Leigh Whannellco-creator of horror franchises Saw e Insidiousdirector of Insidious: Chapter 3, Upgrade and the remake The Invisible Manreturns this year with another horror film project with which he is once again associated with Universal Pictures y Blumhousejust as in his previous feature film.
This is the reboot of the horror classic Wolf Mana new installment of Universal's monster universe, which is directed and co-written by Whannell.
The story centered on a man whose family is being terrorized by a deadly predatorco-stars Christopher Abbott (Poor Things, Black Bear, It Comes at Night) y Julia Garner (Ozark, Inventing Anna, The Assistant).
The most recent news announces that this week, the Motion Picture Association (MPA), the body in charge of classifying films from film studios in the United States, has granted the Rated R a Wolf Man by:
“Violent and bloody content, gruesome images and some language.”
As we mentioned above, this film marks a new collaboration between Whannell, Universal and Blumhouse, and the second in the monster universe, after having made the remake of The invisible manwhich was very well received by critics and audiences, and was also one of the last big screen releases before the massive closure of theaters in 2020 due to the pandemic.
Last September, Whannell explained about his remake of The werewolf:
“I consider it as a complementary piece to The Invisible Man. “I didn't want this movie to be nostalgic or a retro Wolfman movie in any sense.”
OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS:
“Christopher Abbott plays Blake, a San Francisco husband and father who inherits his childhood home in rural Oregon after his own father disappears and is presumed dead. As his marriage to his powerful wife, Charlotte, frays, Blake convinces Charlotte to take a break from the city and visit the estate with their young daughter, Ginger.
But as the family approaches the farmhouse in the dead of night, they are attacked by an invisible animal and, in a desperate attempt to escape, they barricade themselves inside the house while the creature prowls around the perimeter. However, as the night progresses, Blake begins to behave strangely, transforming into something unrecognizable, and Charlotte will be forced to decide if the terror inside her house is more deadly than the danger outside.
The script was written by Whannell & Corbett Tuck, Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo (Dumb Money).
Matilda Firth (Coma, Hullraisers) y Sam Jaeger (The Handmaid’s Tale, Devil in Ohio), complete the cast of the film.
- It is the fourth collaboration between Whannell and Blumhouse (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).
Jason Blum produces the feature film, with Ryan Gosling – who was attached to star for three years – Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell as executive producers. Blumhouse and Motel Movies are the production companies, with Universal as the distributor.
ABOUT THE MONSTER UNIVERSE OF UNIVERSAL
Universal Pictures' monster universe kicked off after the studio scrapped the Dark Universe and its plans for an interconnected monster universe following the failure of the reboot's release. The Mummy. Since then, the studio has focused on finding viable ways to keep monster characters relevant for a new generation.
Universal Monster films are rooted in the horror genre, unrestricted by budget, rating or genre. They are not part of a shared interconnected universe, allowing each film to stand on its own. This new direction is filmmaker-driven and invites innovative filmmakers with original and bold ideas to develop and present these characters' stories. That is to say, filmmakers will be able to take liberties with the interpretation of stories to bring them to contemporary audiences.
Universal Pictures set the theatrical release of Wolf Man for January 17, 2025.
Source: https://cine3.com/wolf-man-de-leigh-whannell-obtiene-la-clasificacion-r/
