So the first photos of the new Freddy Kruger have surfaced. From the upcoming A Nightmare on Elm Street remake. The movie is due out on April 16th, 2010 and stars Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Kruger. It looks surprisingly good.




Unfortunately it looks almost identical to Robert Englund as Freddy. I was hoping that they'd take Englund's advice and redo Freddy, make his outfit different. Englund suggested they make him into a janitor with a ball cap. I liked that idea as it showed promise as a real reimagining instead of a retread.

Speaking of Robert Englund, I still don't know why it is he couldn't play the role but apparently he thinks he's too old. He recently spoke about the new film and had some interesting things to say:

" I think because Jackie’s not real big, you know, I like the idea of his kind of energy and size. I always saw Freddy as kind of like an angry junkyard dog. I think there is something about Jackie’s size that will really lend itself to a kind of impishness and that kind of energy that I hope they let him bring to the role. I hope they don’t completely mirror the original. I think it would be smart of them to maybe change the wardrobe a bit. You know, modify the claw and glove a little perhaps, I think if they’re going to have the fun of remaking it. I think of any of the recent remakes, whether it’s “Friday the 13th,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” or “The Hills Have Eyes,” of all of them I think that the “Nightmare On Elm Street” original probably lends itself more to the new technologies that are available now with CGI and special effects just because of the inherent nature of the plot with the dream sequences and the nightmare sequences that take place in that kind of surreal fantasy nightmare world. We need special effects and CGI to create those worlds. I remember we ran out of money on the first one and certainly we would have liked to have more money for those sequences. They were a little handmade for us at the time. So I’m curious and kind of looking forward to it."



Is there anyone more humble and classy in the business than him? I am actually looking forward to the new Nightmare movie, if only because it has a lot of potential. Freddy is an awesome character, but Robert Englund will always be the clawed madman to me. Still, things look good so far, but it's only one picture so it's a bit hard to accurately judge.