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Saturday
20Jun2009

'Teen Wolf' the Latest 80s Movie Being Remade

DateSaturday, June 20, 2009 at 12:49AM
Before you get peeved that Warner Bros. is remaking Teen Wolf, please keep in mind that Teen Wolf was itself not a brand new idea. The story is completely different, but there was a little something called I Was a Teenage Werewolf back in the late 1950s. Coincidentally, the star of both movies (Michael J. Fox and Michael Landon) had shows on NBC in the mid-80s.

So, yeah, Moviehole says Teen Wolf is in early development. I don't care much either way; there are so many remakes now and that's not exactly Chinatown, now is it?

The good news about the remake is Warner Bros. appears to be pretty serious about getting it off the ground, which means maybe the studio will invest some money into it and we can get some decent makeup and effects, clearly a weak part of the first Teen Wolf...and Teen Wolf Too, too.

According to Moviehole, the project is out to a bunch of writers and the studio is waiting for the script they fall in love with. No director or star is on board, either, but whoever gets the roles Zac Efron turns down would be my bet.

I hope this is actually a pretty ridiculous comedy. It's really the only chance it has. You can't do a straight homage and have it work. That is, if it can work at all.

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