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Tracking Shot November 2009: Beginners, Black Swan, Let Me In
12 December 2009 6:25 PM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
At the beginning of every month, Ioncinema.com's "Tracking Shot" features a handful of projects that we feel are worth signaling out and that are moments away from lensing. As we get closer to holiday dates productions tend to drop, so this November we are keeping tabs on only a handful of projects. - At the beginning of every month, Ioncinema.com's "Tracking Shot" features a handful of projects that we feel are worth signaling out and that are moments away from lensing. As we get closer to holiday dates productions tend to drop, so this November we are keeping tabs on only a handful of projects. Mike Mills is finally getting to work on his sophomore feature which would see Ewan McGregor play a young man rocked by two announcements from his elderly father (Christopher Plummer)…one, that he has terminal cancer, and two, that he »
- Ioncinema.com Staff
Dystopian Outlook Continues...with Lars von Trier's 'Planet Melancholia'
12 December 2009 6:25 PM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
Lars von Trier is taking on the disaster film genre on a micro-budgeted English-language project which will include a (no surprises here) a pessimistic ending. Planet Melancholia is due to shoot in Germany and Sweden next summer. - Unless he has a mental breakdown, in 2011 (more precisely, Cannes) we should be receiving the art-house answer to Matt Reeves' Cloverfield. Lars von Trier is taking on the disaster film genre on a micro-budgeted English-language project which will include (no surprises here) a pessimistic ending. Planet Melancholia is due to shoot in Germany and Sweden next summer. TrustNordisk will begin pre-sales at the Berlin Festival in February - this will easily be a sought after title especially after the overall impact that Antichrist will have had. Zentropa's Peter Aalbæk Jensen mentioned to the press that we should expect a handheld aesthetic and some elements of romance. »
- Ioncinema.com Staff
JJ Abrams, an EW Entertainer of the Decade, on 'Star Trek,' 'Lost,' and his collaborators
7 December 2009 4:46 PM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Alias. Lost. Fringe. Mission Impossible 3. Cloverfield. Star Trek. All in all, writer/director/producer JJ Abrams had a pretty sweet decade. That’s why we at Entertainment Weekly named him one of the Entertainers of the Decade in our Best of the Decade issue, on stands now. In particular, 2009 was a peak year for the 43-year-old Abrams thanks to Star Trek, a global box-office smash that revitalized a lagging pop culture franchise. Abrams — an unabashed Star Wars guy — had been a Trek shrugger himself, but fell in love with the world the more he worked on it. “I didn’t »
- Jeff Jensen
T.J. Miller Creates Yogi Bear Audition Tape with Actual Bear; Gets Cast in Movie
22 November 2009 1:59 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Most of you probably know T.J. Miller as Hud, the frazzled cameraman/comic relief in Matt Reeves' Cloverfield. Turns out that since that performance, Miller has been angling for a role in the forthcoming adaptation of Yogi Bear. While cartoon-to-screen adaptations have typically ended up being abominations, this one at least looks like it has a pretty good cast going for it, with Anna Faris, Justin Timberlake, and Dan Aykroyd signing on a few weeks ago. According to The Apiary, Miller had already been called in to audition twice for the role. Afterwards, as a joke, Miller worked with filmmaker Jordan Vogt-Roberts to create the below audition tape, in which Miller interacts with a real-life bear. The video somehow made its way to Barry Meyer, the chairman of Warner Brothers, resulting in an offer for the part of Ranger Jones. Presumably, Ranger Jones will be a live-action role, while »
- David Chen
After 'New Moon,' What's Next For Vampires?
20 November 2009 11:00 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
As so many of the other posts here on MTV Movies Blog today already did today, I'm first going to remind you that "New Moon" is now in theaters. See, it's kind of a big deal. And as you might imagine, we have vampires on the brain as a result.
Now even the most rabid Twilighter will tell you that Stephenie Meyer's series isn't for everyone. The phenomenon has definitely grown beyond the core audience of teenage girls, but there are still those who prefer to see their blood-suckers swimming in entrails and terrorizing and unknowing public. Well we've got you covered. Really it's Hollywood that has you covered; I'm just here to give you an update. In the coming year and beyond, there are quite a number of vampire movies coming out, catering to a variety of audiences. Two more "Twilight" movies sure, but what else? Hit the »
- Adam Rosenberg
Road, The | Review
16 November 2009 11:40 AM, PST | SmellsLikeScreenSpirit | See recent SmellsLikeScreenSpirit news »
Director: John Hillcoat Writer(s): Cormac McCarthy (novel), Joe Penhall (screenplay) Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce, Charlize Theron The world exists only in various shades of gray after an unexplained calamity many years ago. This is a world without a biosphere; deplete of vegetation, animal life, natural resources (fuel), and food. Only some humans remain, aimlessly wandering the abandoned roads on a path towards imminent death. Humans are facing extinction via starvation – some resort to cannibalism, but they are only extending the torture. Truly a manifestation of hell on earth the humans are being punished for their plentitude of ecological sins. Knowing that they cannot survive another winter in their present location, a protective father (Viggo Mortensen) leads his son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) east across the bleak ash-covered landscape towards the ocean in the hopes of eventually heading south. The boy’s mother (Charlize Theron), whom we see in various flashbacks, »
- Don Simpson
The Verge: Kodi Smit-McPhee
16 November 2009 8:40 AM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
Chosen from a pool of thousands by director John Hillcoat to play the part of The Boy in his adaptation of Cormack McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Road, a then 11-year-old Kodi Smit-McPhee was called upon to do things no normal kid from Australia should have been able to handle. But coached by his professional actor dad, Smit-McPhee was soon facing off opposite the likes of Viggo Mortenson -- "each the other world's entire" -- appearing in every scene of what amounts to both a father-son love story and post-apocalyptic survivalist two-hander. And Smit-McPhee is no one-hit wonder: Now 13, he'll next play the lead in Matt Reeves' remake of last year's Swedish vampire instant-classic, Let the Right One In.
We talked to Kodi before that news was announced, during which he gave us some insights into how he creates a character, told us about his bonding time with Viggo staring at freeze-dried cadavers, »
Simple Yet Effective Poster for Matt Reeves’ Let the Right One In Remake
16 November 2009 6:39 AM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
Am I excited that the guy responsible for “Cloverfield” is helming the remake of Tomas Alfredson’s “Let the Right One In?” Not really. I suppose, if you’re illiterate or have something against Swedish cinema, the Americanized version is a good thing, as it allows you to experience this strangely heartwarming vampire story without having to listen to a foreign language while reading all of those unsightly subtitles. My attempt to disguise my bitterness towards this project has ultimately failed, though I will try my best to reserve judgment until I’ve seen the finished product for myself. If it ends up being another “Quarantine,” I will weep. Openly. In case you missed it, here’s the premise: An alienated 12-year-old boy befriends a mysterious young newcomer in his small New Mexico town and discovers an unconventional path to adulthood. The kind individuals operating Horror-Movies.ca recently revealed the »
- Todd
Martyn’s Top Ten Vampire Films
11 November 2009 7:43 AM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
The vampire has been a key figure in folklore, literature, television and cinema. Its popularity, at present, has never been so high. It is easy to see the appeal: immortality and sex. Since death is the fate that awaits us all, a creature that we invent and imbue with an indeterminate lifespan, captivates the collective imagination like no other. Due to sexual liberalism and relaxed censorship of the 1960s, the erotic sensibilities inherent in the mythology were allowed to fruition in cinema. What once was implied, could now be shown in all its sexy glory (see the films of Jean Rollin). Gothic horror and romanticism may be the classic home of the vampire, but in cinema, they have found a new place to spread wider-reaching nightmares.
In recent times, the everlasting monster has been tamed. Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight Saga saw them turn into something akin to vegetarians and teen heart-throbs, »
- Martyn Conterio
First Image from the Set of Let Me In
6 November 2009 5:10 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
The first image from the set of Matt Reeves' Let The Right One In remake, now titled after the book that film was based upon, Let Me In, has slipped online in the form of a Twitpic that signifies the end of the first week of filming.
Reeves (Cloverfield) and young stars Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road) and Chloe Moretz ((500) Days of Summer) were among those on-set as filming commenced on the Hammer Films production at Albuquerque Studios. Filming will also take place in various other locations in New Mexico before returning to Albuquerque to wrap in January.
In the haunting and provocative Let Me In, an alienated 12-year-old boy (Smit-McPhee) befriends a mysterious young newcomer (Moretz) in his small New Mexico town and discovers an unconventional path to adulthood. The film is based on the bestselling vampire novel by Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist and is an English-language remake »
- Uncle Creepy
Let Me In Set Photo to End the Week
6 November 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
The first photo from the set of Let Me In (the U.S. redo of Let the Right One In ) was posted via the production's Twitter account. Admittedly, it's not much to look at. "Owen" and "Abbey" are the character names of stars Kodi Smit-McPhee and Chloe Moretz, respectively. The young duo began work on Matt Reeves' film this week in New Mexico. Richard Jenkins, Elias Koteas, Cara Buono and Sasha Barrese co-star. »
'Let The Right One In' Kicks Off A Vampire-Themed Month With MTV's Gore Girls
5 November 2009 10:00 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Welcome to Gore Girls! MTV contributor Terri Schwartz doesn't know crap about the horror genre, and she's volunteered to be our Movies Blog guinea pig. She has a good guide too. Fellow contributor Jenni Miller is a bonafide horror enthusiast, and she's willing to walk Terri through her formative experiences with blood, guts, monsters and maniacs. Together, this dynamic duo are The Gore Girls!!! Good luck Terri... you're definitely going to need it.
In honor of the November 20 release of "New Moon," the Gore Girls are going to put the focus this month on vampires. First up is "Let the Right One In," which is currently getting an Americanized remake -- "Let Me In" -- from director Matt Reeves. The original Swedish film, directed by Tomas Alfredson, follows a young boy named Oskar who seeks vengeance on those who have wronged him after he meets Eli, a young girl who »
- MTV Movies Team
J.J. Abrams' Next New Super Top Secret Project: 500 Rads?
4 November 2009 2:16 PM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Can you remember back to July 3rd, 2007? You were probably sitting in a theater, and some random trailer started playing that had footage from a surprise birthday party for some guy named Rob. That was the start of Cloverfield. They hadn't even shot any real footage, it was a super secret project, and that first trailer captured everyone's interest. Jump ahead a few years and now J.J. Abrams is done with Star Trek. We don't yet know if he's directing the sequel and his go-to guys from Cloverfield (Matt Reeves, Drew Goddard) are both off doing other projects. So could he be working on another secret project? One called 500 Rads? Pajiba (via SlashFilm) claims to have some information regarding this secret project. "J.J. Abrams and his production company, Bad Robot, are secretly developing a movie called 500 Rads." They go on to say the budget is supposedly around $25 »
- Alex Billington
‘Let Me In’ Begins Production, New Cast Names
4 November 2009 12:10 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
Production has officially begun on Matt Reeves’ Let Me In, an American remake of the Swedish horror hit Let the Right One In. Principal photography started Monday, November 2 in New Mexico and will continue into January.
Kodi Smith-McPhee (The Road) is starring as Owen and Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass) is Abby, the mysterious neighbor. Richard Jenkins plays her guardian, the key adult role in the film.
They’re joined now by Elias Koteas as the policeman, Cara Buono as Owen’s mother, and Sasha Barrese as Virginia.
Reeves (Cloverfield) has assembled a decent cast, but I’m still skeptical. The original is an excellent vampire film and one of my favorite horror movies of the decade, so I’m naturally resisting any “new” version of the story.
CEO of Hammer Films Simon Oakes said, “The brilliance of [the original] story deserves to be seen by audiences on a wide scale and we are »
- Jeff Leins
EW Questions Need for Let The Right One In Remake
3 November 2009 5:11 PM, PST | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »
Not a surprise, but so do I. Apparently, the powers that be are running low on 1980s slasher films to rip off, and are stretching their reach out to Europe to steal material and outright kick originality in the crotch. In EW's Popwatchers section today, Margaret Lyons holds out little hope for the remake of the critically lauded Let The Right One In, with its shift in location from the snowy desolation of Europe to the mesas of New Mexico and its change in title to Let Me In. And her picture of the new kids playing the roles (which I'll include below) can't help the validity of the project, even if she does compliment the choice of one of them.
As for my own thoughts, I've seen the original and thought it was something daring and new. But if Matt Reeves, he of Cloverfield, attempts to make this basically »
"Let Me In" Begins Production
3 November 2009 3:25 PM, PST | www.ohmygore.com/ | See recent OhMyGore news »
Principal photography began on "Let Me In", writer/director Matt Reeves' adaptation of "Let The Right One In", in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Reeves ("Cloverfield") and young stars Kodi Smit-McPhee ("The Road") and Chloe Moretz ("(500) Days Of Summer") were among those on-set as filming commenced on the Hammer Films production at Albuquerque Studios. Filming will also take place in various other locations in New Mexico before returning to Albuquerque to wrap in January. In the haunting and provocative "Let Me In", an alienated 12-year-old boy (Smit-McPhee) befriends a mysterious young newcomer (Moretz) in his small New Mexico town and discovers an unconventional path to adulthood. Updates to the cast list include Elias Koteas ("Shutter Island") as the policeman, Cara Buono ("The »
Vampire Remake 'Let Me In' Starts Shooting
3 November 2009 1:27 PM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
Plenty of people are miffed that Overture Films is even making a new version of Let the Right One In roughly a year after the Swedish film made a big impact on critics and arthouse crowds. Of course, the film didn't really register with mainstream audiences, so Overture picked up the rights to the novel and is giving it an English language once-over in hopes of attracting more than a few hundred thousand filled seats.
Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) is directing the near-immediate remake, now called Let Me In, and filming began on Monday in Albuquerque. That's one of the things I'm encouraged by with this update, actually. By moving it from the dead of winter to possibly another kind of desolation, Reeves invites a new kind of atmosphere to his film, and that can impact everything from cinematography to tone to character.
There's no guarantee of that, and since New »
- Colin Boyd
'Let Me In' Adds More Cast Members + A New Promo Poster
3 November 2009 10:40 AM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
In a press release, Overture Films announced the start of principal photography of Matt Reeves' Let Me In, the American adaptation of last year's acclaimed Swedish vampire film Let the Right One In. While we're not usually big on the announcements of the first day of production, this press release also revealed a new promotional poster (check it out after the jump) as well as adding Elias Koteas (Shutter Island), Cara Buono (of HBO's "The Sopranos") and Sasha Barrese (The Hangover) to a cast that already includes Richard Jenkins (The Visitor), Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road) and Chloe Moretz (500 Days of Summer). If you're unfamiliar with the Swedish film on which Let Me In is based, it may help to know that both films are based on a novel by Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist. The story follows an alienated 12-year-old boy (Smit-McPhee) who befriends a mysterious young newcomer (Moretz »
- Ethan Anderton
'Let the Right One In' remake: Right? Or wrong?
3 November 2009 10:02 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
The American remake of Let the Right One In started production this week, which I knew because I felt a great disturbance in the force. I'm still not convinced the movie needs an American remake -- especially one renamed Let Me In, which is not the same -- but Richard Jenkins' presence (as the Håkan character) gives me a sliver of hope. A tiny, tiny sliver. I was wild about the original film, but I'm skeptical that an American version will tolerate the same level of silence, particularly at the hands of Cloverfield director Matt Reeves. Part of what »
- Margaret Lyons
'The Fields' Wraps, 'Let Me In' Begins Production
3 November 2009 10:02 AM, PST | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »
News in today from producers of the Tara Reid/Cloris Leachman starrer The Fields that production has just wrapped in Pennsylvania. The psychological thriller is said to be based on 'actual events that took place in a small Pennsylvania town in 1973.' We've also received word from Overture that filming has just begun on writer/director Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) Let Me In, his remake of the critically acclaimed vampire import, Let the Right One In. More below. Check out our exclusive interview with the producers of The Fields here. From the official press release on The Fields wrapping production: Principal photography has wrapped on our second feature film entitled The Fields. Production »
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