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#1 2006-03-15 21:46:40

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The "new" Wolf Man movie

Big news that I just read online from SciFi.com:


Universal Pictures is developing a new version of its classic horror movie The Wolf Man, with Benicio Del Toro playing the title role, Variety reported. Seven scribe Andrew Kevin Walker has begun writing the script. Scott Stuber, Rick Yorn, Mary Parent and Del Toro will produce. The studio owns the underlying rights to the character.

Like the 1941 original that starred Lon Chaney Jr., the new movie will be set in Victorian England. Del Toro will play a man who returns from America to his ancestral homeland, gets bitten by a werewolf and begins a hairy moonlight existence.

The deal came out of a series of meetings with the producers, Walker and Del Toro, who collects Wolf Man memorabilia.

Walker spent several months working on some frightening new twists to a familiar tale, adding several characters and plot points that take advantage of cutting-edge visual-effects technology.

Walker will turn in his first draft by the spring, and the producers and studio are optimistic that The Wolf Man will shoot early in 2007. The expectation is that The Wolf Man will be a summer 2008 tentpole.


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#2 2006-03-16 10:25:26

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Re: The "new" Wolf Man movie

Wow! Cool! big_smile


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#3 2006-03-16 11:37:03

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Re: The "new" Wolf Man movie

Random fan art for this remake ... yeah, I'm pretty psyched. big_smile

http://noel.simianzombie.com/movie_wolfman2008.html

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#4 2006-03-16 13:15:43

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Re: The "new" Wolf Man movie

That's AWESOME! Del Toro is cool. cool


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#5 2006-03-17 17:19:12

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Re: The "new" Wolf Man movie

I'm sort of looking forward to this one.  As long as they use CGI sparingly I think it has a lot of potential.  I love the original, but have room in my heart for more werewolf movies.


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#6 2006-03-19 11:35:38

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Re: The "new" Wolf Man movie

Sounds cool.  I hope they do a good job of it.

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#7 2006-03-20 18:13:38

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Re: The "new" Wolf Man movie

I hope they do a good job with it as well. This was the first werewolf film I saw as a kid, so I hold this film in very high regard. I think the fact that Del Toro is a huge fan as well, not to mention the fact that he's also a producer, means that there's a chance that this will be good. Of course, all of us will have to wait and see.


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#8 2006-03-21 21:05:32

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Re: The "new" Wolf Man movie

I am a HUGE fan of the original film, so I'm very anxious to see how this one turns out, cool.

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#9 2006-03-21 21:06:57

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Re: The "new" Wolf Man movie

MarkOne wrote:

The deal came out of a series of meetings with the producers, Walker and Del Toro, who collects Wolf Man memorabilia.

Which one of them actually collects "The Wolf Man" memorabilia? (cool)

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#10 2006-03-22 04:20:11

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Re: The "new" Wolf Man movie

Well. I have seen the "new" Dracula and Frankenstein so I hope the "new Wolfman turn out ok too,

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#11 2006-03-27 21:22:10

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Re: The "new" Wolf Man movie

I'm impressed. Benicio del Toro has the look to pull it off.

Let's just hope that they don't add all sorts of fluff like "Van Helsing" contained. I'm not knockin' on VH (it was meant to be a campy tribute to the Universal monster days), but "The Wolf Man" was incredibly tragic and depressing and would be best kept that way.

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#12 2006-03-30 20:28:06

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Re: The "new" Wolf Man movie

Here's a link to an article about it: http://horrorchannel.com/index.php?name … p;sid=4524

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#13 2006-03-31 00:49:33

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Re: The "new" Wolf Man movie

Speedbump wrote:

I'm impressed. Benicio del Toro has the look to pull it off.

Let's just hope that they don't add all sorts of fluff like "Van Helsing" contained. I'm not knockin' on VH (it was meant to be a campy tribute to the Universal monster days), but "The Wolf Man" was incredibly tragic and depressing and would be best kept that way.

I agree. I hope they take the classic route, and keep it the way it was. We'll see when it comes out.


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#14 2006-03-31 07:30:13

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Re: The "new" Wolf Man movie

I'm scared, and not in a good way. Whenever Universal Pictures uses the words "Frightening new TWISTS", I become very frightened for all the wrong reasons...


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#15 2006-07-02 20:09:09

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Re: The "new" Wolf Man movie

big_smile Heh, just found this thread, after Strummer told me of a rumor in Rolling Stone. smile That would be so awesome, as long as they do it right big_smile  (and no flat faced werewolf either wink muzzles all the way baaaybe!)


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#16 2006-07-03 02:34:25

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Re: The "new" Wolf Man movie

It's about time we got a remake! Thay've rehashed ol' fangface and bolthead to death and completely passed the greatest of the Universal Monsters.
As long as the "twists" are a new look and a little more scenery, it will be all right. But when does Hollywood ever keep it that simple.
Het! Mabey someone should start a new thread, "What would you add/ remove to the old Wolfman story?"

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#17 2006-07-03 11:12:37

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Re: The "new" Wolf Man movie

I liked the original story so much.

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#18 2006-07-04 11:44:54

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Re: The "new" Wolf Man movie

It was a great story, and I loved Jr's performance, and it scared people crapless way back when, so it did what it set out to do. wink But I still want more! big_smile more moremoremoremoremoremore lol


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#19 2006-07-05 12:02:08

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Re: The "new" Wolf Man movie

Yeah, I'm looking forward to that movie too.

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#20 2006-08-05 11:33:18

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Re: The "new" Wolf Man movie

Here's an early script review. Doesn't reveal too much particulars.

http://www.latinoreview.com/scriptreview.php?id=28


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#21 2006-08-05 14:00:37

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Re: The "new" Wolf Man movie

Hmm... I like the change in the story. smile


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#22 2006-08-05 14:04:15

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Re: The "new" Wolf Man movie

I like the changes too. If they're able to pull this off, this sounds like it will be good.


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#23 2006-08-18 19:56:17

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Re: The "new" Wolf Man movie

adom wrote:

I'm sort of looking forward to this one.  As long as they use CGI sparingly I think it has a lot of potential.

They shouldnt do any! and it should be in black and white!



But who am i kidding... its the new hollywierd

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#24 2006-11-18 14:31:27

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Re: The "new" Wolf Man movie

You can find out information about this movie at Benicio Del Toro's official website at:
http://www.beniciodeltoro.com/
Here's a direct link to "The Wolfman" page there (this movie is "tenetively" due out in 2008): http://www.beniciodeltoro.com/work/complete/wolf.php

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#25 2007-02-08 11:05:58

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Re: The "new" Wolf Man movie

Another mention of the remake, hot off the SciFi Wire:

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=40020


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