The writer-director was partially inspired by a close friend who died of ALS, but ultimatley lost a scene involving the affliction: "That's definitely one that hurt when I took it out."
Wolf Man is the latest Universal Monster to get a modern treatment, but the film falls short of its renowned predecessor.
Wolf Man director Leigh Whannell has addressed his decision to move on from The Invisible Man sequel, The Invisible Woman, and opens up on why Ryan Gosling didn't star in his latest monster
I was so happy with Invisible Man’s ending that I just don’t feel the artistic need to go forward with it,” he tells THR. “The financial need is something different. The studio might look at that and say,
Wolf Man was called 'pulse-pounding' and 'terrifying' in first reactions, but the Rotten Tomatoes score leaves little to be desired as Leigh Whannell's reimagining of George Waggner's 1941 film currently has an underwhelming score of 56% on review aggregate site, Rotten Tomatoes.
Leigh Whannell's film was initially part of a project by Universal to introduce an MCU movie full of monsters.
Australian creator of the Saw horror series talks about rebooting a werewolf classic and why he never thought Hollywood was his destiny
Julia Garner won three Emmys for her work in “Ozark.” Now, in “Wolf Man,” she plays a woman in peril. What happened?
"The Invisible Man" is a chilling dark thriller from director Leigh Whannell. And you can watch it free on Prime Video before seeing "Wolf Man" in theaters.
Jason Blum put a silver bullet in his reaction to Wolf Man‘s box office. Blum, a producer on the Leigh Whannell-directed reboot, broke his silence on the film’s underperformance when he posted — and then deleted — a meme to his social media.
Review - Australian writer-director Leigh Whannell takes a crack at a famous monster - and finds something new, Dan Slevin writes.
Leigh Whannell’s take on the Lon Chaney Jr. classic stumbled at the box office and was almost immediately overshadowed when Nosferatu’s Robert Eggers announced his own werewolf movie—but it’s still a bold and unsettling domestic horror story worthy of your attention.