Director Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) has started production on Let Me In, the American remake of last year’s acclaimed Swedish vampire film Let the Right One In. The film takes the basic story of the original film—an alienated young boy meets and befriends a strange girl who turns out to be a vampire—and relocates the setting from Sweden to New Mexico. Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road) will play the boy, Chloe Moretz of ((500) Days of Summer) will play the vampire, and Elias Koteas and Richard Jenkins are among those rounding out the cast.
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damnit.. really wanted to hate this movie..
why is the cast this good?
what was i thinking.. clearly i should i have just said “FIRST”.
The original is all I need. So good!
I still haven’t seen the original, unfortunately. I missed it in theaters, and the studio felt it necessary to dumb down the subtitles on DVD because they obviously felt people are stupid. I’ll watch the movie when Magnolia re-issues it with the original subs–as they’ve been promising to do for many months now.
I believe the theatrically-subtitled version has been available for a while, but has the same UPC as DVDs with the inferior subs. Both are on shelves, so be sure to check the back for “English Subtitles (Theatrical.)” As far as I know, the Blu-ray discs have yet to be re-issued. I saw in on DVD with the wonky subs, but I didn’t know what I was missing. The movie was still fantastic.
Awww, see why do need an American version? We can’t handle reading the subtitles of the original. The setting of cold dark Sweden vs. NM? Seriously? Blah. I’ll take the original thank you very much.
My question about this movie: is it really just a remake of the Swedish movie, or is it an English adaptation of the book? I’ll take an adaptation, since they may show parts of the book that Sweden chose to omit. If it is just a remake of the movie though, I will probably pass.
New Mexico? New Mexico!
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t New Mexico a bit sunny for a gloomy vampire movie? I realize that they can’t duplicate the original, but the desolate snow shots in Sweden add too the whole atmosphere of the movie.
Now all I can picture is sun & turquoise jewelry (just kidding New Mexicans)
Some parts of NM could pull this off, especially up in the mountains where it actually snows from time to time. That is if they want to keep the winter atmosphere, which is a must in my opinion.
Hmmm a vampire movie with horrible cinematography? I’m thinking FAIL already.
I guess Americans are just too
stupid to understand anything with
a foreign sound to it. Hollywood
has remade, arrogantly, many foreign films, and not for the better. A typical, condescending
attitude. European filmmakers are
much better at moody, stylish
films, so Hollywood shouldn’t even
bother. Educate yourselves filmgoers, and just view the original.
I totally agree! I am Scandinavian and me and some of my country men/ women watched “Låt den rätte komma in” …and actually cringed talking about the American remake they would make…. and how they will probably ruin the tender, unique feel of the original.
I saw the original and it was terrible – regardless of subtitles. Not really sure why they are remaking it
I think it’s great they are shooting this movie here in NM. I hope it turns out better than the original. good luck!!