By Rod Lane Tuesday June 23, 2009
Today I updated the Casting page with three new additions to the cast of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010 (plus all the "uncredited" extras listed on IMDB.com).
Page updated with: Charles E Tiedje as Officer Delaney
Lia D. Mortensen as unknown
Anna Hagopian as Jesse's Mother
By Rod Lane Friday May 22, 2009
Variety announced that Friday Night Lights' Connie Britton has been cast to play Nancy's mom, Marge Thompson, in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010.
The 42-year-old actress has done mostly TV including 24, The West Wing and Spin City.
I should note that it is unknown if she will be called "Marge" in the remake, but that was the character's name in the original Elm Street.
By Rod Lane Sunday May 3, 2009
Bloody Disgusting has learned that Clancy Brown has joined the 2010 A Nightmare on Elm Street cast as "Allan."
Brown has done a lot of voice acting work for cartoons -- the most famous probably being Mr. Eugene H. Krabs of SpongeBob SquarePants. He also voiced "Hakon" in the 1994 cartoon Gargoyles series.
What role "Allan" plays in the film is unknown.
By Rod Lane Friday May 1, 2009
According to Shocktillyoudrop.com David Cassidy’s daughter, Katie Cassidy has joined the cast of A Nightmare on Elm Street as "Kris."
Cassidy has appeared on the TV show Supernatural and played "Jessie" in the 2006 remake of Black Christmas. She is also currently starring on CBS' Harper's Island as Trish Wellington and is Ella Flynn in the upcoming Melrose Place 2.0 reboot.
By Rod Lane Friday April 24, 2009
Kellan Lutz is in final negotiations to join the teens on Elm Street as Dean, a rich and popular jock.
Lutz plays Emmett Cullen in the Twilight films, and starred in 2008's Prom Night, the upcoming Ghosts of Goldfield with Roddy Piper and has a recurring role on The CW's 90210.
This will make him the fourth teen to be cast along with Rooney Mara as Nancy Thompson, Kyle Gallner as Quentin, and Thomas Dekker as Jesse.
By Rod Lane Thursday April 23, 2009
Esplatter.com has announced that Rooney Mara will be replacing Heather Langenkamp as the character Nancy Thompson in Platinum Dunes' 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Mara got her start with 2005's direct to DVD sequel Urban Legends: Bloody Mary, and is currently starring in the 2009 comedy Youth in Revolt.
By Rod Lane Thursday April 16, 2009
Shocktillyoudrop has learned that Thomas Dekker is in final negotiations to join the cast of A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010). Dekker is best know for playing the young John Connor on the television show Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and got his start at a young age in John Carpenter's Village of the Damned.
If signed Dekker will play "Jesse," a jock on the swim team. The Platinum Dunes' remake begins shooting next month in Chicago.
By Rod Lane Wednesday April 15, 2009
I just caught this in the Chicago Daily Observer, "A local casting agency is looking for extras for the newest Nightmare on Elm Street film, which will be shooting in Chicago starting May 5 and on into July according to an announcement on their site."
Here is the official casting call from Atmosphere Casting in Chicago.
NOW CASTING:
"A Nightmare On Elm Street"