Jackie Earle Haley is Freddy Kreuger!

[Neverending]

Jackie Earle Haley is going to Elm Street, signing to star as iconic killer Freddy Krueger in New Line and Platinum Dunes' relaunch of "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

Platinum Dunes partners Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form are producing with John Rickard co-producing. Samuel Bayer will direct from Wesley Strick's script, with lensing set to begin next month in Chicago.

New Line decided last year to relaunch the movie series centered on the iconic killer, who haunts the dreams of teenagers and kills them in their sleep. Krueger was originally played by Robert Englund in the 1984 original, spawing nine films and two TV series in what was New Line's most lucrative franchise until "The Lord of the Rings."

The relaunch comes on the heels of New Line and Platinum Dunes' rebirth of another horror franchise, "Friday the 13th," which has grossed $65 million domestically since its launch on Friday, Feb. 13.

Haley starred in "Watchmen" as Rorschach and will next be seen opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Phoenix Pictures' "Shutter Island," directed by Martin Scorsese.

[halo7]

Damn it. It wont be the same without Englund. It won't feel completely like Freddy. But damn if I am not curious now.

[Ramplate]

wow given his performance in Watchmen - that could be pretty scary

[Steve from Indy]

Is this a joke? Why the **** would he want to do that? Was he not able to get the lead role in the next Uwe Boll movie or something?

[unity768]

People should look at his performance in Little Children. He played a sick, disgusting, disturbing child molester, and earned an Oscar nomination.

[SnoBorderZero]

Well, I like it better than Billy Bob.

[DVDAVE]

Well, I like it better than Billy Bob.

Agreed

[Word Smith]

Personally, I think this is awesome news and I think he will do a great job.
However, I am worried about the director though. He hasn't really done anything besides music videos and commercials.

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[Silent Yoda]

Personally, I think this is awesome news and I think he will do a great job.
However, I am worried about the director though. He hasn't really done anything besides music videos and commercials.I'm also really psyched about this bit of casting news. If anyone questions Haley's ability to take on this role, they haven't seen Watchmen or Little Children. He's the perfect actor for the job. It's really a no brainer.

As far as the director goes, that's up in the air. But we've seen plenty of unknown directors come out and surprise us with their debuts (Zack Snyder with Dawn of the Dead, for instance), so who knows...

[Ramplate]

Yeah listen to how he delivers the Watchmen line:

"None of you understand. I'm not locked up in here with you. You're locked up in here with me."

and that just tells me how creepy he can be.

[Alien]

Well if it's a reboot then Englund can't be Freddy so that's okay with me.

[Panther2000]

Yeah listen to how he delivers the Watchmen line:

"None of you understand. I'm not locked up in here with you. You're locked up in here with me."

and that just tells me how creepy he can be.

I thought that was a great line.

[SouthsideX300]

Cant wait for this. Jackie should do a damn good job with Freddy.

[Art_of_crime]

Thats a shame. Englund was Freddy. He owned that role. He made it. I'm going to have a really hard time seeing anyone else as Freddy.
With Jason and Michael Myers it didn't matter. Aside from the crappy continuity in most of those movies that made it easy to dismiss things that didn't fit, they wore masks, so who cares who was under there.

[Justin]

And Haley is actually a better actor altogether. Don't sell him short.

[the elmo zombie]

Thats a shame. Englund was Freddy. He owned that role. He made it. I'm going to have a really hard time seeing anyone else as Freddy.

Nicholson was the joker...anything can happen and anyone can surprise us. don't give up on this just yet

[Art_of_crime]

Nicholson was the joker...anything can happen and anyone can surprise us. don't give up on this just yet

I'm not giving up, I'm just going to have a hard time seeing someone else as Freddy.
Nothing against Jackie. He is one hell of an actor.
I would have the same problem if they wanted to recast Harry Potter, Jigsaw, Hellboy, or Rambo

[the elmo zombie]

i think they need to stop casting jigsaw...that ****ers been dead half a franchise

[Stay Puft]

Cant wait for this. Jackie should do a damn good job with Freddy.

don't think there's a more fitting replacement

[Art_of_crime]

i think they need to stop casting jigsaw...that ****ers been dead half a franchise

okay bad example, but you know what I meant.

[Drizzt240]

England's Freddy is trite.

The new actor and facelift will make him scarier.

[Art_of_crime]

we'll see. we'll see

actors always changed in the classic horror movies. Each one bringing a new spin to the characters. Many of them ending up quite memorable. JEH might do a great job, and make the character new and exciting again. However like Bela Lugosi and Dracula, Englund will always be the first name that people think of when mentioning that character.

[Naite22]

I loved Englund, but for all we know Jackie might do a better job than Englund!... I also believe that this Freddy movie will be a somewhat different picture. It'll no doubt be darker, and I also hope they make it more "clever". Not asking for that much, really.

Anyways, look at what Ledger did with the Joker! No one thought this would be possible, but he outshined Nicholson by far! But then again, it was two totally different batman movies, as this will more than likely be a completely different Freddy film... Or rather, I hope so, otherwice, what's the ****ing point!

[bigpipe]

Im in 100 agreement All of the Nightmare sequels except the third film are on the top of my list for Crappy Sequel reviews. Freddy was so much cooler before he ever cracked a joke.

[Art_of_crime]

I hope they don't **** up the make up and the costume.

[G-Matrix]

My guess is that they'll make it more real, with serious subjects o child abuse...it could be really interesting but....will have to wait. About Jackie well all I've seen of him was Watchmen...so that tells me nothing....

[jbailey84]

well here's a picture from myspace

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/98/l_15f40dbd42f242c39b7b15939582de3e.jpg

can't really see much or make any judgement

[Diablo]

I saw this on the main page, and the caption "your first look" First look my ass.

What if the whole movie was like that and you never saw his face. ;)

Edit: Poster is up.

http://shocktillyoudrop.com/nextraimages/nightmare-clear.jpg

[Jordan KO]

Johnny Depp should cameo

[Tolkien]

There's no doubt that Jackie Earle Haley is one hell of an actor, no doubt.

But that doesn't change the fact that I'm 110% against this series' reboot.

[Naite22]

well here's a picture from myspace

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/98/l_15f40dbd42f242c39b7b15939582de3e.jpg

can't really see much or make any judgement

^ This is still enough to judge that they've kept the exact same clothing as in the previous installments. The glove is pretty much identical as well (when looking at the poster), as it should be.... He'll look like a burned pancake in the face! I think he'll be gross enough, dont worry.

[RedSmile]

Cant ****in Wait to seee that teaser trailer! If not Jackie, then who?
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[Drizzt240]

I'd imagine the biggest difference would be an upgrade in the make-up.

What I do not want to see is them making Freddy some kind of sympathetic character like the new Halloween. This is an evil mother****er. Lets leave it at that.

[Alien]

What I really don't ever wanna see beyond Celebrity Deathmatch claymation, old Freddy Vs. new Feddy.

Why did they ever stop Celebrity Deathmatch, it rocked!

[EnderDeschain]

The attempted comparisons between this and the Ledger / Nicholson Joker thing do not fit at all. There are two reasons: 1) Robert Englund built Freddy out of scratch (I know he didn't write it, but you know what I mean). 2) There is much more room for interpretation of character in the Joker than with Freddy. 3) Nicholson's Joker sucked. I think a better comparison would be Sean Connery's Bond. Bond was a book character first but Connery is what really put him in people's minds and how everyone thought of him then, and lots still do today. The actor and the role go hand in hand, and that was never the case with Nicholson and the Joker. It is, however, the case with Freddy and Robert Englund. Hell, Englund's played Freddy more times than Connery ever played Bond. With a different actor, that character would have seen a completely different evolution and the series might have gone in a radically different direction. It can be argued that the direction Englund's Freddy took it in wasn't exactly great or anything, considering the weakness of most of the sequels, but I think you can more blame the studio for that than him. All you gotta do is look at New Nightmare to see that, even seven films in, Englund could still make Freddy scary and intimidating. The beautiful thing was that he could also do campy, one-liner Freddy like he went back to in FVJ. Anyone playing Freddy is interpreting a character that owes a lot to the actor that first played him, an actor who was just as much a part of shaping the character as the writers. The Joker and Nicholson never had that kind of synonymous relationship.

Anyway, I didn't even know who this Haley guy was so I google'd him, and I gotta say he at least has a look that seems like it will work. Obviously the make-up is gonna play a huge part in that, but his facial structure and just his eyes seem to fit. At least in the pictures I looked at. I haven't seen Watchmen still so I don't know what he sounds like, and Freddy as a character depends a lot on vocal ****. That's one of the things Englund did so well. I'm not entirely averse to this idea but I wish they would just do a ****ing sequel instead of a reboot. Everybody already knows who the guy is, what he does, his origin, all that. Why even retell it all? If they tell it the exact same it's just an unnecessary rehashing. If they switch it up some it's just unnecessary reworking for the sake of being different. Why not just go into the movie with what we know? There ain't no "informing new audiences" argument either because every single person over the age of 18 knows who Freddy Krueger is, at the very least, and most have probably seen one or more of his movies. This is a case where it seems like they're rebooting just for the sake of it, just 'cuz it's the thing to do now, and that's the part of this that irks me.

[Naite22]

When is the teaser released!??? I think it's totally DUMB, with a capital "D" not to release the sucker NOW, rather than later! It's already been shown at comic-con, so what the **** are they waiting for!?

[jbailey84]

Anyway, I didn't even know who this Haley guy was so I google'd him, and I gotta say he at least has a look that seems like it will work.

you have to see his performance in Watchmen as Rorschach

[Naite22]

Johnny Depp should cameo

He should, but he wont.

[EnderDeschain]

you have to see his performance in Watchmen as Rorschach

I watched Fragments last week (formerly Winged Creatures, which I thought woulda been a much better title), and he was in it. You couldn't really get much of an impression 'cuz his part was so small, but what I did see looked promising. However, I just got done watching Watchmen and holy ****. I was very impressed. I gotta say that now, having seen that, I'm actually looking forward to this, to seeing what he does with Freddy. He seemed really short in both Watchmen and Fragments, but if I recall correctly Englund's not very tall. He's just not exceptionally short, either. But that's minor, and probably won't make a difference at all. Freddy's effectiveness never came from physical stature anyway, it comes from his intelligence and downright meanness, and this Haley dude had that in spades as Rorschach.

[Myerszilla]

I'm really glad about this casting choice, I've been backing it since day one. If anyone can take up the mantle as the new Kreuger and deliver a hell of a performance, it's Mr. Haley.

[Daniel]

haley's best performance thusfar, for me, was in Little Children.

[Myerszilla]

I guarantee he'll do something great in ANOES.

[Myerszilla]

I'm also glad to see Kyle Gallner in the movie. Apparently Gallner's audition was so good he was hired the day he had his audition.

[irishjosh]

I can't wait for this:twisted:

[Loki216]

And like Daniel mentioned above, as far as Little Children goes, Haley already has experience at playing a pedophile.

He played it oh-so-convincingly, too. Yikes. That was a great movie.

I hope this Freddy movie is good--I grew up loving those movies (and how they scared the bejeezus outta me). I have faith in Haley, but we all know one good actor can't make the movie. *fingers crossed*

[Naite22]

This is one flick that seriously has potential of becoming one of the greater horror-remakes! The Freddy character is both mystical & ****ing scary! There's a very good story there to make it a very good horror flick. I only hope they go heavy on the story and the psykological horror of if all, and not just with the visuals (which we know will be gory!). They need to be there, but visuals of Freddy sticking his knifes into ones stomach tearing it up isn't what makes a movie scary (otherwice the Saw flicks would take 1'st prize. But they suck big time!). The story and the creepyness better be there, or else it'll fail.

[Wolverine]

Teaser Trailer http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=63620829

[jbailey84]

i like how they gave him a "real" burnt look. should be interesting

[Matrix_Fan]

Heard they're going for a more mystery aspect on whether he did or didn't to the things he was killed for, should be an interesting take.

As for the trailer, doesn't look too bad, I look forward to it.

[krushgroove19]

that trailer was awesome.

[Naite22]

If there's one horror-remake of today that has good potential of becoming great, compared to all those other horror remakes out there, than it's freddy's return! Great great horror plot and story right there! JUST DONT **** IT UP!

[Boiiinng]

I'm surprised they copied some of the most memorable scenes, like the bathtub one.

But I hate Haley's voice for Freddy. That doesn't sound right. Looks good, though. Unfortunately I will be thinking John Connor the whole time Dekker's character is on screen.

[halo7]

Seems like they are doing more scene for scene copies than I expected. Not sure if that is good or bad. I agree though, Haley's voice sounds stupid at the end.

[Naite22]

I hope they don't **** up the make up and the costume.

What's their to **** up??? He's a burned pancake in a dirty red and green sweater, with knifes for fingers... Judging from the teaser they got that down!

I think it looks awesome! The only horror remake of recent time I'm actually looking forwards too!!! Even the voice which some of you are *****ing about. I think he sounds A LOT more creepy, nasty & disgusting than Robert Englunds Freddy voice (and I mean that with the highest respect). You guys need to understand this is new times my friends, and this Freddy is something else, something different - no need to do exactly what Englund has already done; it's a recipe for failure! He seems way more dark in this re-emagining, way more menacing! The movie all together looks dark and scary... this might be very good!

[jbailey84]

i like how his face actually looks melted and burnt.

[Naite22]

I'm surprised they copied some of the most memorable scenes, like the bathtub one.

But I hate Haley's voice for Freddy. That doesn't sound right. Looks good, though. Unfortunately I will be thinking John Connor the whole time Dekker's character is on screen.

And your opinion, just like every one elses (as usual, no offence) will get to like his voice more and more as we will hear more from him in later trailers and tv-spots... You'll get more and more use to Haley's Freddy voice as time goes by. And by the end you'll more than likely be saying "his voice is really starting to grow on me!"... It's so standard and typical. It's the same almost every time.

[Deexan]

Voice sounded...odd. I have faith in Haley though. Trailer was good but I think I was about 9 when I first saw A Nightmare on Elm Street and I got de-sensitized to it so early that I'm not sure that the character will ever be able to scare me again, regardless of who is playing him/directing.

[Naite22]

He's not trying to mimic Englunds Freddy voice, he's totally his own, as it should be. Are you guys really that much afraid of "the unknown"... He's creepy as hell. You got 7 freddy movies with englunds same old freddy voice, so dont cry about it!! What Haley's doing is clearly something else; and I like it. Get use to it.

[Jason Krueger]

The only real reason I'm interested in this is just to see someone else play Freddy, we've seen Englund play the role a dozen of times. The teaser looks pretty cool, as for the comments on the voice. I admit when first heard it's strange, but over time like Naite said I'll come used to it and may even like it.

[FranklinTard]

i don't like freddy being 5 foot nothing.

[halo7]

He's not trying to mimic Englunds Freddy voice, he's totally his own, as it should be. Are you guys really that much afraid of "the unknown"... He's creepy as hell. You got 7 freddy movies with englunds same old freddy voice, so dont cry about it!! What Haley's doing is clearly something else; and I like it. Get use to it.

You are already overdoing it. His voice sounds weird. Get use to people talking about it.

[jbailey84]

im not a freddy fan, jason/f13 all the way, but i do like what im seeing from the remake. hopefully this will be better than the f13 remake.

[Art_of_crime]

here is a side by side of the two Freddys
http://www.dreadcentral.com/img/news/sep09/elmst2.jpg
http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200801/r220223_865028.jpg
who's burns do you dig more?

[Naite22]

You are already overdoing it. His voice sounds weird. Get use to people talking about it.

Oh, I'm already use to it... People always find something to ***** about. Had Freddy been an unknown character, new off the charts, than you wouldn't have anything to say about the voice (and you ****ing know it). It's because you're instantly comparing Haley's voice to Englunds... Big no-no. Like I said, Haley's creating a new Freddy, as it should be. There's definitely something new an interesting about the character this time around.

[FranklinTard]

how can you create someone new based off an existing character?

take off the blinders man, your unquestioned optimism is nauseating.

[Naite22]

here is a side by side of the two Freddys
http://www.dreadcentral.com/img/news/sep09/elmst2.jpg
http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200801/r220223_865028.jpg
who's burns do you dig more?

It's all ****ed up. There's really not that much of a differents. I think the main differents will be in the eyes, ones we finally see them.

[Naite22]

how can you create someone new based off an existing character?
take off the blinders man, your unquestioned optimism is nauseating.

Did you happen to catch a little movie called "The Dark Knight"??? Than you oughta rethink what you wrote above, pal. Blinders is what people like YOU wear; people who insists on only seeing things one way! My optimism is way better than your negativity.

[FranklinTard]

i think its safe though, i mean bay produced the texas chainsaw remake (and no matter what review you find, the movie was poop) hes back for this one, other than haley there are no actors in this film, and as others have said it looks almost like a shot for shot remake.

and how is he making himself a different freddie? looks like hes the exact same. granted, A DIFFERENT VOICE.

[Boiiinng]

And your opinion, just like every one elses (as usual, no offence) will get to like his voice more and more as we will hear more from him in later trailers and tv-spots... You'll get more and more use to Haley's Freddy voice as time goes by. And by the end you'll more than likely be saying "his voice is really starting to grow on me!"... It's so standard and typical. It's the same almost every time.

Don't tell me what I will or will not think. You're getting close to being everyone's enemy on here pretty quick. We're not complaining, we're critiquing. And don't tell us that it's going to be different and not to object when we see copied scenes from the original film. If it's going to be different, it should be completely different, not just here and there.

[Art_of_crime]

it was kind of strange to see some of the famous scenes recreated. I know they are paying an homage to the original film, but I'm left thinking that if you don't make this film different, then whats the point of watching it? I think the original was great, I don't need updated visuals to make it better. If that is all the new one is going to be then I might skip it. If in the future trailers they show me something I have not seen before, something that looks good I'll change my stance. For now though I'm in the "another pointless remake" camp.

[Naite22]

Don't tell me what I will or will not think. You're getting close to being everyone's enemy on here pretty quick. We're not complaining, we're critiquing. And don't tell us that it's going to be different and not to object when we see copied scenes from the original film. If it's going to be different, it should be completely different, not just here and there.

Maybe that did sound like it was only pin-pointed on you. What I mean is that people always say they dont like something when it's somewhat different then what they're use too... and they almost every_time later on say that they're getting use to it, and it's starting to grow on them, whatever it might be... And THAT is typical.

Because they're paying homages to some key-scenes from the original, it doesn't mean that they can't do something different with this one.

[closerframe]

I love when people complain about someone else playing their most beloved character. First, lets gets somethings straight, Robert England isn't the only man who can play Freddy Krueger, I feel like we've been down this same road before when it came to Heath Ledger playing the Joker a year ago when everyone was laughing at how an actor that played a gay cowboy can match up to the performance Jack Nicholson gave. I think we all know what happened there.

Second, the look of Freddy can't be judged fully, because at this point the teaser trailer kept Freddy in the shadows for a majority of the time. If you go back and look at the original A Nightmare on Elm Street than you'd notice that it was England's voice, it wasn't until the sequel that Freddy's voice all of the sudden became deeper and more satanic.

Finally people complaining about them redoing scenes from the original, what's the problem with this? Of course this is a remake, but that's just like saying why did Jason have to be pushed into the lake again like he was in almost every single one of the other Friday the 13th sequels. Its a repeated effect that I don't mind because it will bring back memories to people that have seen the original.

And on a side-note people need to stop crying over the fact that Michael Bay only makes and produces crappy films.

[Art_of_crime]

I love when people complain about someone else playing their most beloved character. First, lets gets somethings straight, Robert England isn't the only man who can play Freddy Krueger, I feel like we've been down this same road before when it came to Heath Ledger playing the Joker a year ago when everyone was laughing at how an actor that played a gay cowboy can match up to the performance Jack Nicholson gave. I think we all know what happened there.

Second, the look of Freddy can't be judged fully, because at this point the teaser trailer kept Freddy in the shadows for a majority of the time. If you go back and look at the original A Nightmare on Elm Street than you'd notice that it was England's voice, it wasn't until the sequel that Freddy's voice all of the sudden became deeper and more satanic.

Finally people complaining about them redoing scenes from the original, what's the problem with this? Of course this is a remake, but that's just like saying why did Jason have to be pushed into the lake again like he was in almost every single one of the other Friday the 13th sequels. Its a repeated effect that I don't mind because it will bring back memories to people that have seen the original.

And on a side-note people need to stop crying over the fact that Michael Bay only makes and produces crappy films.


I hate to break it to you, but this is the internet.
this kind of stuff is just going to keep happening.

[closerframe]

I hate to break it to you, but this is the internet.
this kind of stuff is just going to keep happening.

I am aware of this, but if you're dumb enough to get mad at a new direction than stay in your basement and keep watching the old ones over and over again, instead of bashing people who actually like the direction they've taking Freddy.

[krushgroove19]

ok, so someone has a different opinion than you, they are dumb and should be confined to a basement?

not sure if that's any less annoying than people not being excited about a direction a movie is taking.

[Darth Maul]

wow neat trailer, that beginning really stuck out for me.

[Justin]

Decent trailer -- ditto about the beginning...

[Art_of_crime]

I love how the internet is the one of the only places where you can be wrong and stupid for having an opinion.

[Alien]

I love how the internet is the one of the only places where you can be wrong and stupid for having an opinion.
And the other place being in real life when your friends disagree with you...

[Art_of_crime]

And the other place being in real life when your friends disagree with you...
your friends disagree with you by suggesting that you are stupid?

[Alien]

your friends disagree with you by suggesting that you are stupid?
Depends on the subject matter. If we're talking politics then yeah coz I don't know anything.

[closerframe]

ok, so someone has a different opinion than you, they are dumb and should be confined to a basement?

not sure if that's any less annoying than people not being excited about a direction a movie is taking.

No, because I seem to be one of the few who actually welcomes a remake to the film and if I'm not bashing the voice or the look of the film I'm automatically getting judged for liking a remake to a supposed 'horror classic'.

I have the entire horror box set of the Freddy collection, including Freddy vs. Jason, and I'm glad a new direction is being taken with the character. If they had England reprise his role with the same voice and look it would cease to be a remake and just be a sequel. After watching the original Nightmare on Elm Street you start to see that it really hasn't aged well, mostly due to the fact that Freddy doesn't look scary and more laughable, and with the inclusion of the corny acting by Nancy. A remake can set some new ground.

[Movie mogul]

I'm thinking the makeup is alright, from what i can tell. A real burn victim with serious damage is, sorry to say, a little creepy in real life. Englund's pizza face was great but you just get use to it too easily.

The voice imo is perfect. Looking forward to it.

[krushgroove19]

No, because I seem to be one of the few who actually welcomes a remake to the film and if I'm not bashing the voice or the look of the film I'm automatically getting judged for liking a remake to a supposed 'horror classic'.

I have the entire horror box set of the Freddy collection, including Freddy vs. Jason, and I'm glad a new direction is being taken with the character. If they had England reprise his role with the same voice and look it would cease to be a remake and just be a sequel. After watching the original Nightmare on Elm Street you start to see that it really hasn't aged well, mostly due to the fact that Freddy doesn't look scary and more laughable, and with the inclusion of the corny acting by Nancy. A remake can set some new ground.

That's fine that you're excited about it. I am too. I just think it's a bit douchey and stupid to attack everyone who doesn't want to see it. And it is a bit strange hearing a different voice come out of Freddy Krueger for the first time. A little unsettling, and it will take some getting used to. Imagine someone you know very well suddenly having a strange new voice. A little bizarre, no? No one's saying Jackie Earle Haley is a terrible Freddy Krueger, no one can yet because all we've seen is a couple short clips from the movie that don't really tell us a whole lot.

And the original holds up fine. I just watched it a couple of weeks ago and it was just as good as it was when I was ten.

[Ryan6]

I think he'll do a good job. It's not just about him though, the entire film has a great deal to live up to.

[Myerszilla]

How can anyone not be hyped for this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-tSvrkKx2Y

[Stay Puft]

I love how the internet is the one of the only places where you can be wrong and stupid for having an opinion.

truth, as much as I love message boards/sharing my opinion, reading other people's opinions, etc. I also very much hate message boards/internet for being filled with......well.....*******s on high horses

[Supersebas]

I was looking Watchmen, and I see the great acting of Jackie Earle Haley, especially in the prison scenes, looking his face I say to me, if someone made a re make of A Nightmare in Elm Street, this guy should play Freddy Krueger, it would be perfect, and I think about that, and I don´t have an idea if it was any project for the movie.

Sometime later, I read that Jackie Earle Haley was considering playing Freddy Krueger in a new Film, so it was a great surprise to me that the guy that I imagine for the part would do it.

I see the trailer yesterday and I love everything what I see, also the way he talk, it sounds not only like a sick guy, also like a person who cannot speak very well because is deformed.

I read that some people here don’t like the way Freddy talk, but you must see more to realize it is ok or not.

I remember that when I hear the way the Joker talk in TDK, I think it sounds like Bugs Bunny, but then I see that I was wrong.

I LOVE WHAT I SEE, SO I CAN WAIT TO SEE THIS NEW MOVIE.

[Siege]

I don't have alot of faith in Sam Bayer's remake of Elm Street. Haley may very well do a good job taking over for Rob but overall, I think were in for a flashy empty stab at a horror legend. Michael Bay has proven time and time again he's someone not to be trusted with anything that was once cinematically edible. He screwed up the Texas Chainsaw remake and the Friday remake.. what makes Freddy any different. I can practically hear Wes Craven spill his coffee.

[J1gS4w]

That's fine that you're excited about it. I am too. I just think it's a bit douchey and stupid to attack everyone who doesn't want to see it. And it is a bit strange hearing a different voice come out of Freddy Krueger for the first time. A little unsettling, and it will take some getting used to. Imagine someone you know very well suddenly having a strange new voice. A little bizarre, no? No one's saying Jackie Earle Haley is a terrible Freddy Krueger, no one can yet because all we've seen is a couple short clips from the movie that don't really tell us a whole lot.

And the original holds up fine. I just watched it a couple of weeks ago and it was just as good as it was when I was ten.

Exactly what I was gonna say. I just barley watched the trailer. The voice is very weird but perhaps I can grow into it. Or maybe not. People who are bashing other for critiquing the movie need to think that this is a horror Icon! You can walk up to almost anyone and ask if they know who Freddy Kruger is. And when people think of him they probably think of the hat, clothes and the voice! So of course when it's different it will take them by surprise.

If all of the sudden the filmmakers decided to loose the freddy hat or sweater, would you not be angry or at least surprised? Please don't be hypocritical about others thoughts. Cause you know if they changed something else or changed a icon you love you will be kinda taken aback.

Idk if that made sense. It's very late here haha.

[closerframe]

Exactly what I was gonna say. I just barley watched the trailer. The voice is very weird but perhaps I can grow into it. Or maybe not. People who are bashing other for critiquing the movie need to think that this is a horror Icon! You can walk up to almost anyone and ask if they know who Freddy Kruger is. And when people think of him they probably think of the hat, clothes and the voice! So of course when it's different it will take them by surprise.

If all of the sudden the filmmakers decided to loose the freddy hat or sweater, would you not be angry or at least surprised? Please don't be hypocritical about others thoughts. Cause you know if they changed something else or changed a icon you love you will be kinda taken aback.

Idk if that made sense. It's very late here haha.

If it works for the purpose of the direction they're trying to take the character, than by all means take away his sweater and hat. But when I ask someone about Freddy the last thing they remember is his voice. Simply because his voice literally changed with each installment. :rolleyes:

[krushgroove19]

well, if they take away the sweater and the hat and change the voice, they might as well call him something different. what's the point of making a movie with a beloved icon in it if you're just gonna change everything about him? would you be ok if he had lightsaber fingers instead of knives? what if instead of him being a burn victim, they decided to just give him really bad acne and make him obese?

when you're dealing with an icon, there are some things you don't really wanna mess with. like costumes. did we learn nothing from bryan singer's x-men?

[closerframe]

well, if they take away the sweater and the hat and change the voice, they might as well call him something different. what's the point of making a movie with a beloved icon in it if you're just gonna change everything about him? would you be ok if he had lightsaber fingers instead of knives? what if instead of him being a burn victim, they decided to just give him really bad acne and make him obese?

when you're dealing with an icon, there are some things you don't really wanna mess with. like costumes. did we learn nothing from bryan singer's x-men?

Your hypothetical questions don't even seem sound. Of course you don't strip a character naked, but if you expect the same voice for a character, and its a different actor playing the icon than your basically saying you want the exact replica of a character, instead of allowing an actor to make it his own.

And what was wrong with Bryan Singer's X-men costumes? Would you have preferred for Wolverine to be wrapped in skin tight yellow spandex or Storm wearing a white long gown that blew in the wind as she glided through the air? :meanie:

[docstop]

It's too bad that so many new horror movies are just remakes of past ones.
where has all the imagination and originality gone from this genre?

[fsderek09]

Thats a shame. Englund was Freddy. He owned that role. He made it. I'm going to have a really hard time seeing anyone else as Freddy.
With Jason and Michael Myers it didn't matter. Aside from the crappy continuity in most of those movies that made it easy to dismiss things that didn't fit, they wore masks, so who cares who was under there.As a huge fan of Englund, i think it's cool its being passed down to a great actor, after all this new movie isnt considered a reMAKE but a reWORK..As a huge fan of Robert Englund FEARnet asked me to help spread the news about Englunds new web series Fear Clinic... http://www.fearnet.com/shows/fear_clinic/index.html check it out

[J1gS4w]

I hope they don't remake saw. Hell, I'm starting to get sick of the sequels.. I mean come on.. saw 7 3D? :(

[charlesleeray]

What's their to **** up??? He's a burned pancake in a dirty red and green sweater, with knifes for fingers... Judging from the teaser they got that down!

I hate to say it but no they dont. The sleeves of his sweater on nightmare on elm st one were both solid red.
I agree with you tho..Pretty hard to screw up freddys look. Unyet platinum dunes prevails at failure once again. But I think only the hardcore fans will be bothered by that.

Not saying the movie wont be good. I doubt it will be .. But I have to see it before I can judge it respectively. I dont mind remakes if they are done right but friday the 13th was just flat out bad. I hope they learn from their mistakes this time around. Haley looks great though, I have a feeling he'll do a great job as freddy.

[Deexan]

Wait, they messed up the sleeve detail?

**** this movie, I'm out.

[Dhamon22]

:lol:

[gar19rett]

I think they're going back to the dark freddy the other sequels were so damn goofy

[Lequeduh73]

oh lord... is Jackie Chan just bored, or is he trying to besmirch his illustrious career even more with these bad roles Hollywood keeps tossing over to him?

[Deexan]

Yes.

[Devastation]

I hate that all these horror remakes are being made by former music video and car commerical directors. :mad: Texas Chainsaw, Dawn of the Dead, Friday the 13th, Sorority Row, The Hitcher and now A Nightmare On Elm Street. Every once in awhile one comes along that's passable (DOTD) but more often then not these 'directors' wouldn't know narrative structure if it fell outta the sky landed on their face and started to wiggle.

[PutOnTheGlasses]

I loved the trailer up until the revel of freddy, then i was horribly dissapointed.

I may still give it a chance though.

[Stay Puft]

And what was wrong with Bryan Singer's X-men costumes? Would you have preferred for Wolverine to be wrapped in skin tight yellow spandex or Storm wearing a white long gown that blew in the wind as she glided through the air? :meanie:


yes

singer's x men costumes were horrible, regardless how you cut it the x men shouldn't be wearing black leather from head to toe.

I'm a firm believer that the costumes from the comics/cartoons CAN work on screen

hell, if you could make Superman work, you could make ANYONE work

[kangas]

I used to get pissed about remakes, but I guess I'm just mellowing.

I thought the new NOES trailer looks pretty good. My only real gripe about Hailey is that his voice is nowhere near as scary as Englund's. Hopefully they'll do more to make it menacing...

But at least they kept the jump rope girls. Those chicks are freaky!

[tranquilhell]

I want to give this a chance. Haley is a great actor. I'm rooting for him.

[nicangel]

yes thank yes

[Quaky-k]

I have a feeling Jackie Earl Haley will own in this role, will be interesting to see how the overall film turns out though.