'Let the Right One In' Remake Gets Its Cast
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Overture Films' remake of Sweden's critically acclaimed Let the Right One In has been decried as unnecessary by a lot of critics and film fans. But it's happening no matter how much digital ink we spend complaining about it, and at least they have gone and hired themselves one heck of a cast. In an official press release, Overture has announced that Richard Jenkins, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Chloe Moretz have been cast in Let Me In. The roles are the same, though the names have been Americanized. Smit-McPhee will be playing Owen, the lonely boy who befriends the strange smelling girl who haunts his apartment complex. Moretz will be playing Abby, the immortal with a child's face. Jenkins will play her caretaker, Hakan. (They haven't decided what to change the name to, I guess. I bet you'll see him renamed Hank or Henry before long.) While I haven't seen enough of Moretz to judge her work, I know Smit-McPhee and Jenkins will be fantastic. (If you haven't rented Romulus, My Father, do so! Its a wonderful film, and it'll give you a preview of what you can expect out of Smit-McPhee in The Road.)
Of course, the performances will all depend on how the troubling, eerie story is handled by director Matt Reeves. If the nuances of the characters are bungled, then it won't matter how good the cast is. Let Me In begins filming in New Mexico (now there's a departure from the Swedish snow) this fall, and will hit theaters January 15, 2010.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-02-2009 @ 12:26AM
YouFaceTheTick said...
So pathetic that Americans feel the need to make remakes of superior foreign films (Shall We Dance, Infernal Affairs, Obre los Ojos).
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10-02-2009 @ 1:20AM
Quentin said...
This will suck. I don't care if they get freaking Johnny Depp to star in it. It will suck so bad that the suck-o-meter will break. Really? Really? I mean, it's not even that old of a movie, it's like not even a year or so old and it's already being remade! That makes me so angry I can't see straight! This isn't filmmaking this is just corporate capitalism!
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10-02-2009 @ 2:33AM
jon said...
relax
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10-02-2009 @ 6:04AM
ElevatorHappyFun said...
While I am not too keen on "american remakes" so soon after the original, I am not going to pass judgment until after at least a trailer.
There are a few american remakes that are better.
1. The Ring
2. Father of the Bride
3. Twelve Monkeys (different but better)
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10-02-2009 @ 12:16PM
Pingles said...
Who is going to do the voice of the lovable, wisecracking skateboarding dog?
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10-02-2009 @ 12:29PM
mr. reynolds said...
Such bullshit. Let it fail miserably.
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10-12-2009 @ 8:33PM
kyle said...
it's sad that hollywood thinks they need to remake films just cus they aren't american. unfournately i am an american, but at least i come up with my own ideas. if they've been thought up before i make it my own. bad films or ok films like the strangers shud be remade with more story telling like this film. wait i actually am remaking it as my first film...
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