"Let me in" - Remake von "Let the right one in"

[Sir Khan]

Das Casting ist noch nicht beendet, aber hier findet Ihr schon die ersten Konzept-Plakate: *KLICK*

Ich gehe jetzt leise weinen...

[StS]

Ich gehe jetzt leise weinen...

Viel Spaß dabei!  

 

[The Punisher]

Wieder ein überflüssiges Remake

[fadenschnute]

So wie ich das gelesen habe, ist es kein Remake des Films sonder eine erneute Verfilmung des Romans. In wie weit das in so kurten Abständen Sinn macht, darüber lässt sich natürlich streiten. Ich sehe dem Film trotzdem positiv entgegen

[The Punisher]

Erneute Verfilmung (noch dazu Amerikanisiert) = Remake .

[StS]

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, 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...

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.

Source: Overture FIlms

[StS]

Neu dabei: Elias Koteas (Shutter Island) as the policeman, Cara Buono (“The Sopranos”) as Owen’s mother and Sasha Barrese (The Hangover) as “Virginia.”

[StS]

One of the main things I know readers are worried about is how different this will be from the original. Reeves says he'll find his own piece to bring to the tale:

"One of the things I really wanted to do was find my own way into the story while still being very, very reverent to the beautiful film and to the wonderful story that they created," Reeves tells MTV. "And so the story in many ways follows the same trajectory. I really wanted to put you, even more so, into the point of view of the boy and understand his childhood as vividly as it comes across in the book."

On avoiding comparison to TWILIGHT:

"I think that it has obviously really touched a nerve and tapped into a very, very deep vein. To me, the thing about genre stories that is the most interesting thing is what you do with the metaphor of the genre. You can do a grand, sweeping love story, like "Twilight," and use that metaphor of the two people that are just being torn apart and the aching-ness of it, and that's a great fantasy. I think that what people respond to in "Twilight" is the fantasy of it. It's such a grand, romantic fantasy, and in a way, the reason why I think there is room for a film like ours is, though it's a vampire film, it uses it in such a different way."

He continues, "Whereas "Twilight" is kind of a fantasy, this will be a darker, scarier kind of journey. Obviously, "True Blood" is also really big these days too, and that's a different thing using the sexual side. I think it's really about what sort of emphasis the story takes and how you use the metaphor. The amazing thing about genre films is the way to smuggle in different kinds of themes and things worthy of exploration. I think what so struck me about this story is that what it is exploring is so different and so real."

[StS]

[StS]

[elend]

Oh Gott! Bitte nicht. Das braucht doch nun echt kein Mensch. Also wirklich keiner.

[dÆmonicus]

Einer schon. 

[StS]

Ich finde, man sollte viel mehr Filme solch mäßiger Art (wie das Original in diesem Fall) remaken.  

[dÆmonicus]

Stimmt, Filme wie "Basic", "Collateral" oder "Wonderland" benötigen definitiv ein Remake.

[StS]

Aus Neugier würde ich mir die auch anschauen. 

[dÆmonicus]

Eigentlich wollte ich ja was darauf erwidern, aber die Diskussion hatten wir nun schon zur Genüge.

[StS]

Eigentlich wollte ich ja was darauf erwidern, aber die Diskussion hatten wir nun schon zur Genüge.

Und doch hast Du Dich zu einem Kommentar hinreißen lassen! 
Und das auch noch als Dein 24.500. Beitrag. Herzlichen Glühstrumpf!   

It´s halt a never ending story...

[dÆmonicus]

Eigentlich kann es jederzeit enden, weicht ja keiner von seiner Meinung ab. Es tut meiner Filmseele halt weh, wenn man so ignorant ist. 

Ach die Beiträge sind ja hauptsächlich durch die Einstellung der Neuveröffentlichungen. "Produktiver" Output ist wesentlich geringer.

[StS]

Ach die Beiträge sind ja hauptsächlich durch die Einstellung der Neuveröffentlichungen. "Produktiver" Output ist wesentlich geringer.

Bei mir doch auch. Also kein Grund für falsche Bescheidenheit - zumal ein Forum wie dieses von Infos wie Deine Neuveröffentlichung-Posts doch ein gutes Stück weit "mitlebt".   

[dÆmonicus]

Bei 25' mach ich ein Fass auf. 

[StS]

Im GF wurde ich auf den Trailer aufmerksam:

http://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/99922-Let-Me-In/trailer/19124319.html

  Schönes Ding! 

[dÆmonicus]

Fast 1:1 Kopie des Originals auf "stylish" getrimmt. Reife Leistung. 

[StS]

Fast 1:1 Kopie des Originals auf "stylish" getrimmt. Reife Leistung. 

Jip, Du sagst es - wird mir auf jeden Fall besser als das Original gefallen. 

[dÆmonicus]

Weiss ich. Aber etwas "Innovation" hätte ich dann doch erwartet. Das ist so nen typisch feiges Remake, ich veränder eigentlich nix, nimm nur Amistars und pimp die Optik etwas. Das ist wie nen gebrauchtes Auto kaufen und weil ichs tunen nicht kann, häng ich zumindest nen Fuchsschwanz an die Antenne. 

[dr.olds]

wenn sie sonst nix können - tunen können sie aber , die amis . ob das ergebnis gefällt ist eine andere frage . in der regel bevorzuge ich ein liebevoll restauriertes orginal , wobei es durchaus ausnahmen gibt , welche die regel bestätigen .

er wird seine chance kriegen , da ich ja (als gefühlter einziger filmfan auf der ganzen welt) das orginal nicht sooo prickelnd fand . mal schaun , ob er den weg ins kino findet . und möglichst nicht schon im sommer , schön weiss/kalt soll's bitteschön sein draussen 

[StS]

Hey: Bin auch Filmfan und finde das Original (ebenfalls) nicht so prickelnd. 

[The Punisher]

Banausen.

[StS]

Nach dem Trailer hier nun das Poster ... also quasi 2:0 fürs Remake bisher. 

[dr.olds]

die liste der poster , die besser sind als der film , die ist aber endlos 

[StS]

US-Trailer:
http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/38738/official-us-green-band-trailer-let-me-in

[dr.olds]

dr.olds Spoiler bitte nicht lesen wenn man das Buch nicht kennt

das mädchen sieht zu eindeutig wie ein mädchen aus , um als das durchzugehen , was sie im buch ist

[The Punisher]

dr.olds Spoiler bitte nicht lesen wenn man das Buch nicht kennt

[StS]

[Mr. Erpel]

Ich denke nicht, dass das Remake im Allgemeinen schlecht sein wird, aber wie so oft ist es schlichtweg unnötig gewesen, diesen sehr guten Film zu remaken! 

[StS]

Scheint richtig gut geworden zu sein, der Streifen! 

Believe or not, Let Me In is by far one of the most stunning remakes horror fans have ever been witness to. Although too faithful at times, it is still a remake that is exceptionally loyal to its predecessor’s storyline, themes and, most importantly, its fans that made the remake possible in the first place. It is a beautifully haunting film that is quite possibly one of the best horror films viewers will see this year. ... 4/5
http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/let-me-2010

Ultimately, if the Swedish version is near perfection, Matt Reeves's version achieves complete supremacy. Masterpiece is an overused word, but it's hard to think of another so powerful. Let Me In is the new standard for vampire movies. ... 5/5
http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/review/2230

As for the question of Swedish or American, which version is better? I simply don't know if I can offer an answer to that because the experience of watching the two versions is so wildly different. The Alfredson film was my first exposure to this story, so everything was fresh. Since then I have read the novel, which dives much more deeply into any number of issues barely hinted at in the Alfredson film. And approaching this film it was simply impossible to just sit and watch and experience the story fresh because comparisons to both book and earlier film were spinning in my head throughout the entire run time. And this, I think, is about the only argument that I'll accept when it comes to opposing film remakes this close to the previous film version - that things are still so fresh that it is almost impossible to judge the new version on its own terms. What I do know is that while neither film is perfect both are pretty damn good and a host of people unfamiliar with the story are about to get a treat.
http://twitchfilm.net/reviews/2010/09/tiff-2010-let-me-in-review.php

Bottom Line: This unsettling, effective American remake really gets under the skin as one of the year's most powerful thrillers.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film-reviews/Let+Me+In+--+Film+Review-1004114041.story

[StS]

[StS]

Hier gibbet schonmal ne "Deleted Scene" ... und zwar eine wirklich gelungene:

http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/40687/see-abby-get-turned-deleted-scene-let-me