Kick ass i've been waiting to here this, and can't wait for the actual movie to come out and were they right about Billy Bob Thorton playing Freddy?.

i don't have a problem with this remake. the NOES movies haven't been scary or tolerable since part 1 and parts of 3 (and maybe A New Nightmare). all the others were blech. i hope whoever plays Freddy (whether Englund or not) makes him fucking SCARY again.

I totally agree with both statements above. Billy Bob would be an interesting choice for Freddy. LOOK, I like Robert Englund as well, but be serious. He will NOT be Freddy in the movie so save your complaints. Maybe they make this something horror fans can appreciate. There is alot of backstory to explore with the character. Good luck.

About time. Now this is a remake I wanna see.

im pumped about this but check out robert knepper of prison break, he would be a perfect fit for freddy, i really wish they could get him

By saying something as stupid as "It's not Freddy cracking jokes", it shows that they have absolutely no clue what they are doing. Freddy has ALWAYS made wisecracks, even from the main beginning. "This...is God!" "I'll split you in two!" "Watch this!" All jokey lines, all made scary by great line delivery and direction by Craven. Now, add any of those lines to an installment later in the series, and you'd have a completely different tone. But to completely omit wisecracks from Freddy is to just make him another random movie killer. Jason's portrayal in the F13 remake won't be much different than Leatherface in the TCM remake, and I'm sure Freddy will be the same type of one-note "realistic" and "dark" character. Platinum Dunes, here's a thought... maybe you should try making a new, original horror film that impresses us all before you go around saying what needs to be improved upon in all these other films. Pretty pathetic.

it will look as bland as the Friday remake and now we all will finally find out why Kruger chooses his glove to kill. (sarcasm)

All the whining needs to stop. If done right, a new take on Nightmare could be really awesome.

(Ben Foster)or(Crispin Glover)will be the perfect Freddy

Robert Englund IS the perfect Freddy. This movie won't receive a dime of my money.

You've already tainted Micheal with a horrible remake, might as well rape Krueger too.

Thanks God Platinum Dunes is involved.

Some may hate it, but look at it this way: This is the only way we'll ever get any new installments. Anyways, past the first one, Freddy sucked. I'm stoked!

I still say the only way this will work without Englund is if Freddy doesn't talk just like Jason and Michael. His voice would have destroyed in the fire anyway.

Finaly a good movie being remaked, we got to see jason 1st tho,then we see freddy hiting theaters, hopefuly it will be just has great as batman's remake. Keep your fingers crossed.

robert knepper would be so fucking bad ass!! i think billy bob would be great too.. the point of a remake is to change things up a little bit, so all you people who think only robert englund can do this, then your nuts, dont get me wrong, i love englund but, c'mon, why not want to see what somone else can do... get over robert englund, he said himself he's not doing it..

Yea Englund stepped down, he wasn't fired or anything. Not to mention, he's been asking for a remake for years with all of the updated CGI Special effects not available when the originals were made. PD does a great job with their remakes and pay respects to the originals. At least it is in the hands of people who care.

Well, its been a very long and unpleasent wait for me to hear weather this is happening or not. I just souly hope that it will be good!

I agree with The Mad Mime. Freddy without wisecracks is just another hack and slash killer. I have said it before and I will say it again...NO to this remake..if it aint broke...dont fix it!

I just want to know who is playing Freddy. That will make or break the film.

I am all for this remake, as long as the casting of freddy is done right. Personally I think Ben Foster (30 days of night) would be a good choice. Who wouldn't want to see freddy on the big screen again.

I gotta see pictures or trailer before i can comment on what i think. The firday remake i am excited about. But this is till in the devoloping stages were not even sure what the remade storyling is yet.

As long as Shannon and Swift AREN'T don't the script, I won't mind as much. I mean, the thing that set NOES apart from any other slasher was that the characters(not Freddy) were all rather likable and good kids. They weren't oversexed, crazy stoned out party animals that cursed every other word and lived to get blitzed. NOES always had, probably, the more wholesome cast of the slasher genre. Kids that you actually CARED about. FvJ was shit, in that respect(the kids WERE more Ft13-fair). You need a writer who can pull off the likable characters that aren't overly trendy or stereotypical. That's one of the MAJOR strengths about the series, and it's something that I doubt PD will recognize. They'll probably say, "NOES = LOTS of nudity, gore, swearing, drugs and partying!". Seriously, if you are a NOES and you think that's what the NOES series is about, you are NO NOES fan. My biggest fear is that they'll turn Freddy into another Leatherface, just like modern horror remakes turned Michael Myers and Jason both into Leatherface-wannabes!

A remake of NOES could be awesome as long as its done right. No more wise crack jokey Freddy and back to what he was in part 1. NOES franchise is one of my faves of all time so that's why i'm skeptical. I want to see grown up adult characters being stalked by Freddy , not fucktard teenages ala Freddy vs Jason, take the story out of the high school and put it in the adult world and make it fresh and exciting. NOES is not F13 so there is no need to show bimbos and tits , sex and drugs as magnaderalpha has pointed out in the above post. Give us strong female characters and people we care about, strong blood and gore, and strong dream sequences, all that was missing from FVJ. This remake could be great , please Platinum Dunes, DONT FUCK IT UP

Christ. I wish Platinum Dunes would leave NOES alone.