The Spanish supernatural horror film “The Orphanage,” otherwise known as "El Orfanato," is already a gigantic hit in Spain. Directed by Juan Antonio Bayona and produced by Guillermo del Toro (“Pan's Labyrinth”), the film was selected by the Spanish Academy of Films as Spain's nominee for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film and has been nominated for 14 Goya Award. And now it’s coming to America in limited release. But foreign language films rarely make it big in America, so Del Toro has decided to produce a U.S. remake. And thats not all - Del Toro wanted Bayona to direct it, but he declined the offer. “He's a very generous man, he offered me, I was the first person being offered the movie, to direct the movie," Bayona told Sci Fi Wire. "But, you know, for me it was too much. I need to do something different now." “The Orphanage” is about a woman, Laura (Belén Rueda), who returns to her old orphanage with her new husband Carlos (Fernando Cayo) and adopted son Simón (Roger Príncep). She then buys the house, planning to turn it into a home for children with disabilities. But when her son disappears under mysterious circumstances, Laura soon suspects that a sinister presence from the past is the cause. Spooky stuff, but is Bayona worried that the changes in the story for the remake might ruin it? Far from it, as Bayona actually sees it as a compliment and looks forward to a new take. "One play can be done a thousand times, and nobody complains about that. [It's] not an insult; quite the opposite, I think. What do you call it? It's a compliment, " Bayona said. “Actually, I just hope that the remake will be very different and not try to do the same thing. ... If I had done the film, it would have been different. If some other director had done the film, it would have been different. So it's wonderful to just get somebody else to take a shot at it." There is currently no details on when the Americanized version will be released, but the original version of "The Orphanage"will have a limited release in the United States on Dec. 28.