LET ME IN Begins Principal Photography

It’s been a long and winding road for the US-based remake of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN.  We’ve had name changes, child auditions, and concept posters, but it was announced yesterday by Overture Films that production on LET ME IN, directed by Matt Reeves, had begun in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

For those of you who don’t know, LET ME IN tells the tale of a young boy, played by THE ROAD’s Kodi Smit-McPhee, who befriends a mysterious, young girl, played by (500) DAYS OF SUMMER’s Chloe Moretz, who turns out to be an aged vampire stuck forever in childhood.  Matt Reeves served as screenwriter, taking the task of adapting John Ajvide Lindqvist original novel rather than remaking the Swedish, filmed version of the story.

Says Simon Oakes, President and CEO of Hammer Films:

This project is very personal to Matt as it is to the many passionate fans of the original story.  The brilliance of that story deserves to be seen by audiences on a wide scale and we are excited that the pieces are in place to make that a reality.

Production is intended to run until January.  No release date has been set.

What do you think?  Are you still troubled by the thought of Hollywood remaking LET THE RIGHT ONE IN?  Were you ever?  Do you think Matt Reeves will do a satisfactory job bringing Lindqvist’s original novel to the big screen?  Give us your thoughts in the comment section below.