Zuda Comic’s High Moon to be a Film?

ShockTillYouDrop.com and BloodyDisusting.com are both reporting on a Production Weekly update that mentions a werewolf script getting some attention in Hollywood these days. From the PW post:

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.

There’s nothing further to go on at the moment, but the title and the premise sound a lot like David Gallaher and Steve Ellis’s outstanding web series High Moon. Let’s hope they’re one and the same!

Mar. 18th 2009

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans DVD/Blu-Ray Release Date

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans will be released in two delicious home formats: standard DVD and high-def Blu-Ray. Bonus features include:

  • “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans – From Script to Screen” Featurette
  • “The Origin of the Feud” Featurette
  • “Re-Creating the Dark Ages – The Look of Underworld: Rise of the Lycans” Featurette
  • Music Video: “Deathclub” By William Control
  • Filmmakers’ Commentary

Blu-Ray only features include:

  • A Digital Copy of the film for PC, PSP, Mac or iPod
  • Behind the Castle Walls: Picture-in-Picture
  • “Lycanthropes Around the World” Interactive Map

Both version will be released on May 12th, but if you want to get in line now, you can preorder the Blu-Ray version from Amazon.

Mar. 18th 2009

Watchmen Co-Writer to Produce Werewolf Film Slaughter Road

ArcLight alerted me to this Variety article announcing that Watchmen co-writer David Hayter has created a new production company called Dark Hero Studios, and that among its first projects is a werewolf movie entitled Slaughter Road.

Hayter said he hatched “Slaughter’s Road” after he was offered a slew of werewolf movies and found enough flaws in each to never want to make such a pic; genre-savvy friends changed his mind.

Work on Slaughter Road is set to begin this summer. ArcLight comments: “I like the idea that there are a slew of werewolf movies out there looking to get made.” I agree! Hopefully some of the better ones get picked up.

Mar. 18th 2009

Paul Naschy and Fangoria Team Up for Werewolf Graphic Novels

Paul Naschy - Werewolf coverFangoria Graphix is releasing Werewolf, a series of graphic novels based on Paul Naschy‘s Hombre Lobo film series. Naschy’s writing, and Javier Trujillo will be creating fully painted art for each volume. Three volumes have been planned: The Return of the Werewolf, The Origin of the Curse and The Silver Katana. Werewolf will be available in both English and Spanish language editions. No release date has been announced.

Mar. 18th 2009

ZBrush Wolfman Speed-Sculpt

Daniel Lamontagne sent in this video of a 5-minute speed-sculpture he did of a werewolf, using ZBrush (which you might remember as Rick Baker’s weapon of choice for The Wolfman concept art). It’s rather amazing to watch how a few simple shapes can be poked, prodded and massaged into a detailed 3D model in less time than it takes for my tea to steep. Nice work, Daniel!

Mar. 11th 2009

Test Screening of “The Wolfman” Gets Positive Reviews

Ain’t It Cool News has posted three reviews from people who attended a test screening of The Wolfman in New Mexico last week, and the reviews are largely positive. Some excerpts:

…even in its pretty unfinished state tonight, this movie was satisfying and scary and has huge potential if they address a few things…

…Obviously, I quite liked this film. Perhaps they could tighten it here and there (I think it ran like 1 hour 50 mins) but I was surprised at its ‘brain over braun’ approach and really hope that it finds its deserved audience this coming Summer.

…it is with great pleasure that I send this review of what I thought was a high minded, tremendous and incredibly SCARY work to you tonight.

Sounds promising! You can read three reviews (warning – spoilers!) here.

Mar. 9th 2009

“The Victim” by Viktor Titov

http://hamsterfly.deviantart.com/art/The-Victim-86595108
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Viktor Titov (known as Hamsterfly on DeviantArt) was commissioned to create this piece as a cover for the Russian version of Daemon Summoner. Viktor has provided us with four extremely unpleasant-looking werewolves and a woman who probably wishes she had brought a shotgun on her evening stroll. I particularly like the monstery way the werewolves have been rendered… there’s nothing cuddly or Twilight-dreamy about these guys. Well done Viktor!

Mar. 6th 2009

1492 Entertainment Acquires Film Rights to “Welcome to Hoxford”

According to Variety, Chris Columbus’ 1492 Entertainment has picked up the film rights to Ben Templesmith’s werewolves-in-a-mental-institute graphic novel “Welcome to Hoxford“. Columbus will produce the adaptation along with 1492 partners Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe.

I’m trying to imagine what a film version of Hoxford’s visual would look like, and I’m failing. Perhaps they could get David Fincher to direct and Darius Khondji to handle the photography– they created a similarly grungy, visceral world in Se7en.

Mar. 5th 2009

Harry Potter Fans: Wield Your Werewolf Wisdom and Win a Wand

The Leaky Cauldron.org has been one of the premiere Harry Potter fansite for ages, and they’ve just announced their March contest: Top Ten Ways to Spot a Werewolf. Entries should be “entertaining and without an iota of seriousness or factuality”, and winners (you can enter alone or with a friend) will receive a wand from Wizard Wood Wands. If you’re a creative Harry Potter fan who knows a thing or two about werewolves, submit your entry before 11:59pm EST on March 22nd for your chance to win. Visit the contest page for submission instructions and contest rules.

Mar. 1st 2009

“Werewolf in London” by gothic180

Werewolf in London by gothic180
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According to gothic180, this puzzled rendition of David (yes, the American Werewolf in London has a name) was inspired by Last Exit  to Nowhere’s Slaughtered Lamb t-shirt. This is a shirt that I like (I’ve even mentioned it before). and while David seems confused about wearing it, you have to admit that he wears it well.

Feb. 27th 2009