The Wolfman (2009) – How Everything Started

By Angel | July 21, 2009 3:09 am |
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Nowadays, when a movie gets a title “horror movie” it means it will attract audience for sure and if this movie has a catching plot as well as stylish sceneries and famous actors – it will be a hit. If to have a closer look at Wolfman stories, you will understand that they have always been successful and have attracted attention of people as a magnet. And really “why not”? A wolfman is a nightmarish beast, a werewolf that haunts people. Such stories are terrifying, scaring, awful but still very interesting and make your blood turns to ice during watching.

Wolfman

This legend is as old as the hills. Spine-chilling stories about werevoles also known as lycanthropes take their origins from ancient times. A werewolf – is a human who can easily change both shape and appearance into a wolf or wolf-like creature. A human can become a werewolf either by being bitten or scratched by another werewolf, or simply after being placed under a curse.

The first movie about Wolfman appeared in 1924, it was a silent film starring John Gilbert, Norma Shearer, and Eugene Pallette. However, it was a success. There were two more movies about The Wolfman in 1941 and 1979. The upcoming movie about The Wolfman was originally scheduled for February 13, 2009 (the date was perfect – a Friday the 13th), but then they switched it to April 3, 2009. The latest reschedule was made in December 2008 – now the movie should be released in November 6.

The first rumours as to Universal Pictures remaking The Wolf Man with Benicio del Toro in the lead role appeared in March 2006 and they proved to be true. It is reported that the story was rewritten by Andrew Kevin Walker and the werewolf would stand of four legs, the movie would have a couple of additional characters and tremendous visual effects.

Shooting took place from March 3 to June 23, 2008 in the UK and the movie had a budget of US$85 million. Rick Baker was the one who created the make-up for The Wolfman and as a result it looked more than believable.

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