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Joe Johnston Is Directing The Wolf Man!

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Universal Pictures has just signed Joe Johnston to direct the abandoned Mark Romanek horror remake The Wolf Man. According to Variety, Johnston signed with Universal late Sunday night to keep the highly anticipated thriller on course.

Benicio Del Toro will play the title character and Anthony Hopkins will play the title character's father. The budget for the highly anticipated The Wolf Man is estimated to be in the range of one hundred million dollars.

Production for The Wolf Man is scheduled to start in March.


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Aficionado
February 5th, 2008 9:52am
Chocolate chip. And I can't believe how i'm making these predictions either. Guess I just have good taste. heh, heh, heh
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Phatlightning
February 4th, 2008 6:18pm
alright alright, what kind of cookie would ya like ya 2 name luck box.. lol
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They call me ITCHY BALLS
February 4th, 2008 6:15pm
It would be cool to see an update on John Landis' AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON...oh wait...they did.
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They call me ITCHY BALLS
February 4th, 2008 6:13pm
I hope it gets made in the action/horror/comic way like "The Mummy" (1999)
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NateMAN
February 4th, 2008 4:25pm
They made a good choice with Joe Johnston. I've liked a lot of his work, and "The Rocketeer" is one of my favorite movies.
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marcusx
February 4th, 2008 2:04pm
good call bro
im glad ratner is off it too
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Aficionado
February 4th, 2008 12:41pm
I CALLED IT!!!!!!!!! I'M ON FIRE!!!!!!!!! Cookie please. heh, heh, heh
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dcrock
February 4th, 2008 9:21am
No Ratner..Yay!!!!
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The Kwisatz Haderach
February 4th, 2008 6:45am
cool cool, it will be interesting to see what he does with this.
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CelluloidDreams
February 4th, 2008 5:00am
WOW...what an interesting choice, Joe Johnston is responsible for such films as "Hidalgo", "Jurassic Park III", "October Sky", and "Jumanji"!!
This could work!?
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THE JOKER
February 4th, 2008 4:35am
im excited about this movie. we have seen plenty of Vampire and Zombie movies about time aa werewolf gets brought back
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Phatlightning
February 4th, 2008 4:17am
not a bad pick, should be promising with the character depth they have
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brew1701
February 4th, 2008 12:40am
it's a good choice, he is a good director
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PUNISHER
February 4th, 2008 12:26am
Thats cool. I would have liked Darabont better, but Johnston has a good directing history. Should be interesting.
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