First Photo of Chloe Moretz in Let The Right One In Remake

Posted by on May 7th, 2010   Filed under: Horror, Remakes

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I know a lot of people out there already harbour a lot of resentment for the upcoming U.S. remake of Tomas Alfredson’s Let The Right One In, and I guess I can understand why. In some weird way, its very existence feels like someone is saying that there is something wrong with the original. Personally, I don’t necessarily think Matt Reeves will end up making a bad film, I just think that it will ultimately feel more redundant than anything else. That being said, one big thing this new version definitely has going for it is the casting.

Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road) plays the main character Owen, while Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass) is taking on the role of the young female vampire Abby. Considering how much people generally seemed to love Moretz as Hit Girl, I can only imagine that her involvement is going to raise the general interest level in this film. The first official photo from the remake (which has been renamed to Let Me In) has been released today, and it shows Moretz looking quite creepy yet also innocent and sad at the same time. In other words, perfect. Let Me In hits theatres on October 1st… do you see yourself checking it out?



  • Ben

    Honestly, I think this will end up being better than the original with very few “internet people” willing to admit it simply due to the fact that so many are so caught up in the whole “remakes is badz” mindset.

  • HFD

    A friend of mine doesn’t watch foreign films because he doesn’t like to read sub-titles. I know, believe me I know. BUT! If a remake can bring this movie to a wider audience, then I’m all for it.

    I look forward to seeing this, as it will be like watching the movie again… only different. :D

  • Fatbologna

    @Ben

    No, no, no, no, no, no.

    You are wrong. Mindset has nothing to do with it. This movie IS redundant. I’ve read the book and the original film is about as perfect an adaptation of that story you could possibly get. Remakes aren’t always bad, but when they just tread the EXACT same ground as the original they’re pretty much worthless. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll see this. I’m just not expecting it to be better or even as good as the original.

  • Ben

    @Fatbologna,

    Don’t get me wrong, I really enjoyed the original but there were parts that tonally felt off to me or that simply could have used a bit “more.” I think that this could POTENTIALLY improve on the original. Regardless of how close to the book the original is, film-wise, something felt a bit off at parts.

  • Ben

    Also, as far as I know, they’re not going the Psycho route and doing this as a shot by shot remake so how is this redundant vs. whatever the remakes are that you feel are worthwhile? Not being a dick, honestly curious.

  • Charlie

    If it gets a release in Australia I will most definitely be checking this out. Even though most remakes are never really good I always find myself going to the movies and watching them.

  • Ben

    “Even though most remakes are never really good”

    Disagree. Had you said “Even though most remakes are never really [better than the original]” I could have possibly gotten behind that. However, I’ll continue to assert that, percentage-wise, MOST are at least “good”

  • JY

    @Ben

    I don’t want to make it seem like you’re being teamed up on, I’m just curious what makes you so optimistic about the direction the remake is going.

    There doesn’t seem to be much information floating around about it yet for me to get a clear idea what Matt Reeves is doing with the content. Without getting too much into it, what areas of the original were you most disappointed with and why do you suspect the American version will attempt to fix these problems rather than make them worse (like other recent American horror remakes).

  • bullet3

    The casting gives me hope, and I think that photo totally nails the look/tone of the character, so I want to be optimistic. I agree with Ben, that the original isn’t perfect and has some “off” parts (like the CGI cats).
    However, I just don’t see the studios taking the same approach as the original. They’re probably going to add some kind of bullshit “bad guy vampire” character, add more action, give it a more traditional structure. I’ll have to wait for a trailer before I can get a feel for which direction they’re gonna go.

  • The Man

    I know it’s just one screen shot, but she looks to clean. The girl in the original was dirty looking. I thought that was a more interesting choice visually. I think this verion will be just as if not more gory than the first. But I grantee you they will abandon the whole boy/girl thing. I peronally don’t care if they do or not.

  • Ben

    @JY

    The people involved and what I’ve read about the way they’re approaching it give me hope that it’ll be good.

    My main issue with the original had mainly to do with the secondary characters… the “old folk” if you will. A lot of the scenes not including Oskar and Eli didn’t feel up to par with the scenes that they were in. Basically the opposite of what is usually expected from film.

    Honestly, I just feel that within the American film “system” the right people could do a better job with a lot of the peripheral stuff as long as they stay on the right track overall (and I’m hoping they will)

  • Fatbologna

    I personally felt the tone of the original was pitch-perfect. It felt like a really solid coming-of-age “dramedy” with just enough light-hearted moments to offset the darker stuff. I also don’t think a studio would be MORE willing to tackle the darker stuff in the book than the original filmmaker as it gets pretty damn grotesque in spots. I think any odd tones that you guys spotted come from the region it was made. Europe in general is a little more open to having a lot of different tones in a film. I’m worried that the American version will end up being completely morose in the worst way possible(ie. Twilight!).

    I’m not against remakes of older films but I feel like these remakes of foreign films are unnecessary and only made for the sake of lazy movie goers unwilling to try something with subtitles. I think there’s potential in this story to capitalize on the Twilight audience but from a strictly creative standpoint this does seem redundant. Also, if they do want to get the tweens in the seats does that mean they’ll neuter this for a weaker rating?

    As I said before, I WILL watch this to sate my curiosity but I have no hope that it will add anything substantial to the story that the original didn’t cover.

    Lastly, Moretz or no, no one can embody the character of Eli like Lina Leandersson did.

  • Ben

    They’ve said repeatedly that they’re not altering the story to do capitalize on the popularity of Twilight. Hence the leads still being aged correctly. When there was first talk of the remake people online were freaking out thinking it would be changed into a teen love story.

    I honestly don’t think there’s any reason to worry about the film getting neutered. In fact, everything said so far leans toward the opposite (hence me having hope for the film).

    As for Moretz vs. Leandersson… every time someone new takes on an old role people say the same thing. Sometimes it’s true, often times it’s not. Remember when there was no way that Ledger was going to be as good as Nicholson?

  • christopher reed

    oh shit avatar 2 already

  • Steve

    She’s not sparkling.

  • Napalm

    she doesn’t have that creepiness the original girl had.. she looks cute.

  • pcch7

    I think this movie is completely unneccesary but Chloë Moretz has single-handedly made me at least curious with her awesome performance in Kick-Ass. Leandersson looks a bit more creepy and more like a boy which is appropriate with the book but whatever.

  • Jack

    Am I wrong or did the DVD have an English audio track? I could swear I didn’t watch it with subtitles. If that is the case and I think it is, then remaking this just to have familiar American faces in it seems ridiculous to me. I can understand not wanting to read subtitles, I will do it if necessary, but it does distract from what is going on visually. I think the original could have succeeded in theaters here if marketed with a little patients, and they give it time to build up word of mouth. But then again maybe not, “The Hurt Locker” couldn’t make money no matter what. I guess if you don’t make a 100 million the first weekend it is a flop?