The Wolfman Remake

[andrew8798]

Bumped Again

Fango just got the word that Universal Pictures’ new version of THE WOLFMAN, which was originally slated for an April 3 release this year and then got shifted to November 6, has been bumped a second time. Now it seems we’re going to have to wait till 2010 to check it out.

THE WOLFMAN, starring Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt, directed by Joe Johnston and featuring makeup FX by Rick Baker, is currently slated to hit theaters next February 12. That gets it out of the way of Summit’s competing (albeit younger-skewing) lycanthropicture THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON, which arrives Nov. 20, and has it following Joss Whedon’s much-anticipated THE CABIN IN THE WOODS by a week. You can see the film’s official site here. In WOLFMAN’s place, Universal will open the Milla Jovovich-starrer THE 4TH KIND Nov. 6; directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi, it has Jovovich playing a psychologist investigating strange disappearances in a small Alaskan town.

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[thwak is T.hawk]

this film is never coming out.

[pks]

i won't see it
as i'm certain the theatre will be filled with furries

[Allie Kitsune]

Jul 29, 2009 2:29:25 GMT -5 pks said:

i won't see it
as i'm certain the theatre will be filled with furries

Yeah, that's not the least bit offensive, there...


Also, Benicio Del Toro doesn't NEED any damned makeup if he's playing the wolfman. He's plenty ugly as is.

[Triple Kelly]

When movies keep getting bumped, that usually isn't a good sign.

And really, a Wolf Man remake is completely unnecessary. It's a perfect movie on its own with Lon Chaney. Get over it, Hollywood.

[BorneAgain]

If they're going to do a Wolfman film, I say do in the style of the old Hollywood crossovers.

Wolfman meets Freddy.

Wolfman meets the Mummy.

Wolfman meets the Grudge.

[default]

Jul 29, 2009 2:40:55 GMT -5 BorneAgain said:

If they're going to do a Wolfman film, I say do in the style of the old Hollywood crossovers.

Wolfman meets Freddy.

Wolfman meets the Mummy.

Wolfman meets the Grudge.

Wolfman meets The Harlem Globetrotters.

[BorneAgain]

Jul 29, 2009 2:43:39 GMT -5 default said:

Jul 29, 2009 2:40:55 GMT -5 BorneAgain said:

If they're going to do a Wolfman film, I say do in the style of the old Hollywood crossovers.

Wolfman meets Freddy.

Wolfman meets the Mummy.

Wolfman meets the Grudge.

Wolfman meets The Harlem Globetrotters.

Have him play just one basketball game with them (complete with Michael J. Fox in the stands calling it ridiculous) and you got one guaranteed paying customer.

["Playboy" Don Douglas]

Jul 29, 2009 2:37:39 GMT -5 Triple Kelly said:

And really, a Wolf Man remake is completely unnecessary. It's a perfect movie on its own with Lon Chaney. Get over it, Hollywood.

Yes. I'm just now starting to calm down about the fact that they're remaking the Creature From the Black Lagoon and now I hear about this.

[Bub (BLM)]

Why would they bump this back just to keep it away from the Twighlight movie? It's hardly the same target audience.

[Jiren]

This is a Remake I'm OK with because Werewolves are legendary mythology (Like Vamps, Mummies, Demons).

As long as it's not a DIRECT Remake and it can stand on it's own

[andrew8798]

Universal Comments

Our second and, probably last, update today regarding The Wolfman.

I'll start with the good stuff. You're going to see a trailer sooner than later. Attached to Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds on August 21st, in fact.

I've spoken to my reps at Universal and have been informed the release shift had much to do with box office potential.

In its November 6th slot, the Joe Johnston film would have been going up against Disney's A Christmas Carol, whereas in February it faces little competition (although The Cabin in the Woods opens one week earlier). Futhermore, from a marketing standpoint, Universal wanted to ensure all of the FX were complete so they could use them in the ad campaign.

[andrew8798]

The trailer

[HMARK Center]

Jul 29, 2009 2:37:39 GMT -5 Triple Kelly said:

When movies keep getting bumped, that usually isn't a good sign.

And really, a Wolf Man remake is completely unnecessary. It's a perfect movie on its own with Lon Chaney. Get over it, Hollywood.

Actually, the main reason it's happening is that Del Toro is a HUGE fan of the original (owns tons of memorabilia and whatnot) and this is basically his dream project. In that regard, I have no issues with it.

I don't want to see the trailer yet; I'm probably going at midnight to see Inglorious Basterds, so I'll wait until then.

[andrew8798]

And Universal's The Wolfman continues down a bumpy road toward its February 12, 2010, release date. On the editing front Dennis (The Chronicles of Riddick, The Fog-2005 version) Virkler is apparently out, and Mark Goldblatt and Walter Murch are in.

Goldblatt started out strong with The Howling, Halloween II, The Terminator (1 and 2), and he most recently worked on X-Men: The Last Stand and G-Force. Murch did editing and sound work on such diverse fare as Apocalypse Now, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Godfather: Part III, and Jarhead.

The news was somewhat buried in a Variety article, but /Film did a good job fleshing it out. At this point we can only wonder about director Joe Johnston’s day-to-day involvement with the picture after all the myriad changes it's undergone, and as more details are made available, we'll pass them on.

[Triple Kelly]

The only positive thing about this movie coming out sometime this century is that the ORIGINAL is getting an awesome new DVD re-release chock full of special features:



I've already got Lugosi's Dracula and Karloff's Mummy special editions in the Universal Legacy series so this will be a much beloved addition to my collection.

[The Charismatic Enabeler]

Bumping anything for New Moon is absurd. Wolfman is a classic that has been copied over and over again. Twilight is a stupid fad that will soon go the way of trucker hats.

[Rorschach]

Soooo much has gone wrong with this film...from the trouble with the director, to the trouble with the editor now.

Usually not a good sign, and hey, another bad omen is when the trailers make the transformation look second rate next to a movie that came out decades ago.


Yep, AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON still has one of the best practical transformations of all time.

[G✇JI☈A]

Yes and just look at this make up job:



I thought they spent millions in that department ;D

[Goldenbane]

Jul 29, 2009 8:04:04 GMT -5 Bub (BLM) said:

Why would they bump this back just to keep it away from the Twighlight movie? It's hardly the same target audience.

It's not even the same werewolf! The Twilight ones never take the form of the half man/half wolf...and it's later revealed they are ACTUALLY werewolves at all anyway...as much as I am Twilight's main defender on these here boards, I must agree that bumping back Wolfman for New Moon is absolutely stupid.