“The Wolfman” Pushed to 2010
“The Wolfman”, Joe Johnston-directed horror movie, in which Benicio Del Toro comes over all Peter Mayhew, has just had its release date changed for the fourth time, with Universal shifting it from its November 6 States date to February 12, 2010.
The pushing back of release date isn’t something new for this horror thriller project. That’s virtually a full year away from its first date, Feb. 13 of this year. It was initially moved to April, then November, ostensibly to stake out a better date for a horror flick. And now it’s back to a Valentine’s Day weekend slot. With the new date, it will be screened in theaters at the same time with Robert Pattinson’s drama “Remember Me”.
It’s disappointing for horror fans who were looking forward to Wolfman as an intelligent Halloween release, but it’s probably better to just hope for the best and assume they’re busy making it the best movie it can be.
Inspired by the classic Universal film that launched a legacy of horror, “The Wolfman” brings the myth of a cursed man back to its iconic origins. Oscar winner Benicio Del Toro stars as Lawrence Talbot, a haunted nobleman lured back to his family estate after his brother vanishes. Reunited with his estranged father (Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins), Talbot sets out to find his brother… and discovers a horrifying destiny for himself. Lawrence Talbot’s childhood ended the night his mother died. After he left the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor, he spent decades recovering and trying to forget. But when his brother’s fiancée, Gwen Conliffe (Emily Blunt), tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns home to join the search. He learns that something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers, and that a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector named Aberline (Hugo Weaving) has come to investigate.
The trailer for this horror movie is said to be played in theaters before screenings of Quentin Tarantino’s “” in two weeks.
