After the release of Let the Right One In took place, Matt Reeves signed on to write and direct an English-language version for Overture Films and Hammer Films.[100] Hammer acquired the rights at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, where Let the Right One In won the "Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature", and Overture films planned to release the film in 2010.[101] Alfredson has expressed unhappiness about the idea of a remake, saying that "remakes should be made of movies that aren't very good, that gives you the chance to fix whatever has gone wrong" and expressing concern that the result would be too mainstream.[20][102][103] Alfredson was initially asked to helm the remake, but he turned it down stating that "I am too old to make the same film twice and I have other stories that I want to tell."[104] Lindqvist, in contrast, said that he had heard that Reeves "will make a new film based on the book, and not remake the Swedish film" and so "it'll be something completely different, but it's going to be really interesting to see."[12] Hammer Films producer Simon Oakes initially referred to the project as a remake of the film, but later just as "Reeves' version".[105] Let Me In was released in late 2010 starring Chloë Grace Moretz and Kodi Smit-McPhee as Abby and Owen, Eli's and Oskar's respective counterparts, and received very positive reviews but underperformed at the box office.
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