And let the Fanboy whining begin! Great choice if this is it!

generalizing people as fanboys because they find a remake of the greatist slasher series ever is a bit over the top.

He kinda has the look. He's got the bald head and they can add the hooked down kinda witch nose to him. I hope the new Freddy is scary and not a comedian like later films, maybe some humor but very dark humor. To me Freddy is the boogeyman not Michael Myers. Freddy is a child killer who haunts teens in their sleep and murders them, that's scary as hell if it were true. I hope they don't mess with the look a whole lot but one thing I was thinking about was if they could make him look really badly burned. After watching Two-Face in the Dark Knight I was like "whoa that would be interesting as Freddy. Not a lot of CGI because that would be awful but if you could see his teeth through his cheek and stuff that'd be kinda cool just don't over do it with computer effects. Make Freddy scary so he can give us nightmares again.

You know what, though? Nobody's gonna think it'll work out, no matter who they choose as the new Freddy. To replace Englund is pretty much blasphemy, but I think most folks will have to see this guy or any other one in action before they'll accept it. Personally, I don't think there can be a substitute for Englund as Freddy, but I'm open to change if the actor can pull it off. I was skeptical about Andrew B. as the Leatherface, too, but he turned out to be AWESOME!!!

lol, this is going to be another longggggg year.

MrD. I still think Robert Knepper is the perfect new Freddy Krueger. Richard Brake comes a close second

I really think Jackie Earle Hayley would be a good choice. Him or Gary Oldman (a highly unlikely choice). Haha, I read a post made by someone a while back who said they would like Crispin Glover in the role. Interesting. Never would of thought that.

This guy actually looks good if you have to recast Freddy, but I trust PD with this like I trust PD with a classic horror movie. Oh wait, that's the same thing.

OK WE ALL KNEW THERE WAS GOING TO BE A REMAKE OF THIS FILM!! I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO WILL BE PLAYING FREDDY??? H518

If Robert Englunds not Freddy, then the movie will suck. NOBODY ELSE CAN PLAY HIM!!!! He's played him the entire franchise. They can't go changing Freddy now.

I would love this! He is the only person that I can see doing justice to Robert Englund's role. Maybe they are reading this....

Hes got the look thats for sure, stop whining about englund not playing freddy, have you seen his recent movies? zombie strippers?? come on...

Who cares , this is going to suck . Reading all the negative reviews for F13 they couldn't even get that one right and now they've employed a guy with no major film experience to direct this. Not looking good.

I don't know. I mean yes he has the look of a good villian, especially a good horror villian, but as far a playing a good Freddy....that I don't know. We'll just have to see how this all goes. Like I have stated earlier, I am staying neutral as off right now.

I thought Billy Bob Thornton was going to play Freddy?

I'm not familiar with his work, but he seems to have the right look. I still say Bill Mosley would be good if Freddy has to talk. A non-speaking Freddy is another option.

Love his look! I will miss Robert but I'm sure they will get someone good for the part.

I hope they stay true to the original idea and I hope they keep Tina's death scene! PLEASE!!!

Let's star a rumor that "Samuel L. Jackson" is being considered..... YES THEY DESERVE TO DIE IN THEIR SLEEP & I HOPE THEY BURN IN HELL! lol

Just got back from a screening of F13 in Austin and the producers confirmed the director and stated that Robert Englund declined to return, for whatever reason.

Good choice but I do like Knepper just a tad more.

If a new Freddy has to grace our screens and Robert Englund is FOOLISHLY over looked, I sincerely hope they find a GREAT character actor. Because that is what the role needs. No name actors. No flash in the pan, manbot from the WB. A real, honest to goodness ACTOR who can pull it off. Freddy's make up is great, sure, but the personality and the creepiness of the guy needs to be of utmost importance. He's no random slasher. It's Fucking Freddy Kruger for god sake. Fuck up the casting of this pivitol role and the whole movie wull tank. Fast. It's barely going to scrape past the fanboys (us) unscathed as it is.

vern troyer is hella scary. -especially when hes drunk. im just sayin.

Jackie Earle Haley would be great. And please people, Robert Englund WILL NOT BE FREDDY. Get over it. We knew this from the get go, so why are people still bitchin? Come up with an interesting choice to debate? But RE was great in his time, but that is over. He will NEVER be Freddy again, so save the space if that's all you want to call for.

the producers are very aware how important getting the right Freddy is. RE was NOT overlooked. I only hope he didn't pass because the script was poor, coming from the guy who took on zombie strippers. I'm hoping for a disturbing, psychologically nightmarish movie with a more sadistic Freddy, not a campy one.