There’s always room for more vampires on television, and Showtime is making a new adaptation of John Ajvide Lindqvist’s 2004 novel Let the Right One In, per The Hollywood Reporter. The book was already turned into a 2008 Swedish movie by director Tomas Alfredson and an American remake by The Batman director Matt Reeves, called Let Me In.
Let the Right One In is the story of a father who tries to protect his 12-year-old daughter after she becomes a vampire, feeding her his own blood so she doesn’t put anyone else at risk. Leaving the house in the dead of night, she eventually strikes up a tense friendship with a bullied 12-year-old boy.
Let the Right One In is a clever twist on vampire tales
The Nun’s Demian Bichir has been cast as the father. He’ll also serve as producer on the project. Andrew Hinderaker (Penny Dreadful) will pull double duty as writer and showrunner. “The series is both a love letter to the original film, and a story entirely our own,” he said.
Both the original Swedish movie and the American remake got good marks, scoring 98% and 88% respectively on the Tomatometer, so the show has a lot to live up to. The series had been in development at A&E in 2015 under the guidance of Teen Wolf’s Jeff Davis, but it never took off. Now, Showtime will use this show as a way to plug the hole left by its Halo TV series, which has jumped over to Paramount+.
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