New "WOLF MAN" Teaser Gives Us A Glimpse Into LEIGH WHANNELL'S Frightful Reimagining
Universal Pictures is once again revisiting one of their beloved Universal Monsters by bringing a fresh adaptation to the modern masses. Much like 2020’s The Invisible Man, writer/director Leigh Whannell is back at the helm to revamp the legacy story of Larry Talbot and his fateful conversion to a werewolf, originally played by none other than the legendary Lon Chaney Jr. The original 1941 film dealt with Talbot directly, and the impact that turning into a werewolf was having on his personal life and relationship aspirations. Much like Whannell’s 2020 “The Invisible Man”, this version of the wolf man will focus more on the familial as a father gets bitten by a werewolf making him a danger to his family.
Check out the teaser below as well as details from the press release, and we hope to bring you more in the coming months as “Wolf Man” sprints to a release date of January 17, 2025!
From The Press Release
What if someone you loved became something else?
From Blumhouse and visionary writer-director Leigh Whannell, the creators of the chilling modern monster tale The Invisible Man, comes a terrifying new lupine nightmare: Wolf Man.
Golden Globe nominee Christopher Abbott (Poor Things, It Comes at Night) stars as Blake, a San Francisco husband and father, who inherits his remote childhood home in rural Oregon after his own father vanishes and is presumed dead. With his marriage to his high-powered wife, Charlotte (Emmy winner Julia Garner; Ozark, Inventing Anna), fraying, Blake persuades Charlotte to take a break from the city and visit the property with their young daughter, Ginger (Matlida Firth; Hullraisers, Coma).
But as the family approaches the farmhouse in the dead of night, they’re attacked by an unseen animal and, in a desperate escape, barricade themselves inside the home as the creature prowls the perimeter. As the night stretches on, however, Blake begins to behave strangely, transforming into something unrecognizable, and Charlotte will be forced to decide whether the terror within their house is more lethal than the danger without.
The film co-stars Sam Jaeger (The Handmaid’s Tale), Ben Prendergast (The Sojourn Audio Drama) and Benedict Hardie (The Invisible Man).
Wolf Man is directed by Whannell, whose previous films with Blumhouse include The Invisible Man, Upgrade and Insidious: Chapter 3. The screenplay is written by Leigh Whannell & Corbett Tuck, Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo (Dumb Money).
The film is produced by Blumhouse founder and CEO Jason Blum and is executive produced by Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Leigh Whannell. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
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