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Here’s a new featurette for The Wolfman

Liam — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:19:14 +0000

Universal has released a new featurette which gives us a better understanding of the story behind The Wolfman. It begins by showing clips of The Mummy, Dracula, Frankenstein and other classic monster movies from the black and white era, and then Benico del Toro talks us though the story for this modern take on the “iconic” Wolfman, which will introduce the beast to “a new generation”.

We also see Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt discussing the film, along with some new footage.

The Wolfman has got Emily Blunt up against a tree again

Liam — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:04:16 +0000

Two new posters for The Wolfman have appeared online. One features Emily Blunt tree bound and popped up over at Cinematical. The other shows us the face of the furry one and comes courtesy of AICN.

Here’s another trailer for The Wolfman

Liam — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:44:12 +0000

Today Apple debuted a new trailer for Universal’s remake of The Wolfman. This trailer is quite different to the first one we got as it’s just a montage of scenes, whereas the teaser was your typical trailer which set up the story and characters. As we are moving closer to it’s February release date the visuals are nearing completion and some scenes look bad ass. Watch below!

The Wolfman stars Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro and Hugo Weaving, and is directed by Jurassic Park 3 director Joe Johnston.

The Wolfman trailer!

Liam — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:43:56 +0000

Last month Universal decided to push The Wolfman back from November 6th 2009 to February 12th 2010, which annoyed a few people as it’s the second time the film had been pushed back. However, to easy the pain Universal promised that we would finally be getting a trailer, and that trailer is now online. Watch below!

I’m liking the look of the film. Dark and moody. The transformation scenes look quite cool too, and I’m glad they look nothing like what we saw in Van Helsing. Assuming they don’t push it back again, it looks like we will have a decent monster movie on our hands come February.

New images from The Wolfman

Liam — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:11:26 +0000

Bloody-Disgusting got their hands on 4 new images from The Wolfman. The one above shows Emily Blunt hiding behind a tree as a figure of the Wolfman himself lurks in the background. Click here to see the rest, including shots of Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins.

We heard last week that we should be getting a trailer for The Wolfman on August 21st with Inglourious Basterds, so it will most likely appear online then too.

Universal talks The Wolfman delay. We will be getting a trailer soon!

Liam — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:37:57 +0000

Yesterday we heard that Universal had pushed The Wolfman’s release date back once again from November 6th 2009 to February 12th 2010, and there was talk that recent reshooting was to blame. However, Universal have now commented on why they decided to delay the hairy one, and revealed that we will be getting a trailer in a few weeks!

From ShockTillYouDrop:

I’ll start with the good stuff. You’re going to see a trailer sooner than later. Attached to Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds on August 21st, in fact.
I’ve spoken to my reps at Universal and have been informed the release shift had much to do with box office potential.
In its November 6th slot, the Joe Johnston film would have been going up against Disney’s A Christmas Carol, whereas in February it faces little competition (although The Cabin in the Woods opens one week earlier). Futhermore, from a marketing standpoint, Universal wanted to ensure all of the FX were complete so they could use them in the ad campaign.

So not only will we get a trailer for The Wolfman, August 21st is also the day we will get a trailer for James Cameron’s Avatar!

If you can’t wait that long to see Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro and Hugo Weaving in action, click here to see some blurry footage that was presented at last years Comic Con.

Will The Wolfman be on all fours?

Liam — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:13:01 +0000

Last year Universal decided to push back The Wolfman from April to November and this gave director Joe Johnston additional time to shoot more scenes and iron out any problems. Back in May we heard that they were adding more action scenes which included “a fight scene between two werewolves involving a fair amount of CG with them going up the walls and other bits of business”. Now according to The Daily Mail stunt supervisor Vic Armstrong and the cast have spent six weeks shooting more scenes which “saw a tougher, fiercer creature bounding around – and ready to attack on all fours.”

The 30 million dollar question for The Wolf Man was whether it walks like a man on its hind legs or like a wolf on all four. Plus, the supposedly frightening creature looked too cuddly, which was no good for a gothic horror movie starring Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt. ‘The Wolf was on its heels and it looked daft,’ an actor involved in the movie told me.
Vic came up with a great confrontation between the Wolf Man and the Werewolf. They really go after each other and it’s dramatic and exciting, whereas the stuff they shot first time round was limp.
‘The two stunt guys inside the costumes were exhausted, as Vic just had them doing the scene again and again until he was happy’, one of the crew who worked on the film at Pinewood Studios told me.
Benicio Del Toro flew to the UK for the re-shoots, Emily Blunt was, by that time, working on Gulliver’s Travels so was only available for three or four weekends, and Anthony Hopkins couldn’t return to London so he did his additional filming in LA.
Last night Universal confirmed that additional sequences were shot. ‘The full articulation of the transformational lead character will be realised when the film is completed and we are excited to share his incredible look with the world in the upcoming trailer’.
Johnston has been back in LA for the past five weeks overseeing the special effects and computer-generated images for the Universal film.

I guess we can’t really say which looks better, 2 legs or 4, as we haven’t seen anything yet. There was the Comic Con trailer from last year, but apart from that Universal haven’t got round to marketing it. I hope we get the trailer sooner rather than later because i’m getting tired of watching the blurred cam quality Con trailer to fulfil my Wolfman craving!

Emily Blunt thinks Scarlett will do ‘a great job’ as The Black Widow

Liam — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:37:46 +0000

It hasn’t officially been announced yet, although it is looking pretty likely that Scarlett Johansson will be playing The Black Widow in Iron Man 2. Emily Blunt (who would have bene taking on the role until she had to pull out due to scheduling conflicts) spoke to MTV about losing the role and her thoughts on Johansson taking over.

“It was one of things that was conflicting,” Blunt told MTV News. “So it’s a shame the two of them couldn’t work together. It just got complicated, so I think I had to pull out for my own sanity more than anything.”
Even though she’s left “Iron Man 2” behind, Blunt was reluctant to dish any info about the still-secretive plot—not even a hint if Black Widow will be Stark’s love interest or adversary.
“See, that’s the other thing, I can’t give anything away on that front,” she said. “I’m not going to say! I’m not going to say! I’m going to get someone in trouble. Look at me, I’m such a goody-two-shoes!”
Did that mean she wouldn’t take a shot at the actress assuming the Black Widow role, Scarlett Johansson? Even though Scar-Jo reportedly screen-tested for the gig and lost out to Blunt?
“She’ll do a great job,” Blunt said, choosing her words carefully. “She’ll get up on that high-wire and do a great job.”

I hope Scarlett Johansson is good in the role and makes it her own, because next year I don’t want to be thinking “why did Blunt decided to do a Jack Black comedy over Iron Man 2?!” (even though I am thinking that now).

Scarlett Johansson confirmed for Iron Man 2 also!?

Liam — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:22:22 +0000

Deadline Hollywood are on a role with these Iron Man 2 scoops. There had been talk of Scarlett Johansson joining the cast as The Black Widow ever since Emily Blunt had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. To be honest I didn’t want it to be true as I was hoping Blunt, Fox and Marvel could work something out as she would be great in the role, however things didn’t work out. Now apparently Scarlett Johansson is confirmed for the role.

Now I’m told that Emily Blunt won’t be in the sequel and Black Widow will now be played by Scarlett Johannson. (Interesting because Scarlett actually screen-tested for the role and didn’t get it.) But I hear that, unlike Mickey’s money, the deal for her is “just the opposite, a terrible deal made by CAA,” one of my insiders says. “It’s as bad as any deal that I’ve heard. It’s lowball money. And it ties her to countless movies, including that ensemble The Avengers, which is what makes this brutal for a lot of actors.”

I’d hardly call signing up for The Avengers movie ‘brutal’. It’d be damn exciting! Moving past all the gossip I think if the deal was that bad Johansson wouldn’t have agreed to it.

I have only seen one movie that Scarlett has been in and that was Home Alone 3. I don’t really know whether she will suit the role, although I know Blunt would have suited it better. What do you think? Good casting or ‘meh’ casting?

Emily Blunt talks about losing Black Widow role

Liam — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:18:46 +0000

Emily Blunt has revealed her disappointment of losing the role of The Black Widow in Iron Man 2. She was originally first choice for the role, however her contract with 20th Century Fox from when she did The Devil Wears Prada meant that she had one more film to do with them, and they decided to use the option for Gulliver’s Travels alongside Jack Black. The filming schedules clashed, so she had to pull out of Iron Man 2.

From The Orlando Sentinel:

“I’m okay,” Blunt says with a sigh. “Because I just have to do this Fox movie, and it’s fine and I’m gonna have fun. The whole beginning of the year has been rather dramatic, so I’d just rather go in with fresh eyes and know that I’ve made the right decision. You just don’t know until it’s all finished and done with, do you?”
And telling her “Well, the sequel’s almost never as good as the original” doesn’t help. “I’m glad you said that, not me. It’s a little disappointing is all I can say.”

I am disappointed also. She would have been great. Anyhow, Blunt will seen in The Wolfman later this year which will probably kick major ass.