, 2009
12:09:14 AM
PHANTASM'S THE TALL MAN
by Broseph
Apr 4th, 2009
12:10:14 AM
The original...
by em_tee_em
Apr 4th, 2009
12:11:47 AM
Great casting
by Ray Gamma
Apr 4th, 2009
02:00:16 AM
great!
by ryan74
Apr 4th, 2009
02:05:47 AM
Damn good choice.
by Mr Nicholas
Apr 4th, 2009
02:46:02 AM
I still like Terry O' Quinn for Freddy
by TheMcflyFarm
Apr 4th, 2009
03:41:34 AM
I can't say anything bad about Haley...
by SpeedStic
Apr 4th, 2009
03:47:59 AM
LEPRECHAUN KICKED ASS AT 3'6"
by Mullah Omar
Apr 4th, 2009
04:08:23 AM
M-O-O-N. That spells "good casting, bad idea"...
by TomCullen
Apr 4th, 2009
04:30:41 AM
Damn good casting!
by NubtheSquirrel
Apr 4th, 2009
07:13:39 AM
No Love for me for calling this weeks ago?
by Professor_Monster
Apr 4th, 2009
07:45:22 AM
What I want to see...
by moviemaniac-7
Apr 4th, 2009
08:37:33 AM
The original
by manikman
Apr 4th, 2009
09:03:17 AM
Tarsem Singh for director
by JohnRyder
Apr 4th, 2009
09:33:10 AM
Actually Terry Gilliam would be better
by JohnRyder
Apr 4th, 2009
09:34:59 AM
A month ago I would have said hell no to
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Apr 4th, 2009
09:37:04 AM
Haley's acting career is the equivalent of
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Apr 4th, 2009
09:39:53 AM
Professor Monster
by CreasyBear
Apr 4th, 2009
09:49:42 AM
Confirmed at Coming Soon
by SoylentMean
Apr 4th, 2009
10:14:29 AM
The best way to watch the original...
by toshiro-solo
Apr 4th, 2009
10:59:15 AM
Terry Gilliam and Haley would equal
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Apr 4th, 2009
11:01:36 AM
CreasyBear-
by Professor_Monster
Apr 4th, 2009
11:50:37 AM
The Chris Cunningham reference...
by wowsah156
Apr 4th, 2009
11:58:49 AM
hey professor monster are you zom-bot
by DrBrianOblivion
Apr 4th, 2009
01:21:25 PM
Great choice
by photoboy
Apr 4th, 2009
01:24:03 PM
bullshit!!
by billyhitchcock
Apr 4th, 2009
02:05:07 PM
100% Confirmed According to BD.......................
by crackerfarmboy
Apr 4th, 2009
02:36:57 PM
Seth Rogan SHOULD have been Freddy.
by scriptgirl_nipples
Apr 4th, 2009
02:51:31 PM
PEOPLE WHO TYPE FIRST...RETARDS!!!!!!!!1
by AwkwardAvenue
Apr 4th, 2009
03:43:32 PM
remakes must stop. they keep going BECAUSE YOU ALL KEEP GOING...
by AwkwardAvenue
Apr 4th, 2009
03:46:14 PM
Now stay with me here...
by OfficerJunior
Apr 4th, 2009
04:09:24 PM
Oh and P.S.
by OfficerJunior
Apr 4th, 2009
04:14:18 PM
No dis to JEH
by ArmandVA
Apr 4th, 2009
07:00:46 PM
ThePilgrim
by ebonic_plague
Apr 4th, 2009
07:19:31 PM
Freddy's dialogue
by Eats_sandwich_gets_laid.
Apr 4th, 2009
08:01:54 PM
Must have Englund cameo, though...
by BurnHollywood
Apr 4th, 2009
09:52:20 PM
Fincher?
by SunTzu77
Apr 5th, 2009
02:10:18 AM
why don't they re-imagine it...
by Potatino
Apr 5th, 2009
02:34:41 AM
"he should be somewhat physically threatening" No.
by Nem_Wan
Apr 5th, 2009
09:10:26 AM
Two points.
by bobsjohnson
Apr 5th, 2009
09:45:55 AM
Jews, Spics, Niggers, and a Wop that throws airballs!
by cinematt
Apr 5th, 2009
09:49:51 AM
Thank God Haley didn't WIN that Oscar for Little Children
by skimn
Apr 5th, 2009
02:58:44 PM
Freddy is the Scariest
by Autodidact
Apr 5th, 2009
04:18:20 PM
color me officially interested
by The Amazing G
Apr 5th, 2009
04:24:09 PM
Liev Schreiber? Terry O'Quinn?
by Biffs_Pleasure_Paradise
Apr 5th, 2009
04:40:36 PM
Although those aren't as bad
by Biffs_Pleasure_Paradise
Apr 5th, 2009
04:42:21 PM
Wow, if you're gonna do it, good choice
by boardbrtn
Apr 5th, 2009
09:15:58 PM
As the biggest Freddy Fan ever...
by deanbarry
Apr 6th, 2009
03:13:48 AM
If they simply MUST recast the role...
by jawsfan
Apr 6th, 2009
03:41:56 AM
That guy fucking ruled as Rorschach!
by Motoko Kusanagi
Apr 6th, 2009
03:44:36 AM
That's a great choice!
by Dazzler69
Apr 6th, 2009
07:03:36 AM
yeah ok...but is he selling himself short?
by FleshMachine
Apr 6th, 2009
10:13:40 AM
You had quite a nasty bump
by CyberVishnu
Apr 6th, 2009
10:35:20 AM
are pedos suppossed to be.......?
by loudog1132
Apr 6th, 2009
11:40:32 AM
MY GOD THAT'S PERFECT CASTING!
by REVENGE_of_FETT
Apr 6th, 2009
12:37:13 PM
Casting not final!!
by James222
Apr 6th, 2009
09:08:34 PM
until someone can answer
by karmakitten13
Apr 7th, 2009
08:26:23 AM

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