mattressman

Thinking of someone else playing Krueger just turns my stomach.

When I heard about this remake I got in a whole argument with a friend over shitty remakes. He couldn't understand how I enjoyed Freddy VS. Jason but hates the Chainsaw remake.
The bottom line is I'd rather watch something new that knows it's a big stupid movie and can be fun rather than watching the same story I already know and love but shittier. What the fuck is the point of that? It's just frustrating.

Matto1020

Looks like we're getting a new Krueger.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35496

This really pisses me off to no end. If they would just simply cast Englund and make a sequel I would be all up for it...but to act like this is going to be an original re-imagining is pathetic.

Someone get these writers the pay they deserve so we can stop with this remake nonsense.

asianxcore

Yikes

See I wouldn't mind if they remade any of the crappy sequels. Then again I really liked 3 (Dream Warriors) as cheesy as it was.

DthRdrX

You know the state of things in Hollywood must be bad when they are casting a replacement to Robert Englund as Fred Krueger.

And Dream Warriors was awesome.

MartinBlank

Any reason WHY Englund won't be reprising the role?

Gizmo

No Englund no sale.

aJOHNymous

Ben Foster's name seems to be coming up quite a bit in some of the other forums I visit.

Apparently he kind of resembles a young Robert Englund.

I guess he could pull it off, but I'd much rather see Englund in a prequel instead of another actor in a series reboot.

ukywyldcat

Maybe they will remake Star Wars sometime soon. That would be really cool.

TheNightFlier

Agreed

majorjoe23

Lucas already did that 10 years ago. At least parts of it.

islandclaws

+2. I've said it once, but without Englund I have less than zero interest in seeing this.

H8nXTC

How about Brent S. (Data from Star Trek), I think he reminds me of Robert. Robert might not want to do it or might not be available...

NitroJMS

Spiner's about the same age as Englund. I'd imagine they want a young "hip" cast and that wouldn't include anyone over 40.

Legolas

Maybe they could cast Englund as the father of the hero(ine).

MartinBlank

That would be stupid.

riotinmyskull

the only thing that would make me want to see this is englund as freddy. if englund is not going to be freddy then you can count me out.

Geofferson

I figured this franchise would show up in the remake arsenal sooner or later...

kurupt

I guess this could work when you consider that Ben Foster tends to drastically overact in every role that he has. In this role, what I normally view as a weakness could be his biggest strength.

Brack

Regardless of who's going to play Freddy, it's not going to be very effective, at least not to many of us. Why? It's not the 80s anymore.

hotdoggie1977

I disagree. I think any nightmare flim/freddy could be effective if they went back to the tone of the first movie.

Brack

but there really hasn't been a Nightmare film that has been as effective. not even New Nightmare (which I liked, and it came close). there was a certain mystique about Freddy, just like with Michael Myers in the original Halloween, that really made him scary. I just don't see how it's possible.

hotdoggie1977

I agree with about everything you said. Freddy needs to go back into the shadows and lose the one liners. If they do that and go back to the orginal tone I think it could be effective.

That said I dont think they could do what I said because "the fans" would have a fit.

Brack

^^^hey there, I wasn't even paying attention to your username,

Legolas

Well thanks for that carefully thought out and backed up statement.

At the very least, I would've expected "That would be stupid because it would suck" or "That would be stupid because of how stupid it is."

MartinBlank

That would be stupid, BECAUSE it would be done to make amends to the fans....

"See what we did here?! We, Jerry Bruckheimer in partnership with MTV Productions, put Englund in the movie even though we're totally bastardizing one of the great horror films...it's a super-cool nod to everyone that's not gonna see the movie anyway!! See, he's technically IN the movie, even though Haley Joe Osmet is play the new super-terrifying, undead, cyborg from the firey pits of HELL...the new and improved PG-13-version Freddy Krueger!! ZOMGWTFBBQ this movie is gonna be so totally scary and totally of the hook, dawgs!!! Be sure to buy the super-hip soundtrack featuring all the evil-loud music groups and hardcore gangster rapping artists that your parents are sure to hate."

That and Englund IS a creepy guy. When I see him I see Freddy. Call it typecasting, but he will ALWAYS be Freddie Krueger.

If this does end up happening, he probably will end up with a "Fred" cameo like Craven's in 'Scream', which was more of an in-joke than anything.