--This news just arrived in my mailbox, so consider it hot off the presses. Overture Films has issued a casting announcement for Matt Reeves' "Let Me In," a remake of the Swedish vampire flick "Let the Right One In." Joining the cast are Kodi Smit-McPhee ("The Road"), Chloe Moretz ("500 Days of Summer") and Richard Jenkins ("The Visitor").
--As if the badass trailer for Chris Nolan's "Inception" wasn't enough to get you excited, there's more news on the hush-hush project today. IMAX Corporation announced that the sci-fi flick will hit IMAX theaters and regular theaters simultaneously on July 16, 2010. And yes, that is too long to wait for something that looks so freaking cool. (ComingSoon) Read more...
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If, like me, you’re a fan of last year’s Swedish vampire sensation “Let the Right One In,” and you’ve been dreading the Hollywood remake, take comfort in knowing that there might not be reason to worry after all. “Cloverfield” director Matt Reeves has been set to script and helm the English-language redo.
While speaking to the LA Times recently, Reeves defended his vision and shared some interesting new information about his personal take on the young vampire love story, about a bullied 12-year-old who falls for the bloodsucking girl next door. "Twilight" this is not, but the comparisons are there to be made nonetheless. Read more...
Between "Twilight" and the critically hailed Swedish flick, "Let The Right One In," now is the time for angst-ridden teens and vampires. And you thought "The Loys: The Tribe" put a nail in that coffin.
By now you know everything under the sun about "Twilight" (if that's a pun, it's not intended) but you probably know less about "Let The Right One In" (read Kurt Loder's glowing review here). If so, get thee to an art house and check it out. Haunting and throughly unique in tone, it's a stand-out flick this Fall. And yeah, it's in Swedish, alright? Deal. Or don't. Because there is an English-language remake in the works and it's coming from "Cloverfield" director Matt Reeves. Ready to hear his take on the story? I chatted with Reeves the other day (he said he's at work on the script right now) and here's what he told me:
Will he change the time period and locale? "I’m keeping it in the early 80s. I love the setting of it being in a snowy locale. I’ve been thinking of Colorado, maybe Littleton." Read more...
Ever since "Cloverfield" came out, it's been taken as a fait accompli that a sequel would be greenlit. So where is it? Catching up with director Matt Reeves, the helmer admits to MTV News in an interview that "the studio of course wants it to happen," but wanting something to happen and coming up with the right idea are two very different things.
Reeves says that talks have been frequent if sporadic over the last nine months. "At times it’s gone dormant and then its come back up again," Reeves says of the brainstorming over a sequel.
"There are a couple ideas that have potential but we haven’t quite cracked it yet," says Reeves who is juggling his orginal screenplay, "The Invisible Woman" and his remake of "Let the Right One In" among his future projects. Trying to pin down just what those "Cloverfield" sequel ideas are though is easier said than done. One thought was to return to the source of the inspiration for the film. "When we were in Japan we thought, wouldn’t it be cool to do it here," he said. Read more...
