Update: A hi-rez version from Overture has arrived.
Here’s the first look at “Kick-Ass” breakout star Chloe Moretz in Matt Reeves’ upcoming remake of Swedish vampire flick “Let The Right One In.”
The young starlet will play the renamed vampire child Abby whose blossoming friendship with her new neighbor, 12 year old Owen – played by “The Road” star Kodi Smit-McPhee – is more much complicated than first thought. Richard Jenkins also stars as Abby’s guardian in the pic, which will be set in Los Alamos, New Mexico in the ’80s.
Moretz obviously doesn’t have the physical eeriness of Alfredsson’s lead, Lina Leandersson, with criticism already coming in strong for her ‘over-cuteness’ for the role. Surely, Reeves knows better though and is going for something different, as a straight-up English-language remake of Alfredsson’s popular adaptation seems destined to just fall flat.
“Let Me In,” as it’s been retitled, will hit theaters October 1st.