"Let the Right One In" American remake

[megladon8]

By Cloverfield's Matt Reeves, no less! (http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/09/25/cloverfields-matt-reeves-remaking-let-the-right-one-in/)

[Boner M]

About damn time.

[ledfloyd]

that was quick.

[number8]

that was quick.

Quicker than you think. They announced this last month, before the movie even opened anywhere.

[D_Davis]

They should start doing preemptive remakes.

[number8]

They should start doing preemptive remakes.

Yes, studios should nab distribution rights and then announce a remake at the same time, that way they can prevent the original to be released until the remake hits DVD.

[D_Davis]

Yes, studios should nab distribution rights and then announce a remake at the same time, that way they can prevent the original to be released until the remake hits DVD.

They could say they are "Heroizing" the movie.

[Spinal]

Perhaps the original could be released as a special feature on the DVD for the remake.

[number8]

Perhaps the original could be released as a special feature on the DVD for the remake.

Now you're thinking like an Ell-Angelite.

[Acapelli]

They should start doing preemptive remakes.
isn't this what they did with [rec]?

[Ezee E]

Yes, studios should nab distribution rights and then announce a remake at the same time, that way they can prevent the original to be released until the remake hits DVD.
I have a feeling this has already been done.

[Grouchy]

I have a feeling this has already been done.
I wouldn't know about the US, but in Argentina, the Ringu remake was released several months before the original.

[eternity]

I don't think it's necessary, at all, but Reeves ain't bad.