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Old 03-15-06, 05:20 AM
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Benicio Del Toro is The Wolf Man

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...8&cs=1&s=h&p=0

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=13643

Del Toro is The Wolf Man
Source: Variety March 15, 2006

Universal Pictures will scare up a new version of its horror classic The Wolf Man, with Benicio Del Toro playing the title role, reports Variety.

Se7en screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker has begun writing the script. Scott Stuber, Rick Yorn, Mary Parent and Del Toro will produce.

Like the 1941 original that starred Lon Chaney Jr., the new film 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.

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, after Del Toro completes Guerrilla, the Che Guevara film being directed by Steven Soderbergh.

The expectation is that The Wolf Man will be a summer 2008 tentpole.
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Andrew Kevin Walker? I'm there!
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Since UNDERWORLD I've been really into Werewolves and werewolf lore and Del Toro is cool.

Question: Is there a difference between a Wolf Man and a Werewolf? Or is it the same thing?
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And the best part is that Benicio will require almost NO make-up to look believable in the role!
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This sounds great. The Wolf Man is my favorite Universal monster. Del Toro definitely has a wolf-like appearance. Wonder who's gonna direct.
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Sounds intriguing ..... but I'd be more excited if it was a double-Del Toro, with Guillermo directing Benicio.

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No pissing & moaning yet about remaking a classic?
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Sounds cool. As mentioned, Del Toro will make a great Wolf Man.
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Now can they get del Toro to direct as well?

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Originally Posted by Charlie Goose
No pissing & moaning yet about remaking a classic?
As long as it is not like Van Helsing (CGI overload, bad acting and script), it should be ok. I thought Universal did a pretty good job with the Mummy remake.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema
Wonder who's gonna direct.
Knowing Universal, I'd guess Stephen Summers has been contacted.
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Originally Posted by fryinpan1
As long as it is not like Van Helsing (CGI overload, bad acting and script), it should be ok. I thought Universal did a pretty good job with the Mummy remake.
I think they learned their lesson with Van Helsing. I hope there is no cgi makeup effects involved for this. It worked pretty well in The Mummy, but I want him covered in makeup and actually look like a wolf man instead of a giant creature.
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Benecio Del Toro will be great in thise role! He should hit this one out the park being that he had a similar role in Big Top Pee Wee as Dog Boy or soemthing like that
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Still a while off, but Del Toro has me sold, and he won't need much make-up, though I hope it's a better job than the CGI overload of Helsing. Heck, I also hope they do more than just give him excessive facial hair like they did with Jack Nicholson in Wolf.
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Well, looks like I missed the chance to be the first to mention his role as dog boy
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eh. Oddly, the Wolfman has technically never been remade, but this seems weird. I'll wait till I'll see a trailer.

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Looking forward to this.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema
I think they learned their lesson with Van Helsing. I hope there is no cgi makeup effects involved for this. It worked pretty well in The Mummy, but I want him covered in makeup and actually look like a wolf man instead of a giant creature.
Well, there's this:

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.
Shouldn't it be creating effects for the sake of plot points, not the other way around?
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Interestingly, according to the Rodriguez/Miller commentary track on Sin City, Del Toro's always wanted to play The Wolf Man!
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As long as the gypsy says, "The way you walk is thorrrny." I'm there.
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For some news on the script,scroll down a bit here:
http://www.flixens.com/

It will be gory!
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I'd see this.
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I don't think I've ever enjoyed any movie or TV show involving werewolves or a wolf man. Guess it just doesn't appeal to me.
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Then I don't think this one will change your mind, PopcornTreeCt.
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Then I don't think this one will change your mind, PopcornTreeCt.
Yeah but Andrew Kevin Walker is one hell of a writer and I'm always there opening day for Benicio.

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