tylergfoster

Looks like production is about to roll on Matt Reeves' remake of Tomas Alfredson's Let the Right One In. It stars The Road's Kodi-Smit McPhee in the Oskar role (renamed Owen) and potentially Chloe Morentz as Eli (renamed Abby). The weirdest change so far, though, is currently being reported on by Production Weekly and Bloody-Disgusting...that the title has been changed from Let Me In (which JoBlo says is the American name for the book) to Fish Head...?

Who the hell is going to see a movie called Fish Head?

Matthew Chmiel

Could it be that "Fish Head" is just a production title to throw people off? Not the first time it's happened during pre-production/production, but I don't see a studio backing a remake when a majority of the people know it as Let the Right One In (or even the English translated Let Me In).

I think Alfredson's adaptation of the novel was brilliant, but I could also see a much darker adaptation of the source material. My only concern is if they delve too deep within the origin material of Eli. It wasn't the strongest portion of the book and if the American adaptation delves deeper into that, I feel it may come off as it's trying to jump on the bandwagon of Twilight and True Blood. The first film adaptation worked because it made the audience try and figure it out rather than spell it out.

riotinmyskull

it's matt reeves (cloverfield)...i'm sure "fish head" is just the production title.

Yavin

Great, now I'm going to have "Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads ..." in my head for the rest of the day ...

islandclaws

They can call it whatever they want, it'll never be as good as the original.

Groucho

Agreed. Bill Paxton's Fish Heads short was nothing short of a masterpiece.

OldBoy

whatever happens, let's not have Magnolia pick up the rights for the DVD & Blu-ray

Dr Mabuse

I saw someone saying the 'Fish Head' title was the name the bully boys were calling the boy(Oskar) instead of 'piggy' and etc. in this film.

clckworang

Snowmaker

I just watched the original, because of all the good things I've heard about it on here, and I don't see how they can remake it any worse. That movie was so boring I'm surprised I made it all the way through.

Zen Peckinpah

Love the original, good to know they got capable child actors on board (haven't seen their stuff yet). Richard Jenkins is an automatic draw for me.

Gunde

You will love the remake

Matthew Chmiel

Script review of Matt Reeves' remake: http://www.mypdfscripts.com/featured...iews-let-me-in

A lot of text, but in a nutshell, this will be an almost exact shot-by-shot remake of the original Swedish film. Scenes are re-arranged to make the film go at a faster pace, but it's practically the original Swedish film made for American audiences.

Matt Reeves can go eat a dick.

I thought we were going to get a more faithful adaptation of the original novel? Something a bit "edgier" than the film that also peeks into the back story. Nope. Same exact film, just dumbed down for American audiences. Great. I know what I wont be seeing.

Solid Snake

*sigh* Can't believe they're remaking this.

Rypro 525

shrug. Maybe their put more gore in the movie (and they'll probably cut out the nudity from the movie)

DonnachaOne

Rory's First Kiss was one of my favorite movies of last year.

My Other Self

I don't know why, but that's totally one of the funniest things I've ever read on this forum.

The Bus

If it's a shot-for-shot remake, count me out.

Arthur Dent

Me, too. Completely superfluous.

islandclaws

True. Honestly, a shot-for-shot remake is pretty much an insult to Alfredson. It's the most blatant way of saying we don't want to try and show your film, with subtitles, to a wider, American audience. We'd rather dumb it down and pander to those who don't like "reading their movies". If you're not going to significantly shake things up when remaking a movie then I just don't see the point.

Groucho

How can you tell if it's a "shot-for-shot" remake from a screenplay.

The Bus

If the screenplay has the similar storyline, dialogue, and beats as the original, then one could infer that it is possibly a shot-for-shot remake. But there's no guarantee.

MrSmearkase

From this week's Entertainment Weekly...

Dan

Arghhhh!!

Groucho

I guess we can change the subject header to Let Me In (Reeves, 2010)?