Thursday
31Jul2008
Comic Con Trailer for 'Wolf Man' Finally Hits the Web
Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 1:57AM 
I was nearly so impressed by the quality of this
bootlegged trailer for
The Wolf Man that I almost forgot to pay attention to
what was in the trailer. Upon further review, that's two-and-a-half jam packed
minutes. I mean, you get story, you get action, you get character development,
you get a little payoff. It's a damn fine piece of work.
The trailer was, of course, captured by an amateur at
Comic Con and it has since
found its way online. I don't know if the project
overall has the panache of a lot of this year's big Comic Con movies, but it has
tremendous potential, in my opinion.
When it first came together, I thought the combination of
Benicio Del Toro,
Anthony
Hopkins,
Emily Blunt,
Hugo Weaving, make-up master
Rick Baker, and director
Mark Romanek was a
terrific team, and quite a coup for Universal, the studio digging into its
archives of classic monster movies for this remake.However, Romanek is off the
project, replaced by
Joe Johnston, and I didn't like the swap
initially. But based on this
trailer, there's a lot to like already. See, my fear was Universal would want to
go more gory in the age of bloodletting horror movies but Johnston appears to be
going a lot deeper, using blood only when he has to in order to ratchet up the
internal dilemma for Hopkins and Del Toro.
That's a lot to pick up on in two-and-a-half minutes,
but what can I say: This trailer tells the story, highlights the cast, and is
every bit the preview it should be without giving anything away.
Reader Comments (2)
It certainly has good cinematography and a strong 1930s aesthetic - as well as a brilliant cast.
A must see, no less.
Why am I thinking Mary Shelley's Frankenstein all over again? This seems too serious too me, but maybe I'm wrong.
Still, can't wait to see Benicio Del Toro do what he does best (a trend started in the Usual Suspects)...
FLIP 'EM Benny! FLIP 'EM!