So, has anyone made this petition yet? A sequel needs to be done! I'll even start it if needed, but I would need help getting the word around.

WerewolfImmortal wrote:

mORE people are going to need to comment not the same three posting over and over. I hope there's a sequel but everyoen's gonna have to watch this movie more than once b/c usually sequels need to dooooooo a lot more than the production (85 mll) and marketing costs. So I think it needs to get to 120 mill, unless everyone's willing to do a sequel b/c they like it. Now Twilight Saga has done REALLY WEll. It cost what 50 million and is on it's way to making 800 million from theater sales. Adn dvd sales will be high also, so yeah everyone should watch this, I brought my friends to see Twilight and then I saw it twice again with my cousin.

The Wolfman has now made $121,060,115 worldwide. And please, the only reason Pussypires has made so much is due to it's rabid fans repeatedly viewing over and over. Box Office ≠ Movie Quality.

Last edited by Werecat (2010-03-02 20:43:48)

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/wolfman2/

Here's a petition I made up for the sequel. Feel free to give me suggestions, by the way.
SPREAD THE WORD!

Actually folks, petitions, don't do squat in Hollywood, sales figures do. If the Wolfman does remotely well, such as the Underworld franchise, while never blowing away the box office, did well enough to merit a second, third, and now a forth outing, they will make a sequel. However, thus far the Wolfman has only garnered just a little over $50 million, and when you consider its budget was somewhere around 80 to 90 million... they've lost money. They will do well to break even. Now granted they will probably make at least some of their money back once DVD/ Blu-Rays sales generate, but I don't think this will merit them to pursue the current franchise. Folks, being in the Hollywood business, I've yet to see an online petition sway any producer to change his or her mind. While the thought is noble, I strongly doubt it will get you anywhere...

Universal's best bet, is to wait a few years, and then try it again... This way they can avoid all the plot pitfall's of the first story, and make up their mind as to what werewolf design best delivers the story they are trying to tell. In short to give us a two-legged human looking werewolf and then CGI him and make him run on all fours for the entire story. A. It doesn't look right, and B. werewolf that actually looked like... well... a wolf... would have served that purpose better.

WereWolfH wrote:

alphanubilus wrote:

Actually folks, petitions, don't do squat in Hollywood, sales figures do. If the Wolfman does remotely well, such as the Underworld franchise, while never blowing away the box office, did well enough to merit a second, third, and now a forth outing, they will make a sequel. However, thus far the Wolfman has only garnered just a little over $50 million, and when you consider its budget was somewhere around 80 to 90 million... they've lost money. They will do well to break even. Now granted they will probably make at least some of their money back once DVD/ Blu-Rays sales generate, but I don't think this will merit them to pursue the current franchise. Folks, being in the Hollywood business, I've yet to see an online petition sway any producer to change his or her mind. While the thought is noble, I strongly doubt it will get you anywhere...

Universal's best bet, is to wait a few years, and then try it again... This way they can avoid all the plot pitfall's of the first story, and make up their mind as to what werewolf design best delivers the story they are trying to tell. In short to give us a two-legged human looking werewolf and then CGI him and make him run on all fours for the entire story. A. It doesn't look right, and B. werewolf that actually looked like... well... a wolf... would have served that purpose better.

yeah but that's why he was given wolf legs, so he could run on all fours. Underworld generated a lot of money which guaranteed a sequel. The sequel did even better (though it wasn't as good as the first), and now you say there's a 4th movie!! That'd be cool.

Actually, what will probably help is the DVD sales figures.  There are loads of movies that they kept making sequels for because they did well as DVDs.  Granted, that will mean incredibly low budgets, but if the plot's solid, maybe it'll be worth it.

And they've made their money back already--$126, 005, 568, domestic and foreign box offices combined.  Not a huge profit, but a profit nonetheless.

Both Wolfman and Van Helsing suffered much the same issues.... It started out with disagreements with the foundation of what the story was about... When they couldn't nail the story, they tried to circumvent with design, but because the foundation of the story was flawed, the design fails. With Van Helsing they tried to overwhelm the audiance with epic effects, but they ended up being more cartoony than G.I. Joe, and while there were some truly amazing moments, the over all package was a let down. With the Wolfman, Universal was divided into two groups, one who supported the original design of the werewolf, and one who wanted a more feral design... They continuously argued about the subject matter, instead of focusing on the shortcomings of the script. When the original test screening failed to capture the imagination of the audiance, they tried to feral up the design by making it run on all fours, and then went over the top with gore... HOWEVER, no matter how pretty you make it look, you can't cover up an entirely flawed experience.

If I was a Universal exec... I wouldn't want to sequel either Van Helsing or Wolfman... Sequels very rarely are better than the first movie, and you would still have to either find ways to get around the lupe holes (har har) of the first stories, or circumvent them completely.

In short, I think they will do what Sony is going with Spider-Man (Sam Raimi your such a dick for murdering Venum!), what Warner Bros is doing for Superman (Superman does NOT have an illegitment kid!), and so on and so forth.

If Universal learns their lesson, within the next year or so, they could reboot their monster franchise with an entire new staff, and hopefully they will actuall follow the Curt Siodmak story this time around. By doing this, they can avoid the pitfalls of the earlier film and focus on telling a new story from the ground up.

To be honest I don't think there should be a sequel. Hollywood needs to quit with all these unnecessary (and often worse) remakes of movies and actually concentrate on generating new ideas. I don't know about anyone else but I'm getting sick of the lack of creativity and the reproduction of classic movies which aren't as good as the classics continually being made just to generate revenue. So far I haven't seen a SINGLE remake I've been glad about, and some of them (e.g. The Wicker Man remake, The Italian Job remake) suck so bad you just want to slap every member of the production team.

ShadyHowl wrote:

To be honest I don't think there should be a sequel. Hollywood needs to quit with all these unnecessary (and often worse) remakes of movies and actually concentrate on generating new ideas. I don't know about anyone else but I'm getting sick of the lack of creativity and the reproduction of classic movies which aren't as good as the classics continually being made just to generate revenue. So far I haven't seen a SINGLE remake I've been glad about, and some of them (e.g. The Wicker Man remake, The Italian Job remake) suck so bad you just want to slap every member of the production team.

Both Dracula and Frankenstein(the originals) were both based on books/stage plays.

Where does this whole "Hollywood generating new ideas" thing come from?

Roi Doberwolf wrote:

Wolfman left itself WIDE open for a second with that ending and you can't deny that.

I think most action filmmakers are doing that these days, what with the huge success of franchises.  Doesn't mean one is going to be made, though!

A sequel would be awesome.

Sorry, but the "Wolfman" remake was a stinker. See my review at http://freedomshammer.wordpress.com

silvermoon21 wrote:

A sequel would be awesome.

any news on a sequel?