Fortunately, with the cinematic Dark Universe in Universal’s distant rearview mirror right now, new movies updating the studio’s Universal Monsters characters are now something horror fans are looking forward to, thanks to a new era of movies independents that began with 2020 by Leigh Whannell. invisible man. His next project in that area will arrive early next year, updating the classic werewolf tale. werewolf for 2025, and the trailer was just presented at New York Comic Con.
Christopher Abbott (Poor things) plays the title character, who heads to the rural Oregon home where he grew up when he inherits it from his presumed dead father. Desperate to save his marriage, he convinces his wife (Julia Garner) Apartment 7A, ozarksand next year The fantastic four: first steps) to bring his young daughter (Matilda Firth) to visit. Once they arrive, according to the film’s official synopsis, the family is “attacked by an invisible animal and, in a desperate escape, they barricade themselves inside the house while the creature prowls the perimeter. However, as the night progresses, Blake begins to behave strangely, transforming into something unrecognizable, and Charlotte will be forced to decide if the terror inside her home is more deadly than the danger outside.
It’s not mentioned, but you can bet there was a full moon in the sky when this occurred.
What strikes us most about the trailer is the isolation. This werewolf is not going to go around killing people. It seems like the film is more Garner than Abbott, as she protects her daughter from her moody father. Additionally, you get the feeling that the werewolf transformation is much slower and more methodical than we are used to. In fact, it could be a big part of the movie before we get to see it in its entirety. In short, this is a very specific, new-looking werewolf, and we’re very excited about it.
Oh, and who else became famous? Jurassic Park Vibrations there at first? You don’t put a vehicle on a tree unless it has something special and Whannell may have that.
The rest of the cast includes Sam Jaeger, Ben Prendergast and Benedict Hardie; It is directed by Whannell and written by Whannell and Corbett Tuck, and Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo. werewolf hits theaters on January 17. Check back later today for a short interview with Whannell about the trailer and the film.
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