Matt Reeves Talks LET ME IN, The American Remake Of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN!
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The Los Angeles Times recently spoke with CLOVERFIELD director Matt Reeves and got some quotes about his upcoming American remake of the Swedish cult-classic LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, simply retitled LET ME IN for the U.S. version. "I was just hooked," Reeves said of discovering the original film. "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 is writing and directing LET ME IN and has recently completed his second draft of the script adapted directly from the John Ajvide Lindqvist novel. According to the LA Times piece, the American version is currently "set in Reagan-era Colorado", and will "maintain the original story's chilly, snow-swept environs."
Reeves vows the 2 young leads 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."
LET ME IN is scheduled for a fall 2010 theatrical release.
Reeves is writing and directing LET ME IN and has recently completed his second draft of the script adapted directly from the John Ajvide Lindqvist novel. According to the LA Times piece, the American version is currently "set in Reagan-era Colorado", and will "maintain the original story's chilly, snow-swept environs."
Reeves vows the 2 young leads 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."
LET ME IN is scheduled for a fall 2010 theatrical release.
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No one would expect Reeves to approach any project with the intention of trashing it. But why an "American" remake? Have American writers and directors run out of their own ability to create? Or, is it that the audience cannot read?
Posted by: PJ Sherris | July 2, 2009 12:53 PM
If you read the book you would likely see where there are other avenues to retell the story. This isnt a remake of the film as much as its an adaptation of the book. I loved the film mind you, but reading the book made me very anxious to see the US adaptation.
Posted by: whoopknacker | July 5, 2009 12:30 AM