Cloverfield Director To Remake Let The Right One In

[The Apatow Crew]

Let Me In Release Date Set

A vampire movie for the Halloween season? How novel! Overture gets it right. They've set an October 1 release date for Let Me In, a remake of Let the Right One In.

Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) is writing and directing the American update currently shooting in New Mexico. Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road) leads the cast with Chloe Moretz. With this news, Overture has provided us with the following synopsis:

Twelve-year old Owen (Smit-McPhee) is viciously bullied by his classmates and neglected by his divorcing parents. Achingly lonely, Owen spends his days plotting revenge on his middle school tormentors and his evenings spying on the other inhabitants of his apartment complex. His only friend is his new neighbor Abby (Moretz), an eerily self-possessed young girl who lives next door with her silent father (Richard Jenkins). A frail, troubled child about Owens's age, Abby emerges from her heavily curtained apartment only at night and always barefoot, seemingly immune to the bitter winter elements. Recognizing a fellow outcast, Owen opens up to her and before long, the two have formed a unique bond.

When a string of grisly murders puts the town on high alert, Abby's father disappears, and the terrified girl is left to fend for herself. Still, she repeatedly rebuffs Owen's efforts to help her and her increasingly bizarre behavior leads the imaginative Owen to suspect she’s hiding an unthinkable secret.

Currently, the only other horror film opening in October is Saw VII in 3D.

http://www.shocktilyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=13534

 

[TheFuture]

The ending of the original still disturbs me greatly and I still think about the film in general, I don't think this remake will provoke the same actions in me.

 

[Doctor Jones]

It better be good. To me it's not about how ballsy or faithful it is to the original, it's its ability to stand on its feet and be good.

 

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Matt Reeves On Adapting Let Me In

Source:VH1
January 20, 2010



Director Matt Reeves has quite a task ahead of him. He's currently shooting Let Me In, the American remake of the beloved Swedish vampire classic Let The Right One In, a film that's already considered perfect and hailed by most critics and fans alike. How does his adaption plan to do justice to the original? MTV pressed the filmmaker for a few details.

In terms of whether Let Me In is a remake or reimagining? "It's very much an Americanization of the tale that John Ajvide Lindqvist (writer of both the novel and screenplay) tells."

"One of the things I really wanted to do was find my own way into the story while still being very, very reverent to the beautiful film and to the wonderful story that they created," explains Reeves. "And so the story in many ways follows the same trajectory. I really wanted to put you, even more so, into the point of view of the boy and understand his childhood as vividly as it comes across in the book."

J.J. Abrams mentioned something very brief and vague last week regarding a potential sequel to Cloverfield, but Reeves (who directed Cloverfield) explains why with him on Let Me In and writer Drew Goddard finishing up The Cabin in the Woods, it may take a while.

"I know that there definitely is an intention to do something, and we really want to do something great, and it just comes down to how things develop. I know J.J. has some ideas for some things he wants to do too in terms of it, so we'll see how it develops. I truly can't tell you anything beyond that, because it is literally constantly evolving, and it may come out in a form that is completely surprising and very, very different."

For more on Let Me In, including Reeves thoughts on young actors Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road) and Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass), read the entire interview here.

 

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Let Me In Vampire is Not "Cool"

Source:Movieline
March 9, 2010



Let Me In, the remake of Let the Right One In, is hitting theaters on October 1 and Chloe Moretz recently spoke to Movieline about her turn as Abby.

She tells the site she's only seen "snippets" of the original film and wanted to do her own take on the role. "The character of Abby... I mean, usually a lot of movies glamorize being a vampire. It's pretty, it's cool, you look awesome! The way we did it was that it's not cool to be a vampire. It's a burden that she has to carry with her, not this fun, cool, interesting thing. It's scary, deep, and dark, this devil inside of her. The vampire is different than Abby. It's like her alternate personality, and when it takes her over, she has no control."

Before the film hits the screen, Moretz will be dropping f-bombs and beating the **** out of bad guys in Kick-Ass.

 

[Sentinel X]

I don't know if its been posted but here is the screen test of the 3 who were in the running for Eli (or Abby). Chloe Moretz eventually got the role...I thought she was the best one so I am happy.

http://io9.com/5315525/vote-for-your-baby-vampire-in-the-let-the-right-one-in-remake

 

[The Apatow Crew]

I think this was posted a while back before the castings.

 

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http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=65815

 

[The Apatow Crew]

Although I'm still unsure about the remake Let Me In (an American version of Let the Right One In), I'm hearing the material director Matt Reeves is turning in is promising. The film hits on October 1, but EW has your first look at Chloe Moretz as "Abby" in the film. She stars opposite Kodi Smit-McPhee. For the full synopsis, click here.

 

[Batmania]

Meh. Somehow I doubt it's going to improve on the original.

 

[Red Mask]

No thanks. I've gotten to the part of the book that's truly shocking. No New Mexico based remake will impress me. Comprende bruha?

 

[Crosswind Ghost]

I wanna see the first person to say "After Kick Ass, i have complete faith she'll do the role justice'.

She is so wrong for this part.

 

[Figs]

I'm really not sure about this film. I like the original a lot and just think this might be a waste of time.

 

[The Apatow Crew]

I wanna see the first person to say "After Kick Ass, i have complete faith she'll do the role justice'.

She is so wrong for this part.

Oh, yeah, cause you've seen one picture from the damn movie. That automatically qualify's you to judge something.


God, the people on this board get on my nerves sometimes.

Everyone thinks their a film critic or freaking know they think better. Oh, no it's a remake! Just shut up! The remakes do nothing to the originals. You people act like once the remake is official made, the original disappears.

End of rant.

 

[Crosswind Ghost]

Oh, yeah, cause you've seen one picture from the damn movie. That automatically qualify's you to judge something.


God, the people on this board get on my nerves sometimes.

Everyone thinks their a film critic or freaking know they think better. Oh, no it's a remake! Just shut up! The remakes do nothing to the originals. You people act like once the remake is official made, the original disappears.

End of rant.

I have no problem with the remake, more so with the fact that the original left more out of the book that this one could capitalize on. I'm just innocently bashing the choice of Chloe Moretz for the role, who i personally think is a terrible child actress. Also coming from the fact that i actually think Kodi Smit Mcphee was a great choice. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2240346/

 

[flickchick85]

I loved the original, but I don't think it's perfect. And if they're dropping the [blackout]castrated boy angle,[/blackout] which frankly, without the backstory from the book, felt a bit superfluous to me in the film to begin with, then Chloe should be fine for the role. And for the record, I do think she's a great child actress, and easily had the best of the 3 screen-tests we've seen. And Kodi's good as well, so I'm actually not worried about the casting. But...I still seriously doubt this remake will prove its worth. I definitely won't be seeing it in theaters unless it gets some pretty positive buzz. Because while I said I don't think it's perfect, the original IS great, and if the trailers tell me they've tried to make it "Americanize" it with more action and make it more of a traditional vampire/horror movie like I fear they will, then they're removing what made the original special in the first place, and there won't be a reason for me to see it.

That said, unlike some, I'm not completely opposed to remakes in general, so if they manage to retain the spirit of the story while finding something new and interesting to bring to the table (like more backstory from the book, which it sounds like they may be doing), and making a good film in its own right, then I'll support it. I'm just not sure Matt Reeves is the guy who can pull that off. I'm willing to wait and see, though.

 

[Crook]

I wanna see the first person to say "After Kick Ass, i have complete faith she'll do the role justice'.

She is so wrong for this part.

No, I have faith because she's a good actress (way before Kick-Ass) and she was by far the best audition from the tapes posted above.

Judging from the new pic, they may not fully delve into the androgynous roots, but there is merit in playing up the helpless child aspect of Abby that serves up the potential manipulative side.

 

[Crosswind Ghost]

No, I have faith because she's a good actress (way before Kick-Ass) and she was by far the best audition from the tapes posted above.
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Hey, it's only a matter of opinion, You've probably seen more of her than me none the less. Ive only seen her in three films, The Amityville horror, 500 days of Summer( which she was horrible in(in my humble opinion of course). And Kick ass. Good times.

 

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Next novel from the author of Let the Right One In will be called "Harbour" in English

Product Description

It was a beautiful winter's day. Anders, his wife and their feisty six-year-old, Maja, set out across the ice of the Swedish archipelago to visit the lighthouse on Gavasten. There was no one around, so they let her go on ahead. And she disappeared, seemingly into thin air, and was never found. Two years later, Anders is a broken alcoholic, his life ruined. He returns to the archipelago, the home of his childhood and his family. But all he finds are Maja's toys and through the haze of memory, loss and alcohol, he realizes that someone - or something - is trying to communicate with him. Soon enough, his return sets in motion a series of horrifying events which exposes a mysterious and troubling relationship between the inhabitants of the remote island and the sea.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Oh, yeah, cause you've seen one picture from the damn movie. That automatically qualify's you to judge something.


God, the people on this board get on my nerves sometimes.

Everyone thinks their a film critic or freaking know they think better. Oh, no it's a remake! Just shut up! The remakes do nothing to the originals. You people act like once the remake is official made, the original disappears.

End of rant.

But sometimes that is indeed the case. Especially with Hollywood, and its reputation some strong-arming studios have of burying the original until the remake has been distributed (*cough Rec cough*).

 

[Crook]

http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...d:+latimes/entertainment+(Entertainment+News)

It's an uncomfortable position for any filmmaker to be in — having to defend your new movie against angry attacks while you're still making it.
The director in the crosshairs is Matt Reeves and the movie in question is "Let Me In," the American remake of the Scandinavian art-house hit "Let the Right One In." Seen by many fans as something of an antidote to the broader passions of the "Twilight" series, the original 2008 film is a delicately told preteen horror-romance revolving around a lonely 12-year-old boy who discovers that the sweet, shy girl next door he has become smitten with is also a vampire.

From the moment that it was announced, Reeves' "Let Me In," scheduled to hit theaters this fall, has garnered intense scrutiny from the online genre community. Debates rage as to whether the project should even have been undertaken, and the writer-director — whose previous film was the frenetic camcorder monster movie "Cloverfield" — has been doing his best to assuage fan fears, recently participating in a panel discussion about horror films at the South by Southwest Film Festival.

A respectful devotee of both the original novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist as well as the first film, Reeves understands the concerns of those with strong feelings for the original. He had his own reservations about the remake and corresponded with Lindqvist, who also wrote the script for "Let The Right One In," before taking on the project.

"I think because of 'Cloverfield,' people have an assumption, which is, 'Oh, crazy handicam, he's going to jazz it up,'" Reeves said. "And I think that's probably what a lot of people were afraid of when they thought of the most cynical version. And that's the last thing we tried to do. We tried to create the approaching, foreboding dread of movies like 'The Shining,' where you feel like something wicked is unraveling and it's not going to end well. That's what I responded to about the original, the juxtaposition of those tones, this very disturbing story but at the center of it there are these very tender emotions. That's a very unusual mix, and that's what drew me in and dug into me."

In March, just a little more than a month after shooting wrapped in New Mexico on "Let Me In," Reeves was fiddling with the controls on an editing console in a North Hollywood post-production facility. While confident about what he had captured on film and willing to show some scenes to a visiting journalist, he still seemed anxious, clearly wondering how others will respond to his version of this much-loved material.

Reeves' own background — he co-created the TV show "Felicity" with boyhood friend J.J. Abrams and directed and co-wrote the 1996 David Schwimmer-Gwyneth Paltrow rom-com "The Pallbearer" — certainly lends itself more to character studies than hard-core action. Anyone expecting the frenetic pacing and whiplash visuals of "Cloverfield," which did more than $160 million at the worldwide box office, will be shocked by his new film's stillness, as well as the patient and exacting mood that Reeves is working to create.

"It's a slow-burn kind of thing," Reeves says of his take on the material, "which the original was, in a way."

The casting alone should help quell fan trepidation that this is some sort of smash-and-grab adaptation. The central trio of characters — the boy, the girl and the man who takes care of her — are played by Kodi Smit-McPhee ("The Road"), Chloe Moretz ("Kick-Ass") and Richard Jenkins ("The Visitor").
Reeves was approached for the remake — distributed by Overture Films and produced by Exclusive Media Group's relaunched Hammer Films — even before the Swedish film had opened in the United States. When that film was released to intense acclaim from stateside critics and fans, Reeves knew that the bar had been raised.

"It was doing all the things I am interested in, having gotten into genre films," said Reeves. "One of the fun things about doing genre is you can kind of smuggle in real stuff, so it kind of charges the metaphor. It's a giant monster coming down the street, but it's really about anxiety. This is a vampire movie, but really it's about the pain of adolescence. And that kind of thing is really exciting to me."

When shooting his version of the scene in which the boy and girl first meet, in the courtyard of their apartment complex, Reeves captures much of what inspired such loyalty to the original — the emerging desire and confusion of early romantic feelings underscored by the tension of a horror tale. If there is something more, it will come in no small part from the assured performances by Smit-McPhee and Moretz.

Overall, Reeves wants the look of the film to have a startling naturalism, to evoke a stylized reality, and so he chose to work with the young Australian cinematographer Greig Fraser, who previously worked on Jane Campion's evocative period drama "Bright Star." Although there are some 300 visual effects shots in the film, Reeves instructed visual effects supervisor Brad Parker that he doesn't want people to notice.

"In the same sense I want the photography to have this kind of messy realism, to be beautiful but gritty," said Reeves, "I want the effects to feel believable. I want people to think back later and say, 'I don't even know if that's an effect.' I don't want anything that pulls you out.
"It's not going to feel like a movie with a crazy number of effects. It's, hopefully, going to feel like an intimate coming-of-age story."

Moretz looks great. Regardless of the [BLACKOUT]name change[/BLACKOUT], the way she is depicted here easily paints the possibility [BLACKOUT]of a eunuch[/BLACKOUT]. It's one of the reasons why I applauded her casting, because she can really pass off as [BLACKOUT]androgynous[/BLACKOUT].

 

[kickass]

Yeah, because lens flares are sooo gritty.

 

[KenK]

But sometimes that is indeed the case. Especially with Hollywood, and its reputation some strong-arming studios have of burying the original until the remake has been distributed (*cough Rec cough*).

One movie does not a reputation make. It's certainly not the case here.

 

[Figs]

Although I think this is yet another unnecessary remake I won't condemn it.

I just think there are two things going against it right now, which to be honest all remakes have to face.

1. It won't be good as the original due to a bad script or it doesn't have the emotion or depth(depending on what type of film we're talking about. Scratch horror remakes from the comment about depth and emotion)that it should have.

2. Just looking at the pic shown above, it could be too similar bringing nothing new to the table. Much like the ****** remake of Psycho and the remake of Death at a Funeral. The latter wasn't a shot for shot remake like Psycho but just seeing the trailers, it was close enough to being a scene for scene remake.

Hopefully this turns out well and i'll probably give it a chance on home video but it's saddening that some great foreign films out there don't get enough exposure in the States.

 

[The Apatow Crew]

But sometimes that is indeed the case. Especially with Hollywood, and its reputation some strong-arming studios have of burying the original until the remake has been distributed (*cough Rec cough*).

Yeah, wow! One movie!

And I was talking mainly about the older US remakes of such "classics"