Jackie Earle Haley, who played Rorshach in Watchmen, has been signed to play Freddy Krueger in the re-launch of Nightmare on Elm Street, according to Variety. The Platinum Dunes production (see “Freddy’s Back”) starts shooting next month in Chicago.

Haley in 'Elm Street'
Posted by ICv2 on April 5, 2009 @ 11:15 pm CT

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