Twilight actor Kellan Lutz is to play a school jock in a remake of the 1984 horror movie A Nightmare On Elm Street.

Twilight actor Kellan Lutz is to play a school jock in a remake of the 1984 horror movie A Nightmare On Elm Street.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Lutz, who played Emmett Cullen in Twilight, will be joined by Terminator TV show star Thomas Dekker and Rooney Mara.

In the film being directed by Samuel Bayer, Lutz will play a popular school jock.

Dekker will play a man trying to get back together with his girlfriend, and Mara will play a girl who can’t wait to leave town after her graduation.

Fans can see Lutz in New Moon, the Twilight sequel, in November.