New Wolfman Movie from Universal

[aura of foreboding]

Dracula was also set in the modern day (of 1931), as was the Creature and The Mummy. 

My only concern with changing time periods to the CURRENT modern day would be character costumes.  However, there's no reason a foreign noble cannot still wear a tux/tails/cape.  It would be cool to see all of these movies take place in the 1930s, but if you're going to move them, keep the costumes/look the same.   

[geezer butler]

Invisible Man director joins Wolfman project.

https://sciencefiction.com/2020/07/09/universals-the-wolfman-starring-ryan-gosling-will-be-directed-by-the-invisible-mans-leigh-whannell/

[delfloria]

That is encouraging.

[marsattacks666]

Invisible Man director joins Wolfman project.

https://sciencefiction.com/2020/07/09/universals-the-wolfman-starring-ryan-gosling-will-be-directed-by-the-invisible-mans-leigh-whannell/

Hopefully this works.

[brianfromtheblacklagoon]

I am actually really excited by this. I am really encouraged by the fact Ryan Gosling pitched the film to Universal himself and is going to star in it.  Have you all seen the action/comedy The Nice Guys starring him and Russell Crowe?  There is a part in the film when Gosling is alone and finds a dead body and he does a pretty spot on recreation of the Costello "Hey Chic" routine from A&C Meet Frankenstein.  I was floored when I saw it in the theater a couple years ago.  He also said he wanted to do The Nice Guys not because director Shane Black had written Lethal Weapon and directed Iron Man 3, but because he had written The Monster Squad.  He was also set to star in Guillermo del Toro's Haunted Mansion film before it was shelved and I noticed him wearing a Haunted Mansion t-shirt in some of the pictures announcing The Wolf Man.  I don't know.  I think he might be one of us.

[YoungestMonsterKid]

This is just my theory, but maybe because Talbot was new at it. Maybe had he been one for years like Bela, he would have gone full wolf as well.

Realistically, I think old movies just didn't have the time for TWO wolfman make-ups and this was "good enough."

The biggest reason was really that the movie was intended to be a mystery. Are werewolves real? Is Larry a werewolf?
The Wolf Man was only supposed to show up at the very end. But they disliked how little time he got, so they filmed more scenes with him.

In short the reason is: If you saw Bela Lugosi covered in fur, you'd kinda know it was a werewolf, and not just a regular wolf, that bit Larry.

[gcbike]

Am I correct? The Original Wolfman was never killed off in the series? I would like them to stay away from werewolf and go more with original on two legs this time no running on all fours.

[YoungestMonsterKid]

Am I correct? The Original Wolfman was never killed off in the series? I would like them to stay away from werewolf and go more with original on two legs this time no running on all fours.

Don't know what you mean by this, but he died in 4 of the 5 films he appeared in.

Further, there's been no remake of The Wolfman that had him running on all fours.

[Mike Scott]

Don't know what you mean by this, but he died in 4 of the 5 films he appeared in.

You mean, appeared to die. Since he was back in the next one, he couldn't have really died.

[Lazarus]

Isn't part of Larry's tragedy that he can't die?  He killed Bela, so maybe he has to transfer the curse to someone else before he can.  I don't think he ever created more werewolves.

[geezer butler]

Don't know what you mean by this, but he died in 4 of the 5 films he appeared in.

Further, there's been no remake of The Wolfman that had him running on all fours.

You're probably referring to the original B and W remakes, but in the 2010 film he runs on all fours. The scene when he breaks out of the psychiatric prison in London---runs on all fours across the rooftops.

[Mike Scott]

Since I didn't make it all that clear, I was referring to the 1940s movies.

[YoungestMonsterKid]

The thing with The Wolf Man is, what really made him work so much as a character was all the sequels. Remaking the first Wolf Man just doesn't work, not if they've abandoned "The Dark Universe".
In his original series, he shared 4 of his five films with Frankenstein. The big part of his character was wanting to die and trying to find anyway to end his curse, but in the original film you didn't have that so much. It was mainly just Larry being confused about everything going on.
To be entirely honest, "The Wolf Man", the film, somehow comes off more as just an origin story movie. (Despite the fact that no sequels were even intended.) I mean, his kill count in the first film is: 1.

[TheMadScientist]

Christopher Abbott Replacing Ryan Gosling in a new Wolf Man movie for Universal and Blumhouse. I like Gosling as an actor, but this guy does look a bit more "Wolf Man-like" in my opinion (I've heard he's a good actor too). The story is said to involve "a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator". Release date set for October 25, 2024, which doesn't seem to be that far off all things considered.

I'm cautiously optimistic. I prefer my Universal Monsters in a gothic, older setting, but I assume this will be set in the modern day. I also didn't love the recent Invisible Man movie from this director, which really didn't have any connection to the book or the original Universal movie. We'll see though, hopefully this is good in its own right.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/wolfman-ryan-gosling-drops-out-christopher-abbott-1235746506/

[vincentgravesly]

I was just reading about this! I kind of agree with the earlier comments about Ryan Gosling being a little weird for the role. He's very good, I would just have the Mint Mobile commercials stuck in my head the entire time. I actually don't know much about Christian Abbott, and apparently he's in more indie films, but he seems pretty cool. Maybe he would be good?

The modern day setting would be interesting, but I think if I saw Talbot on a cell phone or something, I would have to stop in confusion for a few seconds.

Either way, I am excited for the movie. Even if it turned out to be pretty lame, I wouldn't be too disappointed, just enjoying making fun of it in my head in the theater. Or it's good, and then I get to enjoy my time there! Yay!