Bloody-Disgusting already broke the news that Brad Fuller and Andrew Form’s Platinum Dunes are set to follow their Friday the 13th remake with a relaunch of A Nightmare on Elm Street. Although they are still in the early stages of scripting, we thought it was the perfect time to offer up our picks for the cast of the ELM STREET remake. Feel free to post some of your suggestions below!
Casting the Nightmare on Elm Street Remake
The picks below are wishful thinking of course We all know chances are strong that most of the teen roles will go to the usual run-of-the-mill offshoots from The O.C., Gossip Girl and the like, but if we were making the choices, well then, you’d surely have a better movie. But I digress. If nothing else, let’s hope some deep thought goes into the crucial roles of Freddy and Nancy. Botching those could mean this one winds up more like the crappy Amityville Horror remake than the respectable Texas Chainsaw reworking. Knifed-fingers crossed!
Freddy Krueger
Jackie Earle Hayley – Yes, it’s true, Hayley played a child molestor in his career-resurging role as Ronnie J. McGorvey in Little Children, but that’s not the only reason he’s the perfect man to reinvigorate the legendary dream killer. Hayley’s career is on the upswing and, let’s be realistic here, he is pretty creepy looking! The footage we’ve seen of him so far in Watchman as Rorschach looks pretty bad-ass and he just finished shooting a role as a mental patient for Martin Scorsese in Shutter Island. Good enough for Marty, good enough for Freddy Krueger. Hayley is the perfect choice to create a darker, more maniacal, scarier Freddy like the character that was first envisioned by Craven in the early ‘80s.
Alternate – Adrien Brody
Nancy Thompson
Amanda Seyfried - Considering the current crop of young starlets coming down the Hollywood pipeline, it would be a big challenge to find an actress with the wholesome innocence of Langenkamp. Amanda Seyfried (from Mamma Mia! and HBO’s Big Love) certainly has the right look and those big innocent eyes that might just pull it off. Hopefully producers Brad Fuller and Andrew Form will keep the original’s spirit in mind in this respect rather than opting for the standard choice of another model-turned-actress that “impressed” a producer.
Alternate – Dakota Fanning
Marge Thompson
Marcia Cross – Cross has already done the stumbling drunk thing a bit as the tightly wound Bree Hodge on Desperate Housewives. Plus she’d be able to channel her Melrose past by hamming it up in homage to Ronee Blakely. And while we certainly all have a nostalgic affection for Blakely’s overdone performance from the first Elm Street, it would be nice to see Cross balance things a bit and tone down the hamminess just a tad.
Alternate – Drew Barrymoore
Lt. Thompson
Josh Brolin – Sure, this one is probably a longshot after Brolin went legit in Coen Bros. and Oliver Stone flicks, but wouldn’t it be great? Going through the current list of middle-aged Hollywood actors, it’s hard to find many with the right level of grizzled toughness Saxon possessed. Most of the guys out there today are too pretty to picture as tough guy cop fathers with a drinking problem. Maybe they can just de-age Saxon like X-Men 3 and use him again?
Alternate: Bill Moseley
Rod Lane
Jamie Bell – Taking on the tough guy wrongly accused of Tina’s murder could be another step towards shedding his Billy Elliot past after impressive turns last year in Jumper and Defiance. The audition is simple: greased hair, black leather jacket and reading the line “Hey, up yours with a twirling lawnmower” without so much as a smirk.
Alternate: Lucas Black
Glen Lantz
Unknown Future Hollywood A-lister – Considering that then unknown Johnny Depp went on to become one of the most accomplished and beloved actors in Hollywood, the pressure is certainly on for the actor that winds up stepping into these shoes. Logan Lerman was great in 3:10 to Yuma and managed to save face in the hokey Number 23. Living up Depp’s career might be a stretch, but at least he’d do the role proud.
Alternate: Young Johnny Depp lookalike contest winner
Tina Gray
Lindsay Lohan – Come on, am I the only one that wants to see this busty party girl thrashed around in a pool of blood on an upside down ceiling? I have issues, you say? Admit it, you got a little excited thinking about it... Whoever plays this femme slash fodder won’t be long for this world anyway. If the remake is any good, it could be a career jolt similar to Drew Barrymoore’s brief death scene in the first Scream.
The problem is everyone is too quick to judge and thrives on seeing ppl they hate fail.
And then the next thing you know we get the "You know what, he/she was actually really good in this!". Puhleez, it's bound to happen.
Logan Lerman, btw, is great, you should check out his personal youtube channel, he makes home movies and is hilarious in them!
I love the idea of Jackie Earle Hayley as Freddy and Amanda Seyfried is a great choice for Nancy. But they'll never get Josh Brolin for a slasher remake and Lindsay Lohan should stay the hell away from any remake or any movie period. Also, I don't like Marcia Cross as Nancy's mom. She's just not passable as your average mom. She doesn't look the part and this is even more the case with Drew Barrymore (whom I just can't imagine having a teenage daughter). How about Virginia Madsen instead? She's a great actress and even looks like the woman she's replacing, so the transition would be practically seamless for fans of the original.
is this list serious? come on, this shows a lack of good judgement if you ask me, brolin is the only person on that list that i cant complain about, but dakota fanning as the second most liked person for nancy? this list is garbage.
That cast looks freakin' sweet! If we got Jackie Earle Hayley as Freddy then i would be happy, although im still not sure you can replace Rob, ever.
And Josh Brolin as Lt. Thompson would be awesome.
"Alternate: Dakota Fanning"??????
Wow are you serious? Love the choice for Freddy because I loved him in "Little Children". But Dakota Fanning? Seriously?
Jackie Earle Haley's probably the only interesting choice up there. The rest are bad, IMO. Amanda, Jamie and Lindsay look and sound too old to play 15-year olds. They are even older than Heather, Johnny, and Nick during the filming of the first film. Amanda Wyss was the oldest(and looked the oldest), which always bothered me(even though she wasn't in the movie long. Heather was perfect, and pulled off a teenager pretty good. Well, she WAS a teenager during the filming of it(19). Logan Lerner would be acceptable, though. He's still a teenager, hence his portrayal would be UBER realistic! They should range the cast of teens as being portrayed by actors/actresses from the age of 18-21. And LOOK the part. The thing is, there's too many blonds in that list. Turning Nancy and Rod blond, urgh!
I think the choice for Freddy would be a very good idea. Jackie Earle Haley looks like he'd be able to play Freddy at the same level as Robert Englund, but bring a more darker side of Freddy to the big screen. I think all the other parts should be cast as non a-list celebrities. If you've noticed how a lot of current good movies have no big-name or well-known actors in them. Like Slumdog Millionaire which is doing very well with less known actors. I would suggest the same idea with this film. Do what Wes Craven is doing with his movie 25/8, cast random talented actors/actresses. You could do a scream queens edition for the new Nightmare remake. Get chicks to compete for the female teen roles; Nancy, Tina. This would also help get out the publicity and word about Freddy being back in town. I'd rather see a good remake of Nightmare than bikini clad or soaking wet women running around in the next Saw movie getting killed left and right.
Probably the best fan cast I've seen.
I'd go more with unknowns and younger kids but this works out nicely. I'm digging Jackie Earle Hayley as Freddie although an unknown would work just as well but if they decide to use a "name" which I highly doubt then he's perfect.
I've never though about Amanda Seyfried as Nancy, I like her a lot and she's one of my favorite "young actresses" and this could be a great role for her although maybe she is a tad old.
No about Marcia Cross, too famous and doesn't fit. Josh Brolin is a great actor and would fit incredibly well as well but he's too famous so no. Lindsay Lohan? Nah. Could be cool to see her die so maaaaybe but otherwise no.
I'm really liking the choice of Glen Lantz as Glenn. Jamie Bell might be a good Rod but there's something that doesn't fit.
I personally think Leah Pipes (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1343254/)or or Merritt Patterson (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2278896/) would make a great Nancy. Even Amanda Seyfried.
However I think it might be good to have a lot of new characters like Platinum Dunes are doing with their other remakes but keep the core of the characters. I'd like a Nancy though.
Amanda is a great choice for Nancy, she is just so innocent looking with her eyes, but can be tough when needs be as seen in her CSI episode. A good choice for Tina is Katie Cassidy. I think she could pull off the creepiness of the Tina of Nancy's nightmares.
LINDSAY LOHAN!!?!? she would screw up the movie so bad!.....that one chick doesnt even look like heather langenkamp!....marcia cross eh idk......robert IS freddy. EVEN though never heard of that Jackie Earle Hayley so MAYBE give a chance, but tlo me it would be a shot in the foot if he messes up roberts iconic role if fo r some oddball screwy reason robert cant play it......josh brolin as nancys dad?!?! blah....never heard of the dude the guys that want to play glen and rod so i guess no complains if they CAN ACT. then again johnny depp was a nobody noone heard of him and look where he is today. so eh....NO LINDSAY LOHAN THOUGH! she would cause to much trouble.
hey americangod, never woulda thought of virginia madeson. that would be interesting to see since she did good i thought whenever she was in the first candyman. atleast she wouldnt be a stranger to the horror generation.
Gotta be unknowns. I think Robert Englund is so married to the part that anyone famous filling his shoes will look like...someone famous acting as a stand-in.
I have to admit I am a little more than disappointed about a Nightmare on Elm Street remake. I really don't know how anyone will pull off the Freddy role after Robert Englund!
As weird as it sounds I think Zack Ward would be a bad ass Krueger because I think back to the bathroom scene in Freddy vs. Jason where Ward comes out of the bloody bathtub.
Not a bad list, but you've forgotten that you are most likely smarter than everyone at Platinum Dunes. They will probably hire whoever comes cheapest so they can make more money off of us!
Jakie Earl Haley for sure. The rest...meh. I dont' want to see an exact repeat of the cast of characters. Nor to I want to see the same exact story line, same kills, blah, blah.
OMFG this list sucks balls! I swear to God, they're going to rape my childhood with this movie, and youy're helping with your terrible... Just kidding. This is a decent list with some intriguing ideas. I think Lohan might be a bad idea, simply because her presence is a distraction and invites negative press for the film. I'd much rather see Elisha Cuthbert in that role. Strange as it sounds, I think Seyfried might be fairly difficult to get, following the success of MAMA MIA. Her agent's probably lookiing for romantic comedies or "serious" dramas now. On the other hand, I'm not sure Josh Brolin is really out of the running for the Saxon part. Yeah, he's done some A-list stuff recently, but W wasn't a big hit, and the guy seems to have a good attitude about horror and exploitation. Assuming the plan was to have him appear in just one film, I'd be willing to be they could get him.
ITS A REMAKE PEOPLE! ROBERT CANT DO IT AGAIN HE SAYS HIMSELF HES TOO OLD FOR THE PART, HE CANT MOVE LIKE HE CAN.
REMAKES ONLY MAKE THE ORIGINAL BETTER, THATS GOES THE SAME WITH SEQUALS.
STEPHANIE MCMAHON SHOULD PLAY THE MOTHER. :)
I heard a rumor that Billy Bob Thornton was being considered for Freddy. At first I didn't like that idea, but after considering it, I actually think he might be able to pull it off....he has the right look. Also, I think it's interesting that you mentioned Adrien Brody. He's obviously a good actor, and can be quite creepy...I like it. :o)
Agree. Jackie Earl Haley is a great idea. The rest of the cast will be easy to fill with competent actors. It's Freddy that needs to be dead on and that is a great choice. They need to contact his agent and get the papers signed.
Here I go with my list:
Jackie Earle Hayley as Freddy
no fucking clue as Nancy, but NOT Amanda Seyfried.
Adam Brody as Glen
Jamie Bell as Rod
Lindsey lohan as Tina
Emma Caulfield as Marge Thompson
How about no casting, and the movie doesn't happen, and our lives are all a little happier and fuller and more meaningful?
How about that?
Cause I'm down for that.
I heard the Billy Bob Thornton rumour as well. Jackie Earle Hayley seems like a more obvious choice, but I could see 'ol Billy Bob working here too.
But truthfully, Robert Englund is simply irreplaceable. He IS Freddy. He should snatch the Loomis role from McDowell in Halloween 2. He's much more "Loomisy".
ok i thought it may be fun to take a crack at this!
i love whoever said mrs. madsen as mrs thompson. so that' a keeper.
nancy-{the chick from the unborn}
tina {amber heard..AKA MANDY LANE}
glen- i'm with those who say cast a unknown for a chance at the johnny depp lottery!
rod:samantha ronson
srg thompson-kurt rusell
p.s, sorry if i mispelled any names i was not sure of.....please correct me.
My thoughts:
Freddy - Robert E, of course, Dane Cook
Nancy - Shelley Hennig (days of our lives, she looks like a young heather langenkamp imo.)
Tina - Sarah Michelle Gellar (she has a history of dying in horror movies, etc. I know what you did last summer, scream 2, the grudge 2)
Glen - Zac Efron (wouldn't mind seeing him turned into a geyser of blood lol)
Rod - channing tatum (hes just hot)
Marge T. - heather locklear???? she def looks old enough and drunk
Donald T. - ill go with josh too
This is the problem that plagues casting proccesses online. People suggest names that are far too famous for the project. Cast TV actors. They are cheaper, have less egos, and are more likely to return for a sequel. Leighton Meester should be Nancy. She has the looks and acting chops. Enrico Colantoni should be her dad. Christopher Meloni as Kreuger. Rod Lane should be played by Matt Cohen. Tina should be Annalynne McCord. Another interesting person for Freddy could be Eric Dane. Google Image my picks to see if you agree.
I really like this list actually. I loved Amanda in Mean Girls. ANd Linday Lohan.. But still she is horrible choice. Even though I would like to see her die.
I said it before and i'll always stick to it. The absolute perfect choice to give the Freddy thron to is Bill Moseley. I also think they should make freddy really satanic in the remake. To make freddy more creepy. Freddy needs ro be the scariest villian ever. The makers of this movie need to go all out with the graphic materal of this movie, they need to take everything beyond the limit. Even if they have to edit alot of it out of the movie for theaters. It would be great for a unrated dvd.
firecracka, i never really thought of bill mosley!! He would be fucking awsome!! I still have to stick to my guns though and say robert knepper! every single one of those "wishful thinking" casting choices are compleate and utter crap!!! lindsey fucking lohan? c'mon! josh brolin would never in a million fucking years do this.. if he did that is the only choice that is cool.. not to mention Marcia Cross would'nt be caught dead in a movie like this and that fag from jumper as rod lane? fer real? and who is that looser who you want to play the part of glenn?? if they cast it like that, then idk what to say.. but none of those will happen i will bet my life savings on it!!!!!!!
Even though the making of it is inevitable, a remake of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" is not something I for one will accept lightly. The first is such a classic and will need to be given the proper treatment and should not be subjected to a Prom Night style "watered down Hollywood remake"!
NOONE BUT ROBERT ENGLUND SHOULD PLAY FREDDY!
Ok. So the casting for this movie is TERRIBLE!!!! The ONLY Freddy is Robert Englund. Here are some of MY casting ideas.
Danielle Harris as Nancy
Heather Langenkamp as Marge Thompson
Johnny Depp as Lt. Thompson
Sophia Bush as Tina
Unknown for Glen and Rob....still thinking
jarredah I couldn't
I couldn't agree more the only Freddy is the amazing Robert Englund and I'm really looking forward to his cameo. I have to say though I love the idea of Jackie Earle Hayley playing Freddy, but Lindsey Fucking Lohan as Tina, WHAT THE FUCK!!! and besides she won't be sober to do the fucking part anyway, but I have to say I'm looking forward to Freddy Sliceing and Diceing her.
How about these;
William Mapother (ethan from Lost) As Freddy
Jeanetta Arnette as Nancy's mom
Enrico Colantoni as nancy's dad
Either Shanna Collins.
Johanna Watts or
Olivia Thirlby as Nancy
Why don't they make it a bit different and make a character black? or Asian? or Latino? We have very few Asians and Latinos in horror films. Also why don't they make Nancy's mom a bit more modest looking? Not many average moms are MILF's (milves?).
amber heard might make a good
Nancy character if she's a god
screamer--what about ellen page?
or is that too ridic?
and Virginia Madsen totally echoes
Mrs. Thompson
Deborah Kara Unger would also be good pic for Nancy's mother.
Zac Effron would be an amazing
pic 4 Nancy's bf but doubt he'd
ever do horror.
they should cast a hot latino
or something for one of the guys
I don't really want to see them remake this movie. But it's going to happen. I just hope they don't fuck it up. Some of the people they have casted isn't in the step of the right direction.
I think as many of the original cast should come back and play faculty members at the high school. Just for a cheeky little IN joke of sorts.
As far as my casting choices go, I'm a nobody that the studios wouldn't listen to even if I had the definitive and perfect casting selections.
So I won't bother mentioning them.
Jackie Earle Hayley as Krueger sounds pretty solid. Adrien Brody... great actor but I´m not feeling it.
Amanda Seyfried as Nancy... not feeling it. Dakota Fanning... great actress but are you kiddin´ me? Rachel McAdams would´ve been perfect a few years ago. Mia Wasikowska or Daveigh Chase are my choices.
Marcia Cross as Marge? Typecasting anyone? Drew Barrymore??? She´s 33 for cryin´ out loud! Virginia Madsen would be awesome... Julianne Moore would be my ultimate choice though.
Josh Brolin as Lt. Thompson? Nice, possible a few years back, but now keep on dreamin´. Bill Moseley, no thanks. I´d settle for Chris Meloni... he would be a good choice for this role.
Jamie Bell, great actor but he´s no Rod Lane. Likewise for Lucas Black and he´s too old already. We need a younger Colin Farrell here.
Glen Lantz... a darker-haired Hunter Parrish maybe?
Lindsay Lohan as Tina? Even though I´d love to see her get slashed up it just wouldn´t have the shock value Drew Barrymore´s death had in Scream. She´s too over-exposed and strung-out for it to work. Mischa Barton? No thanks. Evan Rachel Wood would be perfect, no?
ROBERT KNEPPER as FREDDY!!! he would be scary as hell.
I suggest mostly unknowns for the teenagers.
As for everyone else I really believe we need to get out of this old way of thinking of sticking already genre favorites into these movies. How are we ever going to generate new life into these movies if we keep going with all of our old favorites that really don't fit. Like Bill Mosely, I love his work. But he does not need to be in this movie. It would be justlike Rob Zombie's Halloween:The Ultimate Horror Movie Cameo Opportunity!
Bill Moseley's overused in horror nowadays. I absolutely HATE the idea of him being Freddy because, to me, there's no use in having actors who are already known horror icons try to portray MORE horror icons, ESPECIALLY remade versions. Give the role to someone new, someone not widely known. I mean, why Bill Moseley? Why not Brad Douriff? Let's just divide all horror icons into two columns and Brad can play Side A and Bill can play Side B. Bill can be Freddy, Tallman, Pumpkinhead, and Cropsy, while Brad could be Pinhead, Frank Zito, Matt Cordell and Herbert West!
Embarassing people!! Sometimes it is embarassing to be a horror film fan because the lot of you simply don't get it!! What made the original NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET so scary and good? The scripr of course! It doesn't matter who played the characters back then as long as they were good enough actors to nail the characters. And they did. So be it NOES is a classic and the best of the series. Now it comes time to remake it. Well folks, putting Englund back as Freddy is a dumb idea. He already did it in NEW NIGHTMARE and FREDDY VS. JASON. Isn't that enough for all of you? Jesus Christ! And to those of you who believe people like Bill Moseley and Brad Dourif are horror icons, you are fucking nuts! Playing a weird character or two in a slasher movie does not make one an icon. Freddy Krueger the character is AN ICON of horror. Michael Meyers is AN ICON of horror. Jason is AN ICON of horror. Just like Frankenstein, Dracula and the Wolfman before them. Now stop and scratch your collective heads for a moment... how many different actors have played Frankenstein, Dracula and the Wolfman in the last 70 fucking years or more??
Has it stopped sales of the movies?? Take DRACULA for instance which is the most played character in the HISTORY of cinema -- did people get upset when Christopher Lee played him? How about Frank Langella? Gary Oldman? Because it wasn't Bela Lugosi? You people need to realize their is a greater reality at work in this universe and nothing is going to hinder a project worse than attention where it needn't be. Hopefully they get a good writer and the script turns out good. Than cast the best actor for the job of Freddy Krueger. Jack Earl Haley is positively terrifying without any make-up on so why choose him? How about a nice looking guy as Freddy? Wouldn't that be scary now? ICONS are rarely if ever actors and if they are its because of a wide body of work that most of todays actors can only dream of attaining: (think John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Prseley, Bruce Lee and James Dean) -- these people WERE ICONS -- Bill Moseley is no icon, not even of horror. Get a grip people. Remember their is a whole great big universe out there.
Why does EVERYONE BS Oh it has to be Englund or NO THESE PPL don't look like the originals it's a REMAKE it should have something different if I wanted to see the same old cast I just watch the original..just like all these "Oh it won't be as good as the 1st?!?!" HOW the fuck do you know it's not even done yet! I've seen many these remakes and thought for updates they aren't bad...jesus if they did a remake of THE BLAIR WITCH you all be like "Oh it not as good as original just take some VHS tapes and live with your originals along with everything else that you cannot deal with being "changed" Regardless the main thing Lindsey Lohan...ya she be a good 5 min kill or nude scene but than again playing a druggie/drunk teen I'm sure she could pull that off. 10 mins into movie Freddy kills her fine with me!
I agree that we should keep the teenage roles as unknown as they were back then. If we want to see a Lohan-esque death scene we should stick to the "Not Another Teen Movie" slop. I wish, however that someone somewhere would start coming up with origial material. I mean if they could do it in the 80's, why not now? Of course if they did they would have to make 7 more of the same thing just to show how clever they were......
I know its a long shot, but i still like ben foster as freddy, although I do think John Turturro is another good possibility. It is going to be very interesting on who they pick because I am sure no matter who it is it will piss someone off. I'm just going to be glad to see freddy on the big screen again.
Amanda Seyfried should definitely play Nancy Thompson in A nightmare on Elm Street (remake). She was amazing in Mamma Mia and Mean Girls (P.S. Okay, I like some chick flicks but almost everything I like is horror). I don't like remakes and I enjoyed the first Nightmare on Elm Street but if Amanda Seyfried is in it let me see this movie.
Don't try to remake or rewrite the Nighmare history. I know its a remake but we don't need to watch the same story all over again. And most importantly leave the Nancy character alone, the role belongs to Heather Langenkamp and no one else. If you guys were smart you should forget the remake idea and just follow the Beautiful Dream story. Either way I'm not seeing this remake shit!
Robert Englund is Freddy, we all know that. Will he be in remake...unfortunately no. Since Johnny Depp got his break into film with NOES, he owes it to us to play Freddy! Well, prolly not but he would kill it and I wouldn't be pissed they're remaking this. Adrien Brody is kind of a good call btw.
I think Kristin Stewert would make a good Nancy. She can play innocent(Speak) but she also has a "dont mess with me or I'll cut you" attitude(Also Speak). I think that she could kick some Freddy ass.
FUCK TWILIGHT, You fag!--------------NO-ONE BUT ROBERT ENGLUND SHOULD PLAY FREDDY! ---------Lindsay Lohan needs no part in this film.... The "casting" for this film is HORRIBLE!
Dakota Fanning ---- What the fuck is wrong with this?? Seriously... Fuck you all that put this list together!
Find some new faces not this garbage "cast"
Love the casting- not sure about Freddy though? Maybe a wound up Nic Cage would work? Vincent Cassel would work for me also or at a long shot...Peter Stormare from 2001 Maniacs, Prison Break, CSI and errrr Bad Boys 2. Trust me he would work.
what is with you ppl and fucking Robert englund!!!!!!!!!?????!!!! you only say it cuz he's the only one whos played freddy!! if it were like jason voorhees and had 12 different ppl playing him, you'd all be arguing over "who the best freddy is" so scared of change! its a fucking movie, y compare it to the first one? robert was scary in the first 2, part 3 was good too, but well on its way to the campy elm street! robert got way to fucking cheesey! if the charactor would have stayed dark and scary threw the whole franchize then mabey i'd change my opinion on englund.. no offence to him, he killed it in the first 3 elm streets.. but purpose of a remake is to change shit up! for all you dumb fucks know somone else could step up and compleatly flip the script on the krueger character.. but so many of you are so fucking close minded and cant handle change! you just want to be difficult! and how many of you ppl bitch about these WB, or CW teenage gossip girl, 90210 actors, and yet more than fucking half of you ppl are listing these dip shit teeny boppers on your elm street casting wish list!! get a fucking clue, and cast robert knepper, billy bob, or some god damn person other than englund, and these OC 90210 kids!
I agree with Jackie Earle Hayley, and Marcia Cross but Lindsay Lohan? COME ON! I DON'T THINK SO! Amanda Seyfried I guess would be good for Heather as she sort of looks like her but all in all I think Jackie will make an excellent Freddy..WOULD LOVE to see that!
I'm holding off all judgement until the movie comes out. I remember my trepidation when Ledger was cast as Joker in the Dark Knight and now, I can't imagine who will replace him in the sequel. But this about Nightmare. The only one that really raised my eyebrow was Drew as an alternate for Marge Thompson. Don't you think she's about twenty years too young? I like the idea of Marcia for Marge. Or hey, how about the mom from Almost Famous? I think she'd make a good Marge. Lindsey as Tina, eh. She'd spend three quarters of the movie in a bloody body bag. Whoop dee doo.
what is with you ppl and fucking Robert englund!!!!!!!!!?????!!!! you only say it cuz he's the only one whos played freddy!! if it were like jason voorhees and had 12 different ppl playing him, you'd all be arguing over "who the best freddy is" so scared of change! its a fucking movie, y compare it to the first one? robert was scary in the first 2, part 3 was good too, but well on its way to the campy elm street! robert got way to fucking cheesey! if the charactor would have stayed dark and scary threw the whole franchize then mabey i'd change my opinion on englund.. no offence to him, he killed it in the first 3 elm streets.. but purpose of a remake is to change shit up! for all you dumb fucks know somone else could step up and compleatly flip the script on the krueger character.. but so many of you are so fucking close minded and cant handle change! you just want to be difficult! and how many of you ppl bitch about these WB, or CW teenage gossip girl, 90210 actors, and yet more than fucking half of you ppl are listing these dip shit teeny boppers on your elm street casting wish list!! get a fucking clue, and cast robert knepper, billy bob, or some god damn person other than englund, and these OC 90210 kids!
Whomever suggested Virginia Madsen in the role of Marge Thompson had it right on! Great suggestion! I haven't been very open to anyone else playing Krueger, but I'm starting to think Jackie Earle Hayley as Freddy would fuckin' rock!
I LOVE all the hate this list is getting because now I don't have to phone in my three paragraph long bitching about it.
Perhaps it was written intentionally to cause drama and piss people off, that's the only reason I can see for names like Adrien Brodey and Lindsay Lohan. If either are in this movie I don't even think I'll sit through it downloaded and for free.
"Hayley is the perfect choice to create a darker, more maniacal, scarier Freddy like the character that was first envisioned by Craven in the early ‘80s. " Already starting with this kind of bullshit, are we? Yeah, there was something WRONG with the original, that this remake will fix. Yep. Sure. Die.
WOAH woAH woAH, people people people, hayley would b awexome if not perfect, i really liked little children, and josh brolin i am sure would do it... i mean come on people have u all for got about his badass role in ROBERT RODRIGUEZ's PLANET TERROR, the fact he was in a robert rodriguez movie should do it or a movie called planet terror
hmm not a bad possible replacemant for freddy but robert englund gets my vote all the time but if the main man wont return then yeah that dude will be ok
You all left SENSIBLY??????
CASTING is AWFUL!!!!
You HOW may
NAME MYSELF FANS, if UNIQUE WHO MAYBE PLAY Freddy (THIS Robert Englund) does not ACCEPT In FILM of PRACTICALLY ANY PARTICIPATION!!!!
ROBERT ENGLUND-FREDDY!!!!!
And YOU KNOW ALL about that!!!
THEY gather to SPOIL MASTERPIECE, and YOU to SPIT in this!!!!!
WHAT YOU To DEVIL FANS????????!!!!!!!!!
The thing that baffles me about people that support this list is that they are completely entranced by Hollywood-based horror post-Scream. That's quite unfortunate and pretty much goes to show that the current generation really doesn't know a good horror film from a bad one, good casting choices versus eye candy-oriented marketing, profit-oriented directors versus genre-oriented directors, and cash cow versus homage. Seriously, stop ruining the genre. You're the target audience, it's time to open your eyes and stop living on the CW.
Absolutely an odd list. Someone mentioned Zack Ward from Freddy Vs. Jason. That is absolutley a great Idea. I used to watch him on "Titus" and I don't know how many times i thought, while watching that show, that he'd be perfect for Freddy if Robert Englund ever died or retired. Seriously, If you look at his face close up, hes got this sharb nose and chin that could help make Freddy look Scary instead of the same old look hes had. Robert Englund will always be Freddy, but if you have to replace him, Zack Ward is absolutley the best choice. No Contest.
what is with you ppl and fucking Robert englund!!!!!!!!!?????!!!! you only say it cuz he's the only one whos played freddy!! if it were like jason voorhees and had 12 different ppl playing him, you'd all be arguing over "who the best freddy is" so scared of change! its a fucking movie, y compare it to the first one? robert was scary in the first 2, part 3 was good too, but well on its way to the campy elm street! robert got way to fucking cheesey! if the charactor would have stayed dark and scary threw the whole franchize then mabey i'd change my opinion on englund.. no offence to him, he killed it in the first 3 elm streets.. but purpose of a remake is to change shit up! for all you dumb fucks know somone else could step up and compleatly flip the script on the krueger character.. but so many of you are so fucking close minded and cant handle change! you just want to be difficult! and how many of you ppl bitch about these WB, or CW teenage gossip girl, 90210 actors, and yet more than fucking half of you ppl are listing these dip shit teeny boppers on your elm street casting wish list!! get a fucking clue, and cast robert knepper, billy bob, or some god damn person other than englund, and these OC 90210
i think that if they wanted to keep freddy witty and kinda funny like he was in most of the NOES movies that sid haig woud be kinda cool for that, BUT since they aparently and hopefully whant to make freddy more scary and evil, i think that JEH or crispen glover or even billy bob thorton would be cool. i know billy bob thorton sounds ridiculous at first but when you think about it it begins to make a little sense.
well if they are going to remake friday the thirteenth and then right after that remake A nightmare on elm street then well i dont think they are taking this very seriously...i mean so many good movies have already been remade by amatuers that think they can throw together a couple remakes of movies that were made by true artists and come out with millions in their pockets well thats just rediculous......
Jackie Earle Hayley would be good when it comes to looks. Very similar body to that of Robert Englund, so he gets my vote for the look. Acting quality, I am not so sure because i have never seen anything he has acted in. As for Marcia Cross as Marge Thompson, I think with her acting quality she could pull it off very nicely. The woman can be snobbish housewife on tv, but I have no doubt she can pull off this role. As for the rest of the "casting" I think it could be better. Drake Bell would make a better Glen in full honesty.
How in the blue hell can someone other than Robert Englund portray Freddy?It just wont be right without him.Hopefully there is a chance he retains his role as the crispy gloved one!
i still hold on to the dream that eliza dushku will play nancy ... that would be perfect casting
freddy has to be played by robert englund ... he IS freddy
SCREW Y'ALL!! That would be the best casting ever. Brolin for saxons part would be amazing..though i don't agree with bill moseley as Lt Thompson.
Seriously...It's time for a remake or an actual scary Freddy film. Be happy!!
Pray for THE BIRDS
Ben Foster for Freddy, the guy has charisma, he can play psychotic roles. If the producers are that blind to not cast Ben as Freddy, then this film will fail although Jackie Earle Hayley is still a good choice than Billy Bob Thorton who I keep seeing his name being thrown around in forums. Michael Beihn from Terminator 1 would be my choice for the sheriff.
I think that Freedy should be an unknown. Somebody that we've never seen before. The element of not knowing the actor makes Freddy seem more real than some regular face portraying him. Robert was an unknown and look what it did for the character, but then again this is Freddy, Robert will always be Freddy and going to be hard to fill those shoes. Oh God, why the hell would they do this? Jasons one thing because he has a hockey mask.
Hell, I want to play Freddy if that's the case. If anyone knows the time and place for auditions send me an e mail at ressemknife0304@hotmail.com. I can portray the icon just as well or better than most. Who'd be better to play him than one of the movies biggest die hard fans?
well the only remakes i liked was halloween,dawn of the dead and texas chainsaw massacre.
and nightmare on elmstreet is my fav slasher movie of all time, and i dont want it to get remade, but i will watch the remake and give it a chance
If you ask me, alot of you folks need to lay off the crack.
If you're going to do it, cast unknowns!! The slasher was famed for casting unknown rising stars....not bringing in an A-List cast of Hollywood whores...i.e the likes of Lindsay Lohan!
Jesus christ, get your fucking heads on straight!
T_T why can't they just leave the original classic movie i know, love, adore, respect, and watch over and over again alone!? whhhhhhhhhhhhyyy T_T. i mean, really! Robert Englund forever!!!
NO ONE SHOULD PLAY FREDDY BUT ROBERT ENGLUND... My GOD!!! what is with these remakes....?? the series on both friday and nightmare doesnt need to be remade... just give us new ones... does anyone else agree with me.... ?????
ROBERT ENGLUND FOR FREDDY!!! the rest of the cast doesnt matter as long as Robert Plays freddy... he is still able to do it... he has at least three more films in him.... a really big mistake to replace a character actor like Englund.... still i ask...WHY another f***in remake?
If their is a petition out there please someone let me know so i can sign it.... i will not see this flick with robert Englund...
I love the Nightmare on Elm street films and there is no way any1 can play Freddy like Robert Englund. He is only in his sixties and he stars in other horror movies so why shouldn't he play Freddy again.
I read somewhere that Tracy Morgan was going to be playing all the characters in the movie, and that at some point there would be a dream sequence in which the un-cut full music video of Werewolf Bar Mitz Vah is shown. I'm super pumped.
NO NO NO NO NO NO
ENOUGH ALREADY
THESE PITIFUL FN REMAKES ARE MAKING ME WANT TO STOP WATCHING MOVIES ALL TOGETHER
NOOOOOOOOOOO CREATIVITY LEFT IN HOLLYWOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE STOP
PLEASE.................
GOT A GREAT IDEA.MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT A BUNCH OF NO TALENT MOVIE SLACKERS WHO MAKE A LIVING REMAKING CLASSIC HORROR FILMS.
YOU COULD CAST SLOB ZOMBIE AND ALL THESE NO TALENT HACKS TO ACT{LOL} INTHE FILM
THE PURPOSE OF THE FILM IS TO SEE THE LACK OF EFFORT THAT THESE IDIOTS ACTUALLY PUT INTO THE PROJECTS.
MAYBE ZOMBIES SKANK WIFE COULD BE DONE BY COURTNEY LOVE {MAYBE NOT ENOUGH OF SKANK BUT CLOSE}
INTHE FILM CLASSIC HORROR FANS COULD BE THE HERO ,PUTTING AN END TO THE DESTRUCTION IMPOSED BY ZOMBIE AND OTHERS LIKE HIM.
DIE ZOMBIE DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We cant seem to stop the remake machine! I dont want this classic remade...but who the fuck cares what WE really want. If they are going to do it...Jackie Earle Haley would be freaky enough to play Freddie...but in my heart...Robert Englund will always be the man of MY nightmares!
ROBERT ENGLUND AS FREDDY !!!!!!! THERE IS NO OTHER... MY GOD THE LAST FREDDY MOVIE WAS MADE ONLY 4 YEARS AGO...WHY IS THE F**CKIN HELL IS THIS BEING A REMAKE INSTEAD OF A NEW ONE??? WHY GOD WHY?????
no TV actors at all. no lil c--t from gossip girl or The OC.. they are teeny boppers and can't act. if they put in the usual hot one of the moment in this film i wont f--king see it..
Rusted31, these people are not unknown celebrities, except for the guy who'll play Glen. That Amanda girl was in Mean Girls and she was on Law And Order one time, with a few side movies. She's a young hot starlet.PLUS she is HOT! Lindsay? Really? That's kinda out-of-the-left field. for me. I still like her but still...
man, why should they even stick to the original story? do they need to cast a nancy and etc. they can switch it all up and give us a totally fresh remake.
I really hope they just do a new fresh Nightmare and not remake the dumb original just like Friday the 13th and Texas Chainsaw Massacre did. As for the actress who should play Tina Grey, it should be Greta Gerwig from the lousy film Baghead and Amber Heard should be the new Nancy.
Is this a cast list for Elm Street or Gilmore Girls? Get the fuck out of here! You can't use these fucks to remake NOES. The guy you picked for freddy does look creepy though. That would be the only good choice. This movie needs a Heath Ledgeresque performace in the Freddy role to be good. Better hope Elm Street can catch lightning in a bottle like Gotham did.
I'm dissapointed to see that Freddy wont be played by robert, even if he just can't do it anymore. It kind of changes the character for me.
And I gotta say, if they put Lindsay Lohan in this movie, we can kiss any chance it ever has good-bye before it even starts filming. Big budget actors are the WRONG way to go with a movie like this.
I like the whole cast except freddy, please Robert, come back dude. stop playing around. i think this movie might be good either way. as for the comment above, i think Halloween was ok, thats just me though.
to anyone that has seen robert englands performance as fred kruger nows it cant be matched easly also unlike jason freds faces is clearly visable at all times england should play kruger this one last time
Englund can easily do a few more movies.... lets make some new ones before remaking this..... can you fxxking believe this???? why remake something that the latest movie in the series happened 4 years ago?? fxxkin a
obviously, your all just retarted like your going to judge a movie based on remake that hasn't even happended yet. its pretty pathetic and i do think they rounded up a good cast just if they make Dakota be Nancy than they are on crack. & Robert Englund?? hmm give the man a break let someone else take the roll of putting on the famous glove it be nice to see a movie different and im all for classic remakes, its something new to watch. Halloween was crazy and Halloween 2 is going to be a kill[Awesome] Friday the 13th! its going to be top notch legit!! My Bloody Valentine! it was insane and I saw it three times. Remakes are good too go & I'll be waiting for this & I predict it to be a good watch.
I was listening to a morning radio show that was interviewing Robert Englund. Englund said that Billy Bob Thorton has been offered the role of freddy and he has yet to accept or reject the offer but Billy Bob seemed to like the idea. This was a couple of months ago that I heard this so I dont know if there is any update to this. I really like BD's Ideas for the cast especially for Freddy and Nancy.
Amanda Seyfried cant even act... they gotta find someone to replace her... shes not the quite right one..
the rest of the cast makes sense...
i hope they can make the cast work well!
as much as i love the orginals, i hope the creators and directors keep it classical and true.
Define "remake". Some of your picks assume it will be character-for-character, line-for-line, and even shot-for-shot, but that assumes Hollywood will leave well enough alone, and I think we all know how likely that is.
No, imagine it getting run through the "creative" process. Let's see, Freddy was... abused as a child! Brilliant!! By the parents of the kids he is now targeting!! Genius!!! And at the end, there's a tearful apology by one of the parents, and Freddy's tormented soul goes to Heaven at last!!!!
First off we all know ROBERT ENGLUND IS GOD!! but seriously when was the last time he played freddy and it wasent just campy fun. I am for one looking forward to a darker scarier movie one without jokes and still featuring the horror icon freddy kreuger. Remaking movies like Friday the 13th didnt make since all were scary.... Nightmares were more fun, humorful movies, take out the humor add some horror and this might be a powerfully good horror movie. Everyone said nobody could be better at playing the Joker than Jack Nicholson and then Heath comes along and knocks him dead..... so wait to see the finished product before knocking on an idea..... this all coming from a freddy fan from the 80's.
people come on..any true horror fan have to see this as a true slap in the face horror.Rob Zombie turned Halloween into a SNUFF film and how Friday the 13th will turn out is yet to be seen.there is only ONE Freddy.Robert is GOD.someone put a stop to this.all these remakes to our classic horror films.they are destroying the movies that made horror what it is.i for one will never watch a nightmare on elm st without robert.
Brolin would never fucking do a film like this. Someone might counter that with 'Grindhouse', but that was an interesting project w/ tons of cameos and it was also pre-NO COUNTRY fame. I guarantee we'll get a bunch of no-name risers for this one. Haley as Freddy seems like a cool fit though.
Originally Wes envisioned Freddy as being an old man. Finally Robert England is old enough to act the way Freddy was originally was envisioned, an old dirty child murdered. I will watch the movie weather he is Freddy or not but I just don’t know if it will be the same. Robert has been in 8 nightmares it wont be the same without him.
IMO I think Mitch Pileggi would make a good Freddy Krueger. I loved the way he played Horace Pinker in Shocker, almost Freddy like. Even though her movie just came out, I think Emma Browning would make a good Nancy.
I will check it out just because, but I agree, wouldnt mind seeing some unknown's cast for this...and I wouldnt mind being one of the unknown...why the hell not?
So, are we just ASSUMING that this is going to be a straight remake, rather than a re-imagining (like Halloween or TCM)? I was horribly disappointed with Friday the 13th because it was just another F13 sequel (a good one, but still just an F13 movie) rather than a re-invention of the franchise. If they're just going to re-shoot old movies, I'd honestly prefer that they not even bother.
As a hardcore, I feel deep down that anyone else in Freddy's glove would be a sacrilage.
But let's keep an open mind.
I think Jackie would be absolutely killer in this role. His role as Rorshach looks fucking hardcore...
i was the first one that didnt wanna c this movie come out, but now i think about it, it could be goood, HALLOWEEEN remake was fuckin AWESOME and whoever says it wasnt is a moron, and the sequal looks just as goood..friday the 13th remake was a typical jason movie but the first 20 minutes were unreal... lets face it they aint gonna stop remaking movies just enjoy its not like the OG nightmare on elm st is gonna disapear after
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