The trail to Universal and Blumhouse’s Wolfman reboot—identified right here as Wolf Man—has been sluggish going. However on Friday, the film added a brand new star to its forged in Ozark’s Julia Garner.
Per Deadline, Garner could have the lead position as a mom whose household finally ends up terrorized by the titular werewolf, enjoying reverse Christopher Abbott. (The 2 actors beforehand labored collectively in 2011’s Martha Marcy Might Marlene, Garner’s skilled performing debut.) Her casting comes weeks after Abbott took main man duties from Ryan Gosling, who’d been hooked up to the movie for years earlier than dropping out. Whereas he received’t be starring within the film, Gosling will nonetheless function an govt producer.
Common has been attempting for over three years to get a Wolfman reboot off the bottom, and again when Gosling was hooked up, the massive draw was that he’d offered his personal pitch for the film. That model was first penned by Dumb Cash writers Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, and later had Leigh Whannell of The Invisible Man fame tapped to direct. Whannell’s involvement was locked down in full this previous December, the identical time as Abbott was introduced to get replaced by Gosling.
Exterior of this new Wolf Man, the studio can be mentioned to be at work on a contemporary reboot for one other member of the Common Monsters catalog. That movie, to be directed by Scream 6’s Radio Silence, is beneath deep wraps, however the identified forged contains Melissa Barrera, Kathryn Newton, Dan Stevens, and the late Angus Cloud. Whether or not there’s different Monsters who’ll be introduced into the fashionable day, or if Whannell’s Invisible Man will reappear with a sequel, is presently unknown.
Wolf Man is anticipated to launch in theaters on October 25, 2024.
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