'Let the Right One In' remake opens door for Chloe Moretz, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Richard Jenkins

Kodi Smit-McPhee and Chloe Moretz, as well as Richard Jenkins, are knocking on the door of “Let Me In,” the English-language remake of Swedish horror movie “Let the Right One In.” Matt Reeves is writing and directing for Overture. Hammer Films and Spitfire Pictures are the production entities behind the pic.

The film follows an overlooked and bullied boy named Owen (Smit-McPhee) who finds love and revenge through Abby (Moretz), a beautiful but peculiar girl with the weight of the world on her shoulder who turns out to be a vampire.

Jenkins plays the girl’s adult ward, a character known as Hakan in the original film.

Producers had been in talks with the rising kid-actors over the summer but was trying to work out the adult component that best served the triangular combination, with an eye on scheduling and chemistry.

Principal photography begins this fall in New Mexico.

Producing the film are Hammer’s Simon Oakes, Guy East and Nigel Sinclair and Donna Gigliotti. Hammer’s Alex Brunner and Tobin Armbrust will executive produce along with John Ptak, Philip Elway and Fredrik Malmberg.

Swedish producers John Nordling and Carl Molinder, who produced the original film, are also involved as producers on this remake.

Smit-McPhee, repped by ICM and Goodmanagement, stars opposite Viggo Mortensen in “The Road,” the
adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel.

Moretz, repped by Innovative Artists and 3 Arts Entertainment, appeared in this past summer’s “500 Days of Summer” and is one of the stars of “Kick-Ass,” Matthew Vaughn’s much-buzzed about adaptation of the Mark Millar-John Romita Jr. comic book.

Jenkins, repped by Gersh and Bill Treusch Management, is wrapping up “Eat, Pray, Love” with Julia Roberts and has “Cabin in the Woods” and “Rum Diary” in the can. He received on Oscar nomination for Overture’s “The Visitor.”

Comments

[Vitamin C]

"The brilliance of that story deserves to be seen by audiences on a wide scale…"

Then give the original a wide release. How about we condition the masses to put a little effort into their movie going experience (re: subtitles)? Instead of pandering to them by Americanizing (read bastardizing) everything good that doesn't happen to be in English.

Damn foreigners and their desire to make movies in their own language. How inconsiderate can they possibly be.

[hollister]

Well said, such a person should be a good sentence, or the future will be more rampant.

[Abercrombie fitch outlet]

Looks cool but I felt they have shown little too much in the trailer.My cousin brother was saying I’ll get bored. Hopefully it’s no t the case

[ed hardy outlet]

There is a first time for everything, and for me, today was the first time I have ever given money to a political candidate.