Jackie Earle Haley is going to walk down Elm Street, signing on to play the iconic killer Freddy Krueger in the relaunch of A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Platinum Dunes was created by Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form who will be producing with John Ricard co-producing. The company specializes in horror films, particularly remakes. 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, spawning 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. Platinum Dunes has also brought us the remakes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Amityville Horror and The Hitcher.
Haley recently played Rorschach in the Watchmen film and will next star opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Phoenix Pictures' Shutter Island, directed by Martin Scorsese.
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