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‘Let the Right One In’ Director Slams Remake
It was announced last week that CLOVERFIELD director Matt Reeves would be getting behind the camera for a remake of Let the Right One In for Hammer and Overture Films. Tomas Alfredson, the director of the original film hitting theaters October 24th from Magnet Releasing, talked a bit to MovieZine.se about his thoughts on remaking the film, which don’t sound all that optimistic.
MovieZine.se writes in:
“Several weeks before the Swedish premiere of horror flick Let the right one in, plans are being made of a remake helmed by Matt Reeves (“Cloverfield”).
Director Thomas Alfredson doesn’t seem all too happy, when MovieZine.se asks him. Why can’t they just read the subtitles?, he wonders.
– Remakes should be made of movies that aren’t very good, that gives you the chance to fix whatever has gone wrong. I’m very proud of my movie and think it’s great, but the Americans might be of an other opinion. The saddest thing for me would be to see that beautiful story made into something mainstream.
– I don’t like to whine, but of course – if you’d spent years on painting a picture, you’d hate to hear buzz about a copy even before your vernissage!”
What do you guys think? I would argue that most American won’t see a foreign film, especially if it’s subtitled. [REC] is a fantastic movie, but how many people will see it versus QUARANTINE, which is in English? I’m all for remaking foreign films, especially if you can do it good. And even if it ends up sucking, it doesn’t mean the original will be looked at the same way.
Sony returns to their own Marvel universe with the upcoming Kraven the Hunter, which has been bumped all over the release schedule. This week, it’s been bumped once more.
There was a time when Sony was going to unleash Kraven in theaters in October 2023, but the film was then bumped to August 2024. It’ll now release on December 13, 2024.
Kraven the Hunter will be the very first Marvel movie from Sony to be released into theaters with an “R” rating, with lots of bloody violence being promised.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the title character, Marvel’s ultimate predator.
“Kraven the Hunter is the visceral story about how and why one of Marvel’s most iconic villains came to be. Set before his notorious vendetta with Spider-Man, Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the titular character in the R-rated film.”
Ariana DeBose will play Calypso in the upcoming Kraven the Hunter movie.
Christopher Abbott (Possessor) is playing The Foreigner, with Levi Miller (Better Watch Out) also on board. Alessandro Nivola (The Many Saints of Newark) will play another villain, but character details are under wraps. Russell Crowe and Fred Hechinger also star.
J.C. Chandor (A Most Violent Year) is directing Kraven the Hunter.
The screenplay was written by Art Marcum & Matt Holloway and Richard Wenk.
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