‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ Remake Gets a Release Date

Damn you, ‘Friday the 13th’!!!   You just knew with that franchise reboot making $40-plus million its opening weekend that Platinum Dunes and New Line would put ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ on the fast-track.   We’ve had news in the last couple of weeks about casting, but, now, we have an official release date.

Expect to see Jackie Earl Haley Billy Bob Thornton whoever gets set to play Freddy Krueger in action on April 16, 2010.

Not sure who will be playing Krueger, but we do know that special effects and makeup duties will go to Andrew Clement who worked on animatronics on ‘Cloverfield’ and was the makeup artist on ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Spider-Man 3’.

‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ begins production next month.

Source: Shock Till You Drop