Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road), Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass) and Oscar-nominee Richard Jenkins (The Cabin in the Woods ) will headline the cast of Let Me In (thankfully dropping the title Fish Head), Matt Reeves’ adaptation of Let the Right One In, when principal photography begins this fall in New Mexico. You can read more about the announcement below!
Picture: Richard Jenkins
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.
this is cool. i haven't seen Richard in anything (that i can recall) so it'll be nice to have a "fresh face" as opposed to an already accomplished and recognizable face. i hope this turns out good (even though the original is virtually perfect and doesn't need a remake).
you know what, fuck it...i really loved the original but i'll give this one a chance anyway. plus, it'll give the original more exposure in a roundabout kind of way...look at how many people watched Ringu after The Ring...
Dale Doback: Suppose Nancy sees me coming out of the shower and decides to come on to me. I'm looking good, got a luscious v of hair going through my chest pubes down to my ball fro. She takes one look at me and goes " Oh my god, I've had the old bull now I want the young calf" and she grabs me by the weiner.
Dr. Robert Doback: Shut the fuck up!
The first was great no question, but Richard Jenkins how can you not get excited about this that guy fits this perfect I cant believe they got him. Im really diggin this lets get oscar nominated actors/actress for horror films I think this is great.
I dont see this as a remake. Sure it only exists due the superb Swedish film, but it another adaptation of the book. While I love the movie, I REALLY love and adore the book. There are huge, and significant things cut from the swedish film version
Below are some of this thing absent in the Swedish version I hope they put in the US version. As long as its treated as a new adapatation, and not a remake AND its R rated. This story deals with some really dark subjects and need to be allowed to explore them.
***SPOILERS***
[spolier]
The overtly peodophile nature of Hakan and his various run ins and his moral conflict is virtually absent from the movie.
The 'drunks' are basically ignored in the movie. Which is a shame as they add real depth to the story.
Oskar isnt as tragic in the movie, and gone are the piss ball and the running away from Dad which were important to his story arc.
Eli's transformations. Claws, fangs, etc.
The entire Hakan becomes a lust crazed Vampire, his rampages and final conflict with Eli are also absent.[/spoiler]
also absent are the flashbacks... it would have been nice to see some of those. To see how Eli became "..nothing. Not a child. Not old. Not a boy. Not a girl. Nothing."
Jodelle Ferland is too old.
The brilliant thing about the original is that they were not established child actors/stars. Their performances were more raw and realistic. The director had to interview hundreds of kids for the role but the effort was worth it.
If you haven't seen the original or better bought a copy from ebay... don't bother pasting a reply just go out and get it now.
Still have high hopes for this
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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.
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