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It\u2019s quite obvious that movies are being remade all the time and most of them turn out to be mere mad dashes for cash minus creativity. Now, not only is Matt Reeves up against the popular notion that most remakes are uncreative cop outs, but he\u2019s working with material that just appeared on the big screen less than three years ago and, to top it all off, Let the Right One In<\/em> is a downright fantastic film. However, when the opportunity to adapt John Lindqvist\u2019s book yet again fell into his lap, Reeve\u2019s attraction to the novel and the first film led him to forge ahead with his own version, Let Me In<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n Reeve\u2019s film sticks with the boy-meets-vampire story, but replaces the book and Let the Right One In<\/em>\u2019s Eli and Oskar with Abby and Owen (Chloe Moretz and Kodi Smit-McPhee). Owen\u2019s a 12-year-old living with his mother in New Mexico in 1983. He\u2019s quite small for his age and is constantly getting picked on by a group of bullies at school. His favorite time is the time he spends alone in his apartment complex courtyard in the blistering cold, but that\u2019s only until Abby moves in. Their relationship develops much like any other pre-teens exploring their feelings for one another, but Owen soon comes to realize that Abby isn\u2019t really a girl at all, she\u2019s a vampire.<\/p>\n \n In honor of the film\u2019s opening day, Reeves took the time to chat about his experience making the movie. Clearly today was a very busy day for the filmmaker, so we were a little short on time. I was only able to squeeze in two questions, but that\u2019s really only because Reeves was packed with information on the project\u2019s origin as well as his experience bringing Moretz and Smit-McPhee aboard. Check out the video interview below and be sure to catch Let Me In<\/em>, which hits theaters today.<\/p>\n \n By Perri Nemiroff<\/p>\n