The Wolfman (2010)

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• Project Phase: Completed
• Release Date: 2010-02-12 - Wide Release
• Distributor(s): Universal Pictures
• Film Genre(s): Horror
• Country: United States
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Written by Andrew Kevin Walker with a rewrite by David Self, this is inspired by the classic Universal film that launched a legacy of horror, The Wolfman brings the myth of a cursed man back to its iconic origins. Del Toro stars as Lawrence Talbot, a haunted nobleman lured back to his family estate after his brother vanishes. Reunited with his estranged father (Hopkins), Talbot sets out to find his brother...and discovers a horrifying destiny for himself. Lawrence Talbot’s childhood ended the night his mother died. After he left the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor, he spent decades recovering and trying to forget. But when his brother’s fiancée, Gwen Conliffe (Blunt), tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns home to join the search. He learns that something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers, and that a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector named Aberline (Hugo Weaving) has come to investigate. As he pieces together the gory puzzle, he hears of an ancient curse that turns the afflicted into werewolves when the moon is full. Now, if he has any chance at ending the slaughter and protecting the woman he has grown to love, Talbot must destroy the vicious creature in the woods surrounding Blackmoor. But as he hunts for the nightmarish beast, a simple man with a tortured past will uncover a primal side to himself…one he never imagined existed.

RELATED NEWS

: 2008-01-30

  Variety reports that Hugo Weaving will play Det. Aberline. : 2008-02-21

  Variety reports that Joe Johnston has replaced Romanek as director. : 2008-02-04

 Variety reports that Universal Pictures has picked Benicio Del Toro to play the lead role and ha spicked Andrew Kevin Walker to write the script. Scott Stuber, Rick Yorn, Mary Parent and Del Toro will produce. 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 film shall begin shooting in 2007. : 2006-03-15