Feb 4, 2008 by The MovieWeb Team

Joe Johnston Is Directing The Wolf Man!

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.

The Wolfman was released February 12th, 2010 and stars Simon Merrells, Gemma Whelan, Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Mario Marin-Borquez, Asa Butterfield, Cristina Contes, Anthony Hopkins. The film is directed by Joe Johnston.

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Comments (14)

  1. T.Clark

    Chocolate chip. And I can't believe how i'm making these predictions either. Guess I just have good taste. heh, heh, heh

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  2. Phatlightning

    alright alright, what kind of cookie would ya like ya 2 name luck box.. lol

    4 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag

  3. They call me ITCHY BALLS

    It would be cool to see an update on John Landis' AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON...oh wait...they did.

    4 years agoby @danbrchFlag

  4. They call me ITCHY BALLS

    I hope it gets made in the action/horror/comic way like "The Mummy" (1999)

    4 years agoby @danbrchFlag

  5. NateMAN

    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.

    4 years agoby @natemanFlag

  6. Marcusx

    good call bro
    im glad ratner is off it too

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  7. T.Clark

    I CALLED IT!!!!!!!!! I'M ON FIRE!!!!!!!!! Cookie please. heh, heh, heh

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  8. dcrock

    No Ratner..Yay!!!!

    4 years agoby @dcrockFlag

  9. The Kwisatz Haderach

    cool cool, it will be interesting to see what he does with this.

    4 years agoby @the-kwisatz-haderachFlag

  10. CelluloidDreams

    WOW...what an interesting choice, Joe Johnston is responsible for such films as "Hidalgo", "Jurassic Park III", "October Sky", and "Jumanji"!!
    This could work!?

    4 years agoby @2movieguysFlag

  11. THE JOKER

    im excited about this movie. we have seen plenty of Vampire and Zombie movies about time aa werewolf gets brought back

    4 years agoby @mcleve02Flag

  12. Phatlightning

    not a bad pick, should be promising with the character depth they have

    4 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag

  13. brew1701

    it's a good choice, he is a good director

    4 years agoby @brew1701Flag

  14. PUNISHER

    Thats cool. I would have liked Darabont better, but Johnston has a good directing history. Should be interesting.

    4 years agoby @cerealkillerFlag

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