EW.COM: KELLAN LUTZ IN TALKS TO JOIN ‘A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET’ CAST

Posted April 24th, 2009 By: Team Switzerland 4 Comments »

Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Kellan Lutz, who plays Emmett Cullen, is in final talks to join the cast of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’. In an all-too-familiar role, Kellan is tapped to play Dean, a well-liked, well-off high school jock. Read more below:

With Watchmen’s Jackie Earle Haley ready to slip on Freddy Krueger’s gruesome glove in the reboot of A Nightmare on Elm Street, the rest of the cast — i.e., the victims of Freddy’s dream-seizing killing spree — is beginning to fall into place. EW has learned that Kellan Lutz, who played Emmett Cullen in Twilight and also has a recurring role on The CW’s 90210, is in final negotiations to join the cast as Dean, a well-liked, well-off high school jock. Actress Rooney Mara (Urban Legends: Bloody Mary, this fall’s Youth in Revolt) is also in final talks to join the cast as the film’s heroine, Nancy. Thomas Dekker (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) and Kyle Gallner (The Haunting in Connecticut) have also signed on for the film, to be helmed by music-video director Samuel Bayer. The movie is scheduled for release on April 16, 2010.

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(Thanks Em)

I’m not too crazy about Freddy Kreuger and the slasher-type films, but I go out of my way a lot to see films that the Twilight cast members are in. I think I may have to add this one to my ‘to see’ list if Kellan does grab the role.

What do you think of this news? Will you see this movie if Kellan gets the role? Would you see it even if he didn’t?