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Brett Ratner to Take Over The Wolf Man?

Source:  Ain't It Cool News
It seems that Universal might have found a replacement for Mark Romanek. According to Ain't It Cool News, Brett Ratner is set to replace Mark Romanek for the upcoming The Wolf Man remake.

This hasn't been confirmed as of yet, but it comes from
Ain't It Cool News's "incredibly realiable source."

We reported that Mark Romanek has departed the project due to creative differences, but apparently Universal has tapped helmer Brett Ratner for the remake.

The film stars Benecio del Toro, Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt, and is scheduled for release on February 18, 2009.


20 Comments


February 1st, 2008 9:07am
agreed ratner blows rush 1 and 2 were ok but if he touches a threequel it becomes garbage. as a matter of fact most all of the stuff hes involved with has became garbage. i only like rush hour 1 and 2 cuz im a fan of jackie chan
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January 31st, 2008 9:19pm
3 words. Rush Hour 3.

(Insert fart noise now...)
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January 31st, 2008 7:14pm
Ok here is a thought for director....Sam Raimi or about George A Romero..mabey he can do something besides zombie films!!?!?

The cast looks good, but Brett Ratner makes films that you forget about them after you see them!
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January 31st, 2008 5:46pm
Peter Jackson's a little busy with, oh, I don't know, producing The Hobbit and making fat bank that he would never ever get from this movie. Why doesn't Soderberg do it? Or here's an idea, let's reanimate Cecil B. DeMille to direct this. No, I bet Spielberg wants to do a monster movie garnering the interest of Brett Ratner. The cast looks good, but Ratner?
And X3 was not good. Never have I ever wanted to hurt someone as bad as I wanted to shoot Ratner and the lobotomized studio execs behind X3 in the kneecaps than when I saw that movie.
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January 31st, 2008 4:50pm
Episode 3 was good, and x3 was good too, i agree though I don't think he should direct Wolfman, what about Peter Jackson???
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January 31st, 2008 4:35pm
Look, Ratner could have taken one look at the X3 script and said, I'm not touching this shit-storm. But instead he warped it even more and what happened was worse than Episode III
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January 31st, 2008 4:29pm
I will say i did like a couple ratner films but i wanted this to be something special not an action movie with one liners or something.Red Dragon good.x-men 3 bad.
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January 31st, 2008 4:27pm
In the words of Homer Simpson..........DOH!!!!
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January 31st, 2008 3:51pm
Wow, a lot of Ratner haters out there. I think he's just so-so myself, but it looks like he's the go-to guy for action movies that lose their directors, so I give him credit here, and for "X-Men 3", for having to completely take over a project where the original director decides to drop out. It's not an easy thing to do.
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January 31st, 2008 3:21pm
Yeah, Ratner does blow. This movie looked so promising...oh well
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January 31st, 2008 2:33pm
Ratner blows.
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January 31st, 2008 2:26pm
Oh i almost forgot Mark Steven Johnson is a mixed bag he shows substance and heart in Simon Birch a dark side in the Daredevil directors cut and we all know about Ghost Rider (shudder)
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January 31st, 2008 2:23pm
Of course the Ratner hate begins i do hope you realize Ratner never ruined X-3 after Bryan Sing abandoned (yeah that's right) the franchise to do that stupid Superman movie they went through four directors and rewrites until Ratner signed on and had what a month or two t shoot it. Blame the writers or the unstable production for the result of X-3. the Rush Hour films are stupid buddy cop flicks Ratner knew that when he made them. Many of you forget what an amazing job he did with Red Dragon and the fact that he's back with Anthony Hopkins in a remake of a classic tale could be quite promising. Remember it's not always the directors fault.
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January 31st, 2008 1:59pm
Ratner's a joke!! He will turn this film into a popcorn joke!! "X-Man 3" was a waste of space, & "Rush Hour 3" was Just Part 1 & 2 combined!
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January 31st, 2008 1:14pm
x3 was a failure and rush hour 3 was a mix of part 2 with some new stuff in it, i figure with a cast like that you would have to be almost useless to not pull off at least a "watchable"movie!
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January 31st, 2008 1:12pm
Brett Ratner and Mark Steven Johnson should fight to the death. Then the winner should be shot in the head.
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January 31st, 2008 12:53pm
Never saw Rush Hour 3 but he sure did ruin X3!
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January 31st, 2008 12:44pm
agreed ratners respect went down alot after rush hour 3 and x3 too
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January 31st, 2008 12:36pm
OH, COME ON!!!!!!!!! I liked X3 (not as much as X2, though), but what, is this guy the "go-to" guy for movies who've lost directors!!! First he took Brian Singer's place, and now this! The guy directed the Rush Hour movies, he can't make this as dark as it was planned to be!!
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January 31st, 2008 12:29pm
Brett Ratner...Ruined Xmen3. Nuff said.
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