Umlingisi wehlelo URobert Englund, edume ngendima yakhe njenge UFreddy Krueger kunye nokuthandekayo okungaphandle komhlaba kwii-eighties series, - Uhlaselo lwasemhlabeni, khange ithathelwe ingqalelo ngabavelisi abaceba ukuphinda benze iphupha UFreddy Krueger.
Abavelisi UBrad Fuller kunye noAndrew bayichazile lonto Englund iphumile kwiprojekthi, ngexesha lokwenziwa koku (okunye) kokwenza kwakhona NgoLwesihlanu i13th kwiNew Comic Con. “Siyazi ukuba abalandeli abazukuvumelana kakhulu noku, kodwa siyazi ukuba inguqulelo entsha ithetha ukuvuselela yonke into, ngaphandle komxholo webali. URobert Englund luphawu oluza kuhlala apho ixesha elide, kodwa lixesha lokwenza enye into»Ixeliwe kwinkampani yemveliso Iindunduma zeplatinam, ipropathi ye UMichael Bay.
Umbono, ngokutsho kwabavelisi, kukuphinda ucinge ngazo zombini iifranti zikaFreddy noJason, uliphucula ibali, ngaphandle kokutshintsha kakhulu: "Nge ULwesihlanu i-13th Sibe neengxabano ekuqaleni, kuba izinto ze-80's zahluke kakhulu kunanamhlanje. Nangona kunjalo, sifumana amava ayimfuneko ukuze sazi into ekufuneka siyenzile kunye nayo I-nightmare e-Elm Street Sinokuqinisekisa ukuba awuyi kuphoxeka », Baphela.
Oku kuzalwa ngokutsha sele kuqeshiwe Wes Craven, umyili weSaga, ukubhala iskripthi UFreddy, ecaleni kwe UWesley Strick. Umlawuli okhethiweyo uya kuba nguMarcus Nispel, osele enamava kwiimovie ezoyikisayo ngenxa yexesha lakhe elitsha I-Texas Chainsaw Massacre.