Before the release of Let the Right One In took place, Cloverfield director Matt Reeves had signed to write and direct an English-language version for Overture Films and Hammer Films. Hammer Films acquired the rights at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival and Overture films plans to release the film in 2010. 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 end result would be too mainstream. Lindqvist, in contrast, says 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." According to Hammer Films producer Simon Oakes, who referred to the project as a remake of the film and not an adaptation of the novel, the adaptation will stay relatively close to the original, except that it will be made "very accessible to a wider audience". The film will also omit the subplot involving Eli's ambiguous gender.
