Universal Releases The First Teaser Of The Wolf Man Remake

This past weekend, Universal released the first teaser trailer for their upcoming remake of the 1941 classic The Wolfman. This reimagining of the character sets the story in the modern day, similar to the 2020 remake of The Invisible Man, also directed by Leigh Whannell.

The official Wolf Man synopsis reads:

Golden Globe nominee Christopher Abbott (Poor Things, It Comes at Night) stars as Blake, a San Francisco husband and father, who inherits his remote childhood home in rural Oregon after his own father vanishes and is presumed dead. With his marriage to his high-powered wife, Charlotte (Emmy winner Julia Garner; Ozark, Inventing Anna), fraying, Blake persuades Charlotte to take a break from the city and visit the property with their young daughter, Ginger (Matilda Firth; Hullraisers, Coma).

But as the family approaches the farmhouse in the dead of night, they’re attacked by an unseen animal and, in a desperate escape, barricade themselves inside the home as the creature prowls the perimeter. As the night stretches on, however, Blake begins to behave strangely, transforming into something unrecognizable, and Charlotte will be forced to decide whether the terror within their house is more lethal than the danger without.

The Wolf Man trailer gives us very few glimpses of what to expect. From what little is gathered, all we can tell is that Blake encounters some wild monster as we see flashes of him slowly turning into the titular monsters.

Much like the The Invisible Man, this is a complete reimagining of the classic Wolf Man story with Blake replacing Larry Talbot as the man cursed with the bite of the werewolf. The setting is in an old farmhouse with a small family encountering a “wild animal”, where the original saw the main character as the son of an aristocrat visiting his home but is attacked by a beast during a gypsy festival.

The timing of this trailer feels rather suspect. It feels rushed, almost like it was a knee-jerk reaction to the poor reception of the monster’s reveal at Halloween Horror Nights. If people are crapping on the monster’s design, they might not be interested in this version of the character.

While it is too early to tell, Whanell’s vision for these classic characters seems to be based on name alone and not adapting the original concepts. If it is true that Blumhouse plans to adapt more of these characters, then the Universal Monster brand does indeed have a dark future.

What do you think? Are you excited for the reimagining of The Wolfman? Or should it stay in the dog house? Let us know your thoughts.

Source: SlashFilm