I have been looking forward to seeing The Wolfman for a while now. Originally I didn’t care much, but as I see and hear more and more about it, I want to see the final product.
However the “final” product is not happening just yet as those in charge have taken a look at the cut and had to admit it was a mess. So Editors Mark Goldblatt and Walter Murch have been called in to give it a different cut.
Obsessed with Film overreacts:
Emergency editors Mark Goldblatt and Walter Murch have been brought on board to fix the meandering mess of a movie is the final nail in the coffin for Universal’s tentpole.
Actually, the final nail was when the project was delayed for a third time. This latest news, which has happened after several expensive re-shoots, re-cut trailers and the letting go of a high-wage composer who had provided a whole complete score and paying for a completely new one from another guy, well it feels like it’s an afterthought at the wake.
I am of two minds when it comes to news of this type.
When I hear that someone has been fired from a film, or someone else has been brought in to “fix” the film, my first instict is the reaction above. The film is in trouble.
But in reality once sanity returns, you realize that in fact this might be a bullet dodged. Perhaps they recognized that something just wasn’t working. The Score, an actor, bad trailer, poster, whatever. And bringing someone in to fix it might do just that.
Fix it.
Of course the road to hell is paved with good intentions and it might be able to be saved.
I am still looking forward to it, whenever it finally does come out.
