Less than a month ago, we saw a shortlist of directors under consideration to helm The Twilight Zone, Warner Bros' top secret project that would bear the name of Rod Serling's classic television series, which aired from 1959 to 1964 and still holds up perfectly, with wonderfully well-told stories that actually have something to say. That shortlist read more like wishlist, with names like Christopher Nolan, Michael Bay, Alfonso Cuaron, and Rupert Wyatt making it abundantly clear that the studio has big plans for the revitalized The Twilight Zone. Now, Warner Bros has made their selection on just who will direct, and it's someone who wasn't on that shortlist: Matt Reeves, the helmer behind Cloverfield and Let Me In.
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With his first feature Cloverfield, director Matt Reeves brought a colossal monster to New York and gleefully killed off a bunch of young, pretty people. For his second film, Let Me In, he remade the Swedish thriller Let the Right One In with such fidelity that it felt almost redundant, despite being quite good. For his third feature, he'll adapt the science fiction short story 8 O'Clock in the Morning, which was the basis for John Carpenter's 1988 action horror rumblefest They Live.
Let Me In opened this past weekend to some impressive reviews. Director Matt Reeves seems to have successfully brought to us a remake that doesn’t cheapen the original material.
There is one intense scene that will not be viewed at a theatre near you, yet thanks to SlashFilm.com we are able to get a glimpse once again into the dark and scary world of Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) and Abby (Chloe Grace Moretz) as she reveals how she became what she is.
Check out this terrific scene below, no real spoilers so you are safe if you haven’t seen it yet. After you watch it, you can find out why Reeves removed the scene from the film in the first place.
Matt Reeves first grabbed our attention with his monster flick Cloverfield. The film became a major success thanks to the help of JJ Abrams and of course, Reeves himself. Yet not taking the easy way out for his next directorial effort, he was chosen to take on a remake of Let the Right One In, the international hit vampire film that enchanted audiences and critics alike.
While that may sound like the kiss of death for a filmmaker, Matt believed in the project and he fought for a way to tell the story the way he wanted to tell it. And now, the movie that audiences and critics were ready to bash has received terrific reviews and some truly positive audience reactions. Including of course, the man who wrote the novel "Let the Right One In", John Lindqvist.
iamROGUE.com spoke to Matt about the film and the trials and tribulations that went with taking it on. He also spoke about his connection to the leading character and how it inspired him to take this project on. And just in case you are interested, we talk a bit about what is happening with Cloverfield 2!
ARTISTdirect.com Editor-in-Chief talks evil, 'Let Me In' and My Chemical Romance in his exclusive interview with Chloe Grace Moretz.
Chloe Grace Moretz leads Let Me In with a real understanding of darkness.
In fact, Moretz knows the evil in her vampire Abby better than anyone should, and that's what makes her performance so poetic, passionate and primal. Moretz doesn't shy away from Abby's pain, but she's got a grip on her power as well, and she's not afraid to use it.
Is it already Halloween?
You’d think so by the creepy message I received in the mail today.
A postcard was delivered at my doorstep, and there was something very odd about it. The picture is of Los Alamos, New Mexico and the postcard itself came from Ottowi Station Science Museum Shop and Bookstore from the same area. It is a pretty view with blue skies…
Clearly, that wasn’t the creepy part.
I was not a fan of the announcement that Let the Right One In was being remade, and I know I wasn't alone. Never mind that I had no real faith in Matt Reeves (Cloverfield and "Felicity" episodes aren't quite enough for me), I found the Tomas Alfredson original to be so good that a remake seemed more than pointless, it was downright offensive. (What can I say, I'm a purist.)
Update: Just in case you haven't yet gotten your fill of trailers, clips, and images for Let Me In, Cloverfield director Matt Reeves' adaptation/remake of Let the Right One In, Overture has released more of each to make sure that you do. Check out a new international trailer and exclusive clip below...
Overture Films has recently launched a viral website for Matt Reeves' Let the Right One In re-adaptation/remake Let Me In, which today revealed five new photos from the movie, including a look at Richard Jenkins as Abby's 'guardian'. Check out the viral website HelpMe.net...
Synopsis: An alienated 12-year-old boy befriends a mysterious young newcomer in his small New Mexico town, and discovers an unconventional path to adulthood in Let Me In, a haunting and provocative thriller written and directed by filmmaker Matt Reeves (Cloverfield).Twelve-year old Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is viciously bullied by his classmates and neglected by his divorcing parents. Achingly lonely, Owen spends his days plotting revenge on his middle school tormentors and his evenings spying on the other inhabitants of his apartment complex. His only friend is his new neighbor Abby (Chloe Moretz), an eerily self-possessed young girl who lives next door with her silent father (Oscar nominee Richard Jenkins). A frail, troubled child about Owens's age, Abby emerges from her heavily curtained apartment only at night and always barefoot, seemingly immune to the bitter winter elements. Recognizing a fellow outcast, Owen opens up to her and before long, the two have formed a unique bond.When a string of grisly murders puts the town on high alert, Abby's father disappears, and the terrified girl is left to fend for herself. Still, she repeatedly rebuffs Owen's efforts to help her and her increasingly bizarre behavior leads the imaginative Owen to suspect she's hiding an unthinkable secret.