Umlingisi wehlelo URobert Englund, odume ngendima yakhe njengo UFreddy Krueger kanye nokuthandekayo okungaphandle komhlaba ochungechungeni lwama-eighties, V, Ukuhlasela Kwasemkhathini, akukaze kubhekwe ngabakhiqizi abahlela ukwenziwa kabusha kwephupho elibi UFreddy Krueger.
Abakhiqizi UBrad Fuller no-Andrew Form bakusho lokho Englund iphumile kuphrojekthi, ngenkathi kwethulwa ukukhishwa (okunye) kwe- NgoLwesihlanu i-13th eNew York Comic Con. “Siyazi ukuthi abalandeli ngeke bavumelane kakhulu nalokhu, kodwa siyazi ukuthi inguqulo entsha isho ukuvuselela cishe yonke into, ngaphandle kwengqikithi yendaba. URobert Englund yisithonjana esizohlala lapho isikhathi eside, kepha sekuyisikhathi sokwenza okunye»Kubikwe kumdidiyeli Izinduna Zeplatinamuokungokwalabo UMichael Bay.
Umqondo, ngokusho kwabakhiqizi, ukucabanga kabusha bobabili ama-franchise kaFreddy noJason, ukwenza indaba ibe yesimanje, ngaphandle kokuyiguqula kakhulu: "Nge NgoLwesihlanu 13th Sibe nezingxabano ekuqaleni, ngoba izinto ezingama-80 zihluke kakhulu kunamuhla. Kodwa-ke, sithola ulwazi oludingekayo lokwazi okufanele sikwenze nokuthi senzeni I-Nightmare ku-Elm Street singaqinisekisa ukuthi ngeke udumazeke », baphela.
Ngoba lokhu kuzalwa kabusha okusha sekuvele kuqashiwe Wes Craven, umdali weSaga, ukubhala iskripthi se- Freddyeduze kwe UWesley Strick. Umqondisi okhethiwe kuzoba nguMarcus Nispel, osevele unolwazi kumafilimu asabisayo ngenxa yesikhathi sakhe esisha I Texas Chainsaw Massacre.