“And then this gore-hound over here thinksTerrifier 3isn’t gorey enough,” he adds ofthe current No.
1 movie in America.
“They’re a little bit safe now.
Christopher Abbott as Blake in ‘Wolf Man’.NBC/Universal
My kids watch animated movies with those monsters running around and being voiced by Adam Sandler.
“It’s ascaryhorror movie.
I think most of theWolf Manmovies that came before this have been softer.
Julia Garner as Charlotte, Matilda Firth as Ginger in ‘Wolf Man’.NBC/Universal
I don’t mean that pejoratively.
I just mean that this one is pretty hardcore.”
Wolf Manwill be a centerpiece of the event, where the company plans to release the full-length trailer.
(L-R) Stefan Duscio (director of photography) and Leigh Whannell (director) on the set of ‘Wolf Man’.NBC/Universal
Ethan inherits his childhood farmhouse in the remote woods of rural Oregon after his father mysteriously vanishes.
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“The first draft was written during the pandemic in 2020.
The world was upside down.
Everybody’s in their houses.
Everybody’s afraid of this bug that’s going around.
It’s about how tragic it is when disease comes into your life.
I think the story of the Wolf Man fits well with a story of degenerative disease.”
“I remember him either pitching it or reading it,” he says.
When horror lovers think of the classic story of the Wolf Man, body horror comes to mind.
That’s Whannell’s favorite branch of the genre.
(Gosling bowed out over scheduling but remains an executive producer onWolf Man.)
“I love Cronenberg.
That’s what people know about the Wolf Man.”
