So, evidently Jackie Earl Haley is Platinum Dune’s new Freddy Krueger.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002124.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2562

Called it!
http://moviebob.blogspot.com/2009/03/guess-what-i-just-got-back-from.html

This is big, BIG news for Haley – a few years ago he was a beyond-forgotten former child star (from the original “Bad News Bears”) only to re-emerge back onto the scene with extraordinary roles in “All The Kings Men” and “Little Children;” and now in 2009 he’s the unquestioned breakout star of “Watchmen” and set to take the lead role in a major studio franchise film. The guy’s a terrific actor, and he deserves all this success and more.

EVERY “spooky guy” actor in the business was on the short-list for Krueger, so it’s a pretty big coup for him… but I’m thinking it’s actually Platinum Dunes “lucking out” in this case: “Watchmen” has turned Haley into a GOD in the eyes of the buzz-controlling Film Geek audience that would otherwise have been bound to raise an entire production-runup’s worth of negative noise at the idea of anyone other than Robert Englund playing Freddy.

In any case, I’m REALLY happy for the guy. It’s just, y’know, a shame that the movie is still going to suck 😉

Oh, and hey: Here’s the newest OverThinker piece – Part I of a Sonic The Hedgehog overview:
http://gameoverthinker.blogspot.com/2009/04/episode-twenty-one-sonic-in-crisis-part.html