Wolfman 2 Is Now Just A Werewolf

Universal was apparently considering doing a return the 2010 Wolfman despite the mixed reaction on the film by audiences and critics. They have rethought, reconsidered and finally realized: they don’t want a sequel and we should rejoce, right? Well, no, they just want to… well, what’s another buzzword that starts with “re”. Hint: it has a boot at the end!

Obsessed With Film gives us the deatils:

Michael Tabb (Ring Around The Rosie) has turned in a fresh screenplay that ‘shares a link’ to the original George Waggner 1941 black and white classic The Wolf Man. Perhaps a sequel of sorts to the original Lon Chaney Jr starrer?

The working title Werewolf is being branded around the studio, and meetings with potential directors will happen over the next few weeks. Amazingly, the film could go in front of camera’s as early as this fall

Ahh. Werewolf. That’s a (*cough*, *cough*) terrific title! But they are in effect, starting from a reboot-remix sort of flavor – after all the Wolfman of yesteryear WAS the main inspiration over the recent Joe Johnston flick -which I didn’t think was that bad overall myself – but it could have been better if there was a tug of war over ideas and a release date that didn’t move around.

Still, I’m not so sure what makes a new reboot of Wolfman (Werewolf) so special. It may as well be another period piece movie (which it is!) with the old school wolfman/werewolf (so it is!)

Oh, the think tanks at Universal. I love them to death, don’t you?