A Nightmare on Elm Street News

Ever since Jackie Earle Haley was cast as Freddy Krueger over Robert Englund in Platinum Dunes' remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street , fans have been clamoring for a clear look at the sweater-ed menace.

It seems like only yesterday Mezco unveiled its Clash of the Titans and A Nightmare on Elm Street offerings to the denizens of the toy kingdoms.

Furious on Film 11.19.09: Fantastic Mr Depp Posted by Arnold Furious on 11.19.2009 Praise for the choices of Johnny Depp plus a look at the state of animation Furious on Film 154: Fantastic Mr Depp Praise for the choices of Johnny Depp plus a look at the state of animation Last week I spent some time thinking about movie stars and how they ...

Johnny Depp has vowed to save Nicolas Cage from financial ruin. The 'Pirates of the Caribbean' hunk was horrified to hear the actor has ran into difficulties over a $6million tax bill and has pledged to support the 'Con Air' hunk through his plight because of the assistance he gave Johnny when he was first trying to make it in Hollywood.

Actor Nicolas Cage has fallen on hard times recently having two homes foreclosed and facing a $6 million tax bill.

HOME > FEATURES > DAY & NIGHT > Depp says 'I'll help Cage to pay his debts' DEPP SAYS 'I'LL HELP CAGE TO PAY HIS DEBTS' FRIENDS: Cage got Depp his break Friday November 13,2009 WITH Nicolas Cage reportedly short of cash, his friend and fellow actor Johnny Depp has come to the rescue.

Either you want to hear some behind-the-scenes details on 976-EVIL , or you don't. For those who do, I wholeheartedly recommend HOLLYWOOD MONSTER: A WALK DOWN ELM STREET WITH THE MAN OF YOUR DREAMS , the too-long-titled autobiography of actor Robert Englund, forever beloved as horror icon Freddy Krueger.

Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn't make the front page of /Film. After the jump we've included 45 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more.

As always seems to be the case, if you want spoilers on the hottest movies today, you need to have your eyes on the world of plastic! Mezco may have lost the New Line House of Horrors license to NECA, but it seems they'll be dishing out some A Nightmare on Elm Street goodness alongside the new film anyway.

There has been a resurgence of interest in horror recently, with zombies and vampires in particular colonizing our cinema screens in ever greater numbers.

We're in the home-stretch now! To get into the spooky spirit of things, Ia m doing a countdown of my favorite scary movies of all time.

I can confirm that the Samuel Bayer/Platinum Dunes production of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET test screened last week in El Segundo.

Robert Englund was the original Freddy Krueger and has been associated with the role for 25 years.

The first time I saw Wes Cravena s A Nightmare on Elm Street, I was twelve years old, flipping through the wasteland of late night television and saddened that I was not able to go trick-or-treating with my friends during a dull Halloween.

'The first I heard about it was people were suggesting me on the Internet for the part,' Jackie Earle Haley says.

"Paranormal Activity," you'd think it was the first low-budget horror film that ever managed to get a rise out of audiences.

Apart from the stray slasher flick, Halloween is traditionally a dead spot on the Hollywood calendar.

With the end of the '80s came a new wave of horror films. Solid horror franchises were winding down and the old horror staples of cats jumping out of closets were growing old.

Oscar-nominated actor tells MTV News his Freddy Krueger is 'not much of a comedian.' By Larry Carroll, with reporting by Vanessa White Wolf Views 5 {"widget": "Statistics", "args":{"containerId":"wStatistics", "contentUri": "mgid:uma:content:mtv.com:1624947", "ratings_title": "Article"}} {"widget": "Share", "args":{"containerId":"wShare", ...

To get into the spooky spirit of things, I'm doing a countdown of my favorite scary movies of all time.