Saw the news about this yesterday too, and I've never been deeply into series anyway. They offer interesting kind of narratives not common in movies, and I'm aware of that. At its best this can turn into something interesting in and on itself, and in my opinion it has to (see above). At its worst this is going to be something that you'll ignore outright and not bother with all the debates about what's "canon" and what's not – another thing that is inevitable to happen when an original idea turns fully-fledged franchise (as a fan of the Alien movies, I can safely laugh at the Alien vs Predator nonsense, for instance).
There is a cynic in me thinking that this likely came about when it was realized that there is something left to milk the entire vampire hype for -- and broken down to a plot synopsis, Let The Right One In sounds similar to Twilight enough. Still, nothing to lose for anyone, safe the authors and makers of the originals, depending on where this goes. Evenso, even if this will turn out to be lacking, considering the rave critics, everybody will be eager to point out that this was originally based on something good.
) that the attempts don't always pay off. Taking IMDb's figures, LMI cost 20 something million and brought in 11 million at the box office. I suppose other cash streams were substantial, and from what many say, LMI may have deserved better, but I'll never know because I'll never see it. From what I read, it was just a classy-looking cash grab that had nothing to commend it to we who love Eli and Oskar so much.
