Wolfman 2 Is Now Just A Werewolf
Posted by Darrenon 10. 06. 2011in News Chat
Obsessed With Film gives us the deatils:
Michael Tabb (Ring Around The Rosie) has turned in a fresh screenplay that ‘shares a link’ to the original George Waggner 1941 black and white classic The Wolf Man. Perhaps a sequel of sorts to the original Lon Chaney Jr starrer?
The working title Werewolf is being branded around the studio, and meetings with potential directors will happen over the next few weeks. Amazingly, the film could go in front of camera’s as early as this fall
Ahh. Werewolf. That’s a (*cough*, *cough*) terrific title! But they are in effect, starting from a reboot-remix sort of flavor - after all the Wolfman of yesteryear WAS the main inspiration over the recent Joe Johnston flick -which I didn’t think was that bad overall myself - but it could have been better if there was a tug of war over ideas and a release date that didn’t move around.
Still, I’m not so sure what makes a new reboot of Wolfman (Werewolf) so special. It may as well be another period piece movie (which it is!) with the old school wolfman/werewolf (so it is!)
Oh, the think tanks at Universal. I love them to death, don’t you?
As I said previously …. Hollywood is running out of ideas.
And as I have repeatedly told you. You are incorrect.
Exactly! Hollywood never had any original ideas :P
Joe Johnsons not that bad?
Hopkins looked like teen wolfs dad at the end.
Benecio was completely wasted in it
the effects were shody at best
the only thing that went right in that film was the tone and overall look.
edited to death, incoherant at times and NOT very scary.
I love Lon Chaneys Wolfman. and his various apperances after that (Abbot and Costello)
I was super-hyped when they annouced the last one. then….delays…delays….delays, re-editing and such. what was left was a pile of Wolf shit and another failed attempt to bring back the magic of Universal’s Classic Monsters.
And I blame the Director for putting out such a lousy product.
Next up for him: Captain America…..(OH BOY!)
fingers crossed
I didn’t say The Wolfman (2010) was a masterpiece.
As for Johnson, for every Wolfman, there’s a Rocketeer or October Sky.
“delays…delays….delays, re-editing and such” - that’s not all the director’s fault. Half of the delays were even before Johnston was brought on to direct. Yes, he should get some heat for it, but then again he only came aboard a few weeks before prinipal photography. The other half of those delays - putting in a few more action scenes, not knowing what ending to use, dropping Danny Elfman’s score then putting it back in…fair enough.
“the effects were shoddy at best”
At worst, Rick Baker still got another Oscar for those ‘shoddy’ efforts.
He did get one didn’t he?
touche, but they still looked weak.
American Werewolf in London had better effects IMO
still irked by the fact that it could have been soooooo much better.