Now that the SDCC Wolfman panel frenzy has tapered off a bit, I think it’s safe to talk about the recent interviews with Rick Baker. Baker, if you didn’t know, is the special effects guru who brought on the fur and claws in An American Werewolf in London, The Howling, Werewolf (the TV series), Wolf, Cursed, and most recently, the forthcoming Wolfman remake. Basically, if you need a werewolf designed for the screen, Baker’s your man. MTV Movies and the always-awesome shocktillyoudrop.com both recently spoke with Baker regarding his werewolf work on The Wolfman.
We Are Scientists – “Impatience” Video
New York indie band We Are Scientists have recorded a song. That song is called Impatience, and comes from their album Brain Thrust Mastery
Legendary Available for Preorder
This is a good week for preorders! If you’re interested in Legendary – The Game (formerly Legendary – The Box), it’s now available for preorder. If you’re interested in battling and, apparently, herding werewolves (among other supernatural creatures), you can pick it up from Amazon for Playstation 3
Audie & The Wolf – A Werewolf Movie in Reverse?
We all know how werewolves work. Take a human, and turn him (or her) into a wolf-like creature. But what if the reverse happened, and a wolf woke up one morning as an amnesiac human with a craving for lots and lots of flesh? It’s a concept that’s been tossed around before, but Audie & The Wolf, a film by Brooklyn Reptyle Productions, looks like a fresh take on the idea. Black humour, gore, a Satanist villain named Jim and a grinning reverse-werewolf with a chainsaw? Yes.
Watch the trailer below, visit the official web site, or check out the Fangoria interview with director Brian Scott O’Malley for more info and some exclusive photos.
Werewolf Painting up for UK Art Award
A painting featuring a werewolf is in the running for the John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize. Woman Surprised By Werewolf, a painting by Stuart Pearson Wright, is one of 40 paintings vying for the first prize of £25,000. As reported by guardian.co.uk, ArtDaily.org and Times Online, the painting was inspired by An American Werewolf in London. All 40 paintings will be exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool between September 20th and January 4th, and the winners will be announced the first day of the exhibition.
Preliminary sketches (NSFW warning for artistic nudity) for Woman Surprised By Werewolf can be found on Wright’s site.
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans – Photos and Interview
FirstShowing.net has got some great photos of Rhona Mitra, the werewolf death-dealer in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. Sorry, no werewolf photos yet, but according to this MoviesOnline interview with director Patrick Tatopoulos, the film’ story is seen “from the eyes of the werewolf. We are not seeing it from the eyes of the vampires anymore.” Sounds promising!
Click the thumbnail to see the rest of the images, or here to read the interview with Tatopoulos. Thanks to ArcLight for the tip!
Photo Gallery: A Brief History of Werewolves in Film
The Los Angeles Times has an 11-photo gallery of iconic/important werewolves from the history of film. Selections include Henry Hull as the Werewolf of London, Michael Landon as the Teenage Werewolf and, amusingly, Jason Bateman as Teen Wolf.
Never Cry Werewolf Available for Pre-Order
If you just can’t get enough of Never Cry Werewolf, or if you weren’t able to catch it when it ran on SciFi, there’s good news! Amazon is accepting pre-orders
The Wolfman Official Site
The official site for Universal’s highly-anticipated remake of The Wolfman has appeared. At the moment it’s quite light on content, having only a Story page that gives a back-of-the-DVD-style synopsis of the plot, and an Image gallery that has three photos we’ve seen before, including the two (still completely excellent) photos of star Benicio Tel Toro in werewolf makeup. Yet despite its simplicity, the site is atmospheric and well-designed. I look forward to seeing it fill up with new content over the coming months.
Visit the site at www.thewolfmanmovie.com.
Cover Art for Werewolf Women of the S.S.
Rob Zombie has posted the cover art for the first issue of Werewolf Women of the S.S., the comic based on the Grindhouse trailer I mentioned last week. The artwork is by David Hartman, and while there’s no other details available yet, I’m sure Zombie will keep teasing us with tidbits of info over the coming weeks.
Click the thumbnail for the full (mildly NSFW) cover. Thanks again to ArcLight for the tip.