Let Me In

[MacGuffin]

Matt Reeves: From 'Cloverfield' to 'Let the Right One In'
Source: Los Angeles Times

He reinvented the modern monster movie with "Cloverfield" and is remaking the cult Swedish vampire film "Let the Right One In" for American audiences.

After having directed the "Godzilla"-for-the-Twitter-generation known as "Cloverfield," Matt Reeves was in meetings in early 2008 trying to set up a small drama he had written. An executive at Overture Films asked him to take a look at a then-unreleased Swedish horror film, "Let the Right One In," a hauntingly touching film about a lonely 12-year-old boy who realizes the kind girl who moved in next door is a vampire.

"I was just hooked," Reeves recalled recently. "I was so taken with the story and I had a very personal reaction. It reminded me a lot of my childhood, with the metaphor that the hard times of your pre-adolescent, early adolescent moment, that painful experience is a horror."

Reeves signed on to adapt and direct an American remake of the cult hit, now called "Let Me In," the English translation of John Ajvide Lindqvist's original novel. He recently finished a second draft of the script, currently set in Reagan-era Colorado, and is scouting locations, looking to maintain the original story's chilly, snow-swept environs. The film is scheduled for a fall 2010 theatrical release.

Reeves is also working with casting director Avy Kaufman -- who previously found kids for "The Sixth Sense" and "The Ice Storm" -- to find the two leads, which Reeves vows will not be aged-up to make the film more of a smoldering "Twilight"-style romance.

"There's definitely people who have a real bull's-eye on the film," Reeves said, "and I can understand because of people's' love of the [original] film that there's this cynicism that I'll come in and trash it, when in fact I have nothing but respect for the film. I'm so drawn to it for personal and not mercenary reasons, my feeling about it is if I didn't feel a personal connection and feel it could be its own film, I wouldn't be doing it. I hope people give us a chance."

[Stefen]

Well, as much as I'm against this remake (the original is probably in my top 10 of the decade) I gotta admit that everything I'm hearing so far is encouraging. I'm glad he's not going to make it  a romance and "twilight" it up.

I'm VERY curious to see who they cast for Eli and Oskar.

[Ghostboy]

I haven't seen Cloverfield,  but the fact that Matt Reeves wrote The Yards with James Gray gives me a whole lot of confidence in him.

[Gold Trumpet]

I'll give the guy a chance (as he asks for), but it seems like he likes the original too much to be redoing it. It leads to the potential problem that the remake will try to emulate the original when it should be looking for its own inspiration. I would have been happy with him talking about the original novel and speaking about the opportunities in drawing from that source, but he just talks about the greatness of the film and makes a "Yea, this will be its own thing" promise at the end. Not a confidence booster, but I can only worry for now.

[MacGuffin]

Possible Let the Right One In Remake Casting
Source: ShockTillYouDrop

Nothing irks me more than stories about actors "taking a meeting" for a role, or actors "hoping" they get a particular part, yet this news item seems fit for print.

It concerns young Kodi Smit-McPhee, the actor sharing screen time with Viggo Mortensen in The Road this fall. Smit-McPhee tells "The Herald-Sun" that he's vying for a role in Let Me In, Matt Reeves' redo of Let the Right One In. The actor's involvement isn't a done deal but he believes things are looking good.

Hammer Films and Overture are developing Reeves' project. It's due to hit the screen in 2010.

[MacGuffin]

Let Me In Teaser Posters Surface
Source: ShockTillYouDrop

Three sales one-sheets for Let Me In were snatched up by Slash Film and posted online today. The film is a remake of Let the Right One In and is being spearheaded by Hammer Films, Overture and writer-director Matt Reeves (Cloverfield).

[squints]

do they really do all this shit before they even cast anything?

[picolas]

let me in is a far far far far less interesting title. just sounds like a bad translation. nothing inspired. nothing new. just cruddy, abbreviated english translation. hopefully not a sign of everything else about this.

[Stefen]

I really like that first poster. REALLY LIKE IT. I hope it's a sign that Reeves isn't going to have Eli and Oskar be played by actors in their late teens. Eli and Oskar need to be played by children.

The other two posters I can take or leave. They just look like the cover of a novelization of the movie. Bleh.

[Fernando]

guess im the only one here against this remake, i mean, why remake a perfect film? to reach a wider audience? fuck that, i get why they do it but i cant agree with it.

ill pull a modage and call this let meh in

Matt Reeves wrote The Yards with James Gray gives me a whole lot of confidence in him.

so that's a good movie? ive always wanted to rent it but backed out in fear it could really suck...

[MacGuffin]

Let the Right One In Remake Retitled Again?
Source: ShockillYouDrop

The Let the Right One In remake is building steam this week, generating casting rumors (Phillip Seymour Hoffman was a name bandied about yesterday).

Today, Production Weekly reports the Matt Reeves-directed redo is changing its name from Let Me In to Fish Head. Riiight, because that works so well.

This simply could be a shooting moniker, one that the production is taking on during principal photography. While Reeves was lensing Cloverfield, the film took a number of names to throw people off. But Let Me In isn't as secretive a production as Cloverfield.

Production Weekly adds that Reeves begins rolling cameras the first week of November in New Mexico.

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sigh

[Stefen]

lol@Fish Head.

Yeah, that ain't gonna happen.

spoils.

I wanna see who's playing Eli and Oskar. They better keep them young. Don't know who PSH would play since there wasn't really any adult roles in the original. Maybe the lady that gets bitten by Eli and gets attacked by cats, but they're taking that part out last I heard.

[picolas]

I wanna see who's playing Eli and Oskar. They better keep them young. Don't know who PSH would play since there wasn't really any adult roles in the original.

*spoils?*

'choo talking bout? Lacke! that's a great role. plus the guy who seeks revenge for his friends' deaths.

[Stefen]

Yeah, I guess that could be a spoiler. Not a big one, but a spoiler none the less.

You'd think someone of PSH's caliber would be in a bigger role than any adult parts in the original. It';s a movie about kids and coming of age. I hope they don't change that just so they can have an adult star. Matt Reeves has clout right now after Cloverfield and can probably do whatever he wants, however he wants. I hope he does this right.

I really can't wait for it.