The Wolfman Approaches ...

Okay, lots of buzz going on right now, as you'd expect with the release of The Wolfman fast approaching. February 12th is the date I've no doubt you've already got marked on your calendars.

Universal have today released the box-set of their old She-Wolf of London TV show as a tie-in with the release. Hmm, seems like a good excuse to finally complete that episode guide ...

Several publications will be running special features on "werewolves in movies" ahead of the big day. So far I've been contacted by a couple of journalists from the US to make contributions to articles. This is good for the website, in terms of the extra publicity, and also good for me as I finally get to put all this seemingly useless knowledge to use. So please do send an e-mail if you'd like to publish my ramblings.

More news/updates to follow in the coming days ...


EDIT: Also worth noting that last week Werewolf-Movies.com broke its record number of weekly hits. The previous records had always been set at Halloween - with the final week of October 2008 and 2009 being the busiest periods the site had ever seen. The Wolfman hype has just blown those records out of the water.

Upcoming etc.

I have started bringing the Upcoming Movies section up to date. You'll notice a lot of titles have been removed. Either these projects are canceled or in limbo, or they have been released and will be added to the main database.

Updated information on The Wolf Man, Cross (formerly called Shifter), The Ghouly Boys and others.

The following movies have been added to the database:

Providence (1977)
Sogni d'oro (1981)
Necroville (2007)
The Chronicles of Narnia : Prince Caspian (2008)
Trick 'r Treat (2008)
Animals (2008)
Underworld : Rise of the Lycans (2009)
The Band From Hell (2009) - previously Neowolf
Timo Rose's Beast (2009)
Cirque Du Freak : The Vampire's Assistant (2009)
New Moon (2009)

More to come!

Meet the Wolf Man!

Heeere's wolfie! The creators of the new Wolf Man movie have finally given us a look at Benicio Del Toro all dolled up as the Wolf Man. Verdict? Well, I'll let you decide for yourself. They've definitely stayed pretty close to the original design, but also given a nice fresh edge to it. I reckon good ol' Jack Pierce would probably crap himself if he saw this. See more of the Wolf Man and read an interview with makeup artist Rick Baker over at Entertainment Weekly.

I've had a bit of a backlog of submitted reviews lately, so there's a bunch of new ones from the likes of Brandon, LupaLover, Christine, Steven522, SilverWolf, MrDragon811 and MetalVixen. I also still have a couple of your recommendations still to post so please bear with me on that.

Updates

Righty-ho, I've just about brought the upcoming movies section back up to date.

The third movie in the Underworld saga has now been given a title, Underworld : Rise of the Lycans, and Bill Nighy, Michael Sheen and Shane Brolly are all set to reprise their roles while Rhona Mitra (of Skinwalkers) stars in it. The Cirque Du Freak adaptation has also begun casting, with Salma Hayek and John C Reilly heading up the cast list. So far so good!

Lots of movies being rescheduled as usual, it's probably no surprise that The Wolf Man has been pushed back yet again to February of next year while Trick 'r Treat has been shoved a full year so we'll now see it this halloween instead. Death Walks the Streets ought to be out this year, and it's now being advertised as the first in a trilogy.

The Mark of the Wolf webisode series should be available online real soon, and in the meantime you can watch the trailer. No sign of
Neowolf lately, it looks like that one will be going straight to DVD. The official website for the "Bubba the Redneck Werewolf" movie has disappeared, so I'm guessing that project has fallen through for now. Boohoo.

Independent movies "Lycan" (now titled "Werewolf : The Devils Hound"), "Lycanthropy" and "Cold-Blooded" have all been finished so I'll be adding those to the main database later.

Also, have a few concise reviews from MrDragon811.