The Daily Herald reports that A Nightmare on Elm Street will be shooting at two schools in Chicago.

"New Line Cinema wants to use Elk Grove High School and Hersey High School in Arlington Heights for an upcoming remake of the classic horror movie 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' Elk Grove High Principal Nancy Holman confirmed Sunday. The plans were announced to students during an assembly Friday."

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.

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.

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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.

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"

It has been officially confirmed that Kyle Gallner (Veronica Mars,The Haunting in Connecticut) will play, Quentin, one of the "lead" teens in Platinum Dunes' remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street in 2010.

Kyle is also known for playing Impulse on Smallville and is in the upcoming Diablo Cody, (Juno) horror/comedy Jennifer's Body in theaters September 18, 2009.

After announcing that Jackie Earle Haley would be filling Robert Englund's shoes as the new Freddy Krueger, Platinum Dunes posted a response on their Blog: