Ever since we broke the news (and it was confirmed) that New Line Cinema would be remaking A Nightmare on Elm Street, speculation has blasted on the web on whether or not Robert Englund will return as Freddy Krueger in the film, being produced by Platinum Dunes. One website reports that he'll return, while another claims he won't. A lot of times different parties don't see eye-to-eye, which could be the case here, but OUR sources tell us that not only is it too early to tell (no writers attached yet), but it is still quite possible that Englund could return in some way shape or form - creative meetings haven't even begun as of yet. Watch for official news in the coming months and watch this spot for any updates as they come in.
If he isn't Freddy then Wildey is right, it's like punching the fans of the originals in the face. I wont support that crap either.I don't give a shit if they throw his ass in there as someone else or for some ridiculous cameo.
Seriously if Robert isnt freddy its going to make the remake of halloween protest look like nothing. Ive been waiting and dreaming that one day they would make another nightmare, not just some crappy sideshow (freddy vs jason, new nightmare(the only nightmare part of that was watching the whole movie)) But Robert needs to be in this movie, if not its going to be worse than a direct to video movie.
I just read on fangoria that rob will not be doing it....
He said....“I think there is always room for new interpretations by using the new tecnology,” he tells the site. “In the past, they were talking about a prequel. Anyway, I’m too old for this new version, otherwise it would be FREDDY VS. VIAGRA.”
found at http://fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=5856
are you kidding me...your FREDDy don't put some punk ass in the makeup...OH wait it will all be CGI... fuck that if he dosn't do i WILL NOT SEE IT, and michael bay is really good and lataly everything he produce was pretty entertaining but they can't ruin this, I grew up on FREDDY...
let there be hope we should all write to Rob...
I have been a fan of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies since I was 4 and saw Nightmare on Elm Street three on tv. Robert Englund as freddy is a proven positive financial decision and not having him in it will force me not to see the movie or buy the dvd when it takes three weeks to get on there.
there not stupid, then again maybe they are?
it wont matter who plays Freddy to the people who just go to see them casually, but to anyone who knows who he is, and esspecially the horror crowd will not accept this, i know i wont go and see a englundless Nightmare movie, even if he is cast in a role of someone else, it just wont happen.
Put it this way, the elm street franchise is going to live forever... and past our time, personally think about it this way! how about they replace freddy, but let robert englund direct it! just like he's doing with "the vij" or whatever... he could create it... it would be true to the franchise... he just wouldn't be playing him!
y the heck do u need a NEW freddy????? WHO COULD PLAY him? some stupid twentysomething who cant act his way out of a paper bag???????....robert made this series on who he is known as for today.....plus id rather have a prequel not a remake so that some stupid teeny boppers can ruin a franchise that i have loved since i was a kid!...and plus so that they can "tone it down" meaning less gore, less blood, and whopdidingdadoo have the suspence of just having people jump out of there seats pg13 crap......blah...robert=freddy
I love robert england... but i would kinda like to see somone else's take on freddy... as crazy as that may sound, it would be different... i guess im on the fence on this one
if they replaced Englund then that would probably mean one thing: a much more serious Freddy Krueger. So it won't be just that Englund will be gone but the Freddy we all love will change as well, and i am not happy with changes done on Leatherface (for example) and that wasn't even a difficult task replacing the character nor was it replacing Jason in some films including FvsJ but Englund IS Freddy, its not just a mask and its not just a mute zombie killer
On one side i see the point and AGREE that Rnglund should return as the infamous Krueger. On the other hand, you didnt see the same guy who played Micheal Meyers in the Rob Zombie remake reprise his shatner mask either, and I found the newer Micheal to be more threatening honestly (but no one will ever replace the scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis, that tweeny bitch couldnt pull it off.)
It might be interesting to have Robert play more his pre-dream demon side in perhaps flashbacks and maybe even a REALLY BETTER REMADE burning to death scene (final nightmare DIE IN HELL!) and then have either him or someone who is REALLY good and exceptable to play a more horrifyingly demonic embelishment of Freddy in the dreams of the elm street children.
In my honest opinion I want Robert through and through, no question about it. I wouldnt mind a remake, as I agree with others here that no matter what you cant replace an original. Its become fused into our culture and their is no eracing it.
A complete overhaul could be okay, then again why mess with a successful story? Sure rob zombie fleshed out the meyers history to a better understanding for the newer generation and perhaps even the older generation, but the original plot of ANOES is what made it so successful.
Lets just wait and see what pops up in the future and go from there.
As a fan of freddy movie I would like to see a nother freddy movie. But with out Robert Englund, that will be a big mistake, most people see Robert Englund as freddy, so if you go and get a new actor to play freddy, you will lose a lot of fans.
In the new freddy movie I would like to see them go back to the bigining to the time of his first death that made him become freddy.
This is desperately foolish. Not every franchise needs to be "re-invented." To take something people have loved for decades, then alter it fundamentally just for the sake of being different is paradoxical to a bizarre degree. Why can't it just be another Nightmare film? Why change anything at all? Freddy vs Jason proved that Freddy as he was and always has been can still be effective... they darkened him up a little and poof, Freddy for this "today's audience" everyone's so keen to appeal to. So you don't call it "A Nightmare on Elm Street 9," call it what you like, but what real reason is there to start the whole story over? It's an infinitely renewable format... all he needs is a plan and teenagers to kill. To change it just for the sake of spectacale or imagined box office or controversy... I can't imagine. Why is nothing sacred to these people? I'd have thought the people who wrote FvJ would have more respect for what has come before than to simply erase it. And yes... Robert Englund is Freddy. He himself said he's only now the age he imagined Freddy to be when the whole thing started in the first place. Replacing Englund in any way may generate a bit of ticket-selling controversy, but the fans would refuse to see it, and in the long run the film would become a simple curiosity. It wouldn't be a relaunch, it'd be a death-knell.
Oh boy... I hate to say it, but should we start (reluctant sigh) a petition?
I know they have a bad rep, and never have the slightest effect on major studios, but this is a slightly different situation, one in which it might ACTUALLY be effective.
Anybody?
this is bullshit!! i have been a freddy fan and supporter throughout all the movies, yes even the shitty ones. and personally i dont fuckin care if englund comes out as freddy with a damn walker!!! he could be 100 years old and i would still want him to do this movie. there is no freddy without robert. all ur gonna get out of someone else playing this role is a cheap imitation of robert and its gonna look like shit!!! i would hate to see the fans cheated by robert not doing this. he created freddy now he's stuck with him. i dont get it? he was all about doing all those other crappy sequels and now this great oppotunity comes up and he says he's too old??!! fuck that!!! if robert doesnt do it, then dont expect to see me in the theater....and seriously Prydonian if u want to start that petition my name will be at the fuckin top!!!
Yea i mean...I waas madd happy to hear about this...But i will be dissapointed if its not rob
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