Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz and Oscar-nominee Richard Jenkins will headline the cast of Let Me In, Matt Reeves' adaptation of Let the Right One In, when principal photography begins this fall in New Mexico. The announcement was made today by Hammer Films Co-CEO's Simon Oakes and Nigel Sinclair, as well as Overture Films CEO Chris McGurk and COO Danny Rosett.

 

Director Reeves (Cloverfield) has cast Smit-McPhee (The Road) and Moretz ((500) Days of Summer) in the two lead adolescent roles of Owen and Abby for the eagerly awaited horror feature. Jenkins will play the lead adult character known as Hakan in the original film.

 

Based on the bestselling Swedish novel, Lat den Ratte Komma In, by Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let Me In is a contemporary vampire tale about a young boy who befriends a girl new to his neighborhood. The film is a remake of the highly acclaimed Swedish film, Lat den Ratte Komma In, also known as, Let the Right One In.

 

Hammer acquired the remake rights to Let the Right One In at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival where the film took home the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature, and has fast-tracked the film for a November 2009 start date. The film is a Hammer Films production with a projected 2010 release in the U.S. by Overture Films. Exclusive Film Distribution is handling worldwide sales and distribution of the film.

 

Producing the film are Hammer's Simon Oakes, Guy East and Nigel Sinclair and Oscar-winner Donna Gigliotti. Hammer's Alex Brunner and Tobin Armbrust will executive produce along with John Ptak, Philip Elway and Fredrik Malmberg. Overture's Robert Kessel, EVP Production & Acquisitions, will oversee production for the studio. Swedish producers John Nordling and Carl Molinder, who produced the original film, are also involved as producers on this remake.

 

The Australian-born Smit-McPhee, 13, stars alongside Viggo Mortensen in The Road, a film festival favorite due out in November. He previously earned the AFI Young Actor's Award® in 2007 for his role in Romulus, My Father.

 

Moretz, 12, will star in the much –talked-about Kick-Ass next spring and previously appeared in (500) Days of Summer and The Amityville Horror. She has been nominated each of the past three years for a Young Artist Award.

 

Jenkins first worked with Overture on The Visitor, for which he earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination last year. His recent work includes Burn After Reading, Step Brothers and television's Six Feet Under. He is due to star in several upcoming projects including the much-anticipated The Cabin in the Woods, Dear John and Eat, Pray, Love.

 

It was announced last year that Reeves will write and direct Let Me In. In addition to the box office hit Cloverfield, Reeves' directing credits include the comedy The Pallbearer, starring David Schwimmer and Gwyneth Paltrow, and the hit television show Felicity, starring Keri Russell, which he co-created and executive produced along with partner J.J. Abrams.

 

"Kodi, Chloe, and Richard are my absolute dream cast," says Reeves. "I couldn't be more excited to be working with them."

 

Let Me In is the first film in a two-picture co-production, financing and distribution agreement between Overture Films and Exclusive Media Group, the parent company of Hammer Films and Spitfire Pictures.

 

Is this really necessary o.O

Is this really necessary o.O

 

No, it really REALLY isn't..... <_<

 

Knowing the fukkin' Yanks they'll just turn it into an episode of "Vampire Diaries", or, worse yet, make it some kind of sloppy "Twilight" clone......

 

The original book/film are uniquely and culturally, very Scandinavian... I cannot see how Hollywood can translate this any more than they could effectively translate The Grudge, A Tale of Two Sisters (The Uninvited) or The Ring..... US remakes of European or Asian films, as a rule, SUCK.....

I enjoyed reading the book, but i didnt really watch the film properly, i'll have to watch it again :)

http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image/article/108/1088382/M-128-DF-00637r_1273262082_640w.jpg

 

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The trailer has arrived.

 

I think it'll be a decent remake. NOT AS GOOD AS THE ORIGINAL ETCETC *SNOBSNOB*

 

It's obvs gonna be more actiony for a US audience but I think in terms of mainstream movies it'll be nice.

Looks really good from the trailer! :o Love Chloe Meritz or whatever she's called too <3

I think it'll be a decent remake. NOT AS GOOD AS THE ORIGINAL ETCETC *SNOBSNOB*

 

It's obvs gonna be more actiony for a US audience but I think in terms of mainstream movies it'll be nice.

I don't think it will be a complete rape, if it follows the original enough it can't be; but if it is a shot-by-shot adaption then it will be soulless, and its existence regardless is entirely unnecessary, just as much as the [Rec.] remake was. There's just no point to it, and there's no defense to that. Just watch the original!

 

Also of note, the morse code at the end of the trailer translates to 'help me'.

Edited July 2, 201015 yr by Daniel Gleek

Red band trailer:

http://uk.movies.ign.com/dor/objects/14284...d=4o4eat3ujpb4t

 

This seems a lot more horror influenced whereas the original wasnt really that scary. The original was more behind the story of the boy and the girl whereas this one seems more to be 'beware the vampires' type.

Trailer makes it look decent but you just know it's going to be crap.

 

 

Can anyone tell me the music from the trailer or is it incidental score?

Can somebody link me to some place where I can watch this?? I can't find ANYTHING that works.

 

I was meant to be going to see this last weekend, but unforseen circumstances stopped it, but want to see this so badly.

while it was pointless to remake it this soon, this was honestly amazing, just as good as the original

Just as good as the original, just a brilliant film.

I've heard its basically the original with American actors... Not sure how I'd feel about watching it if its true.

I don't know where you've heard that - a lot of the reviews make it quite clear that these are two quite different takes on the same story. I think it looks great and it's had decent reviews so I'm sure I'll check it out at some point.

I'm going on word of mouth, havent really checked out any reviews other than those featured in the trailer.

I haven't watched Let me in movie yet.But I will watch in the spare time.

Finally managed to watch this last night. So worth the wait. It is ignorant of me I know, but I just don't like films with subtitles which is why I have never seen the original, but all the reviews I have read pretty much say it is AS GOOD as the original. Whilst there are elements of horror, the romantic storyline is purely the focus. I found the casting of the two leads to be brilliant. You could really feel and sense the chemistry and vulnerabless of them both.

 

I know Toy Story 3 and Inception will lead the mainstream critics' plaudits come the end of the year, but this is really up there with the best mainstream films of the yera. I'd probably go as far to say it is the best US horror film of the decade.

 

9/10

Resurrecting an old thread...but... after being extremely dismissive and sniffy about yet another pointles American remake.... especially of a film so absolutely faultless as Let the Right One In, I finally got to see this last weekend...and.... it's terrific. Easily as good as the original. The lad who plays the main lead, also in The Road (most depressing film ever made? Yes... but he's brilliant in it).... he's even more brilliant in Let Me In...a future star is born, I think - he underplays the role with the panache of an actor 3 times his age - spellbinding.

 

America hasn't done horror at all well in decades..... they've rectified it with this, though. A masterpiece.

Just watched tonight, for some reason I never watched it before now even though it seemed like something I'd really like.

 

I thought it was very good, I haven't seen the original though so I can't compare. The two leads were very strong and interesting to watch.

 

Although at one point I thought Abby had killed Owen's Mother cause he called to her room and she lying in the bed....then he went to ask his dad if evil exists. There was a bit of confusion there.

 

I'm not good at rating things, so I'll give it a 9/10. Well worth watching.