Benicio Del Toro is Joe "Meh" Johnston's WOLFMAN!!! (EW First Look)

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weird, I was expecting this to be here already, anyway long story short, there's going to be a Wolfman remake starring Benicio Del Toro (Sin City) and Anthony Hopkins. recently it has lost it's director and is loking for a replacement

Universal is wasting no time in its search for a director for "The Wolf Man" following Mark Romanek's exit from the period horror movie.

Brett Ratner (Rush Hour), Frank Darabont (Shawshank Redemption), James Mangold (3:10 to Yuma) and Joe Johnston (Jurassic Park III) have either met with the studio and producers or are expected to do so in the coming days. Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) also is a helmer the studio is keen on.

The biggest challenge the studio faces is its inability to work on the script because of the writers strike. Any filmmaker coming on board takes on a locked script, overseen by Romanek over several years, and many directors want to put their stamp on it. Martin Campbell is one helmer who was interested, but he is no longer in contention.

Another potential wrinkle is star Benicio Del Toro. The actor, known to be choosy with parts and directors, might have a say in the process.

Many on the list are writer-directors, but Ratner is not. The director, who met with the studio Wednesday, is emerging as the strongest contender because of the fact that he has experience in taking over a project that has lost a director late in the game. Ratner famously took over "X-Men: The Last Stand" after Bryan Singer flew the coop to direct "Superman Returns."

The studio is expected to find its man next week for the film, which has a dedicated March start date.

[a pretty girl is like]

The sound we're hearing is the movie's potential flushing down the toilet.

[Bob]

How tough is it to make a decent remake of these classic Universal horror movies?    Dammit, they have a built in audience and as long as you dont give us total shite like Van Helsing, we will eat it up.

          

[Petey Wheatstraw]

Too bad Romanek left the project. I quite enjoyed One Hour Photo. Oh well. One more movie I won't have to see.

[Bob]

Too bad Romanek left the project. I quite enjoyed One Hour Photo. Oh well. One more movie I won't have to see.

One Hour Photo was surprising fun, wasn't it?

Why did Romanek quit?

[esoobaC .T bocaJ]

Too bad Romanek left the project. I quite enjoyed One Hour Photo. Oh well. One more movie I won't have to see.

One Hour Photo was surprising fun, wasn't it?

Why did Romanek quit?

Creative differences

Director Mark Romanek has decided to drop out of "The Wolfman" due to creative differences, placing the project on hold. Universal Pictures maintains that Romanek left the project in strong shape and that it expects to set another director quickly. No word on whether a February 18th start date will remain in place.

The film has long had Benicio Del Toro aboard to play the werewolf, and the studio just set Emily Blunt (Charlie Wilson's War) and Anthony Hopkins to play the other leads in the film.

The story revolves around an American man (Del Toro), who upon returning to his ancestral homeland, is bitten, and subsequently cursed by, a werewolf.

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New Director

Universal Pictures has set Joe Johnston (Hidalgo, Jurassic Park III), late Sunday night, to replace Mark Romanek as helmer of "The Wolfman," keeping the $100 million thriller on course to begin production in London in March. Romanek stepped out last week over creative differences.

Benicio Del Toro has long been attached to play the title character, but Romanek's exit comes after the studio firmed up Anthony Hopkins to play the title character's father, and for Emily Blunt (Charlie Wilson's War) to play the female lead.

"The Wolfman," one of the treasured horror properties in the studio vaults, will cost $85 million, counting about $15 million in tax breaks for shooting in the United Kingdom. Andrew Kevin Walker wrote the script.

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Hugo Weaving joins cast

Hugo Weaving will join Benicio Del Toro and Emily Blunt in Universal's upcoming redo of "The Wolfman." Lensing begins next month in London, with a release targeted for February 13th.

Weaving, best known for his appearances in "The Matrix" movies, will play Detective Aberline. Del Toro will play the hairy title character and Anthony Hopkins his dad. Blunt has been cast as the female lead in the project.

The story revolves around an American man (Del Toro), who returns to his ancestral homeland and ends up being bitten. He subsequently becomes cursed by a werewolf.

Joe Johnston (Hidalgo, Jurassic Park III) has recently stepped in to direct. David Self did a rewrite of Andrew Kevin Walker's script.

[Junkyard]

AAAAWWWWWWRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[bratpop]

I don't want to see Benicio Del Toro turn into a werewolf. I mean, isn't that redundant?

[Bob]

I don't want to see Benicio Del Toro turn into a werewolf. I mean, isn't that redundant?

He will be the first mumbling werewolf.

[esoobaC .T bocaJ]

I don't want to see Benicio Del Toro turn into a werewolf. I mean, isn't that redundant?

He will be the first mumbling werewolf.

wow, that is redundant

[esoobaC .T bocaJ]

Ladies and Gentlemen, Benicio Del Toro



now if only we can get a picture of him as a werewolf

[Bob]

I will be pleased if they dont pull a stupid Van Helsing move where the humans gains 400% body mass by turning into a werewolf.     Would be nice if the werewolf were not a trapize artist too.

[torgosPizza]

It's been 67 years since the Wolfman first attacked the box office, but he'll be making a comeback next year in a remake by Joe Johnston (Hidalgo, Jurassic Park III). Fortunately for all you lycanthrope fans out there who just can't wait that long, EW caught up with the horror flick's makeup artist, six-time Oscar winner Rick Baker, for an exclusive First Look at how he's transformed star Benicio Del Toro into the famed beastly creature.

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20185191,00.html

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Pretty sweet makeup by THE Rick Baker, of course. Shame the movie went to Joe Johnston (who is hit-or-miss, IMO).