Thursday, December 3, 2009

Brotherhood of the wolf


It's easier to believe a human could become feral after an attack by a wolf than that he could be brought back to life by a mad scientist (Frankenstein) or given immortality as a bat (Dracula). Universal owns the rights to three of the classic monsters and Werewolf is one of them. After all, the founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus, were supposedly raised by a lupus and that predates Vlad the Impaler by many centuries.
Werewolves have been non-stop in movies this year if you count New Moon, the Underworld series, and even the trend of auteur American directors getting their wild thing freak on. Wes Anderson has his lead fox salute a lone wolf with a raised paw as a symbol of independence. Early next year Universal will relaunch the werewolf franchise with Wolfman staring Benicio Del Toro and Emily Blunt. Del Toro has the right hirsute stature to howl during a full moon and Blunt currently burns up the screen in every film she's in from Sunshine Cleaning to The Young Victoria.
Universal has set up a website featuring rare clips, images and music from all of their classic monster movies at www.thewolfmanmovie.com/legacy

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