"Yep, gonna get me them warwulfs!"
Thomas Jane was recently quoted in an interview with Collider.com that he was returning to horror with an upcoming werewolf film entitled THE LYCAN. Here’s what he had to say:
“I’m doing a werewolf movie called, The Lycan, which is a gothic werewolf romance set in the late 1700s. it’s fuckin’ cool. It’s basically Alien, set in a castle, with werewolves.”
Jesus on a bike, this sounds awful. Don’t get me wrong, werewolves are my favorite, FAVORITE monster (though, if you ask me, there has yet to be the ultimate werewolf movie…I’m working on that…just werewolf movies with a few good parts), but even the title here is awful. Ever since those Underwear, er, Underworld movies, werewolves seem to be called “lycans” which is bullshit. It’s also a period piece, and those are always tricky. I have a feeling we’re going to be seeing a lot of CG bullshit where the werewolf is concerned… No, this movie sounds like utter shit. I’ll probably see it at some point, but it’s going to get it’s due here in the shack, lemme tell ya.
Ok, first of all, how the hell did I miss that WEREWOLF was actually getting a proper dvd release? I remember, years ago, spending $60 on bootlegs of taped episodes on dvd and thought that’s all I’d ever get, but NO, I’m gonna get something clear, and with special features! HOT DIGGITY! This series used to scare the crap out of me when I was a kid. I had nightmares about one of the first episodes where the WEREWOLF rose from behind a couch. Scared the shit out of me and I always thought one was going to pop up from behind MY couch.
In any case, even though the show is full of morality tales and gets into a Werewolf as the Hero type thing, I still have a fondness in my heart for this very short lived series. I credit it with some of the beginnings of my fanaticism with horror and, particularly, my interest in the Werewolf.
This news from DreadCenral (with pic):
A little sliver of bad news for fans of “Werewolf”. We won’t be seeing it in stores as planned on September 1st from Shout Factory! Don’t get too broken up though; the delay is not a long one.
According to TVShowsOnDVD the five-disc DVD set has been pushed back about a month for an October 6th release.
The site also learned what a couple of the included special features will be. Fans can expect two featurettes for sure with more likely to come. Look for — The Man Who Was Alamo Joe with actor Lance LeGault and To Build a Better Werewolf with make-up F/X coordinators Greg Cannom and Gino Crognale to be tantalizing your supplemental bone. More soon!
Came across this story over at the Creepy Cool guys ‘n gals over at SHOCK TILL YOU DROP:
Production Weekly’s back with another quick, random update on a script currently garnering some form of attention in Hollywood (similar to their update on War – a script we’ve received since this report).
This time it’s High Moon. PW writes, “In Eddie Nickerson’s horror Western ‘High Moon’ a reckless outlaw is a small town’s only hope for survival from a vicious band of werewolves.” Those are the only details they’ve provided.
Our question: Is this an adaptation of Zuda Comics’ similarly-titled web series? (Zuda’s an imprint of DC Comics.) Created by David Gallaher and Steve Ellis, the story follows a bounty hunter who strolls into the town of Blest and finds himself neck-deep in lycanthropy and witchcraft.
We’ll do a bit of digging to find out more…
Bitchin’! I’ll watch that. There seems to be a lot of potential for suckitude, but there also seems like a lot of potential for ass kicking.
Ben Templesmith, the artist on 30 Days Of Night, is having his comic WELCOME TO HOXFORD brought to the big screen by Chris Columbus’ 1492 production house. Very little word so far, but the basic synopsis involves a psychiatrist who must team with a deeply disturbed patient in order to escape werewolves who run an institution for the criminally insane. Uh…oooookay? I love werewolves, but I have a feeling this one’s gonna suck. Scan your peepers over some cool cover art below:
Just picked up this bit of news from Fangoria’s site:
Lionsgate Home Entertainment announced that the British werewolfilm WILD COUNTRY, lensed back in 2005, will at last see U.S. DVD release December 16, and gave us a first look at the cover art. Written and directed by Craig Strachan with makeup FX designed by HELLRAISER’s Bob Keen, the film is about a church youth group that goes hiking in the Scottish highlands, during which they find an abandoned baby in a crumbling castle. When they decide to take the infant with them back to civilization, they start getting killed off by a murderous lycanthrope. Special features, if any, have yet to be announced; retail price is $19.98. Look for a set-visit article on WILD COUNTRY in Fango #279, on sale in December. -Michael Gingold
Here’s that cover art:
Could be interesting. I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed. I’m currently working on a story/script that, in my opinion, would be the ULTIMATE werewolf flick.
The boys over at Shock Till You Drop came across some news that Steve Niles (of 30 Days of Night fame) and company have created a new comic entitled SAVAGE. The premise of the comic is as follows: BIGFOOT vs. A PACK OF WEREWOLVES. And if that wasn’t enough, there’s also a healthy dose of murderers and madmen. This sounds like a pretty damn awesome project and I can’t wait to read it. The book streets October 29th with the first in a four part series. Check out the first issue’s cover art below:
