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.

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:

Platinum Dunes has announced that Jackie Earle Haley will be taking over the role of Freddy Krueger in their 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street.

The Oscar winning actor is famous for playing Kelly in the Bad News Bears and a child molester in the 2006 drama Little Children. He also became of fanboy favorite for playing Rorschach in Zack Snyder's Watchmen.

Below is a fan made trailer for the upcoming A Nightmare on Elm Street remake. Check it out and let us know what you think!

NOES (2010) starts shooting April 27th and has a tentative April 16th, 2010 release date.

Plot from IMDB.com

"A re-imagining of the horror icon Freddy Krueger, a serial-killer who wields a glove with four blades embedded in the fingers and kills people in their dreams, resulting in their real death in reality."

The first script review for the A Nightmare on Elm Street remake is in, and it comes via Latino Reviews. The draft they read is dated Jan 14, 2009 and is a 110 pages long. It was written by Wesley Strick with revisions by Eric Heisserer.