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"A Nightmare on Elm Street" (2010) will be a re-imagining loosely based on the 1984 horror classic A Nightmare on Elm Street, retaining the core concept and premise but taking place in its own separate continuity. Due to the term "remake" gaining a certain stigma in the eyes of some film-goers, producers have been reluctant to directly label the film as such. Before being greenlit, plans were considered for a prequel to the original film, as well as a sequel to Freddy vs. Jason, but both projects fell through in favor of the current reboot.

Despite the fact that both Friday the 13th (2009) and A Nightmare on Elm Street were produced by the same companies and their star characters ( Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees) were pitted against each other in Freddy vs Jason," the remakes of these films will have absolutely nothing to do with the same continuity as the previous series. However, a line spoken by Nancy in the new script does refer explicitly to Camp Crystal Lake.

At this point the only confirmed characters to return are Freddy Krueger (who will not be played by Robert Englund) and the 1984 film's famous heroine Nancy Thompson (originally played by Heather Langenkamp). The characters of Glen, Tina, and Rod will be carried over, although they are now called Quentin, Kris, and Jesse, respectively. It is rumored that the film will lead you to believe that Kris is the film's heroine, only to kill her off near the halfway point and have Nancy take over, similar to the original film (although the "switch" is far earlier in the original film, within the first half hour).

Based on what has been released so far, it is safe to say that the basics of Freddy's appearance will be kept the same: a badly burned man in a dark hat and a red and green striped sweater, with a bladed glove on his hand.

A brief glimpse of the new Freddy can be seen at the end of the new teaser trailer. However, Producer Brad Fuller has explained on Platinum Dunes' official blog that Freddy's appearance in the final film has not been finished, and that "[the filmmakers] are continuing to refine Freddy's look." He went on to explain that Freddy's voice will also be altered for the final film, and that Freddy's face is "98% practical make-up," quelling rumors that Freddy's burns would be primarily digital effects.

Articles and interviews with cast and crew have explained that the new Freddy's burned visage has been altered from previous versions, with the intent of more accurately recreating the appearance of a real-life burn victim. According to Andrew Clement of Creative Character Engineering: "This is more of a healed-burned Freddy, which I didn't understand in the beginning...but when some rewrites started coming down I could see why we were going this way, rather than coming at it from a sort of a logical standpoint and story standpoint....The thing that we did depart from was the nose. I remember hearing interviews with Kevin Yager or one of the other people who have done the makeup. They were saying they wanted to make him a male witch, which is why they went with the big nose at the time. That kind of made sense, but I just didn't really think it - you never really see Robert Englund prior to being burnt. I knew how much we were going to see Jackie, so I couldn't image making Jackie's nose big all of a sudden. Why would we do that?"

Interviews and behind-the-scenes articles have also made it clear that the cast and crew intend to show us a darker, more serious version of Freddy than seen in previous sequels, bringing Freddy closer to his portrayal in the original "Nightmare on Elm Street." The new Freddy Krueger will likely have far less dialog, and far fewer puns and one-liners than heard in the later Nightmare films.

It is unclear as to what stages of Freddy Krueger's life will be shown in the film, but there will definitely be segments showing Freddy before he was burned. In this new film, Freddy is supposedly a friendly neighborhood janitor who may or may not have been the original Springwood Slasher, and who may have been framed by the children. What is certain is that Freddy will be the monster who haunts his victim's dreams throughout most of the film.

The film will be set in modern times. Any early segments of the film, showing Freddy before he died, will most likely be set in the late 1990's when his victims were little kids (who in 2010 are high school aged kids). If the early segments of the film were set in the 1980's at all the kids would be well into their twenties by the time the main events of the film, which take place in 2010, occur.

It will be rated R. There is no possible way with the subject matter that this film could be rated PG-13.

A trailer of sorts was screened at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con. However, according to bloody-disgusting.com and Producer Brad Fuller's official blog, Warner Bros. decided not to release the Comic-Con footage online, at least for the time being. Due to tight security at the screening, no bootleg versions of the Comic-Con trailer have appeared online.

The first official teaser was finally released online the night of September 27th, 2009 .This teaser different from the one seen at Comic-Con, although it features some of the same material, and runs approx. two minutes long.

The teaser trailer can also be seen in front of Columbia Picture's "Zombieland," opening in theaters October 2nd, 2009.