John Landis has confirmed that the legendary film American Werewolf in London, which he directed, will be released on Sony’s Blue-ray format sometime in 2009.
Moon Knight vs. Werewolf By Night
Comic Book Resources has posted a few pages from June 16th’s double-sized issue of Moon Knight #20, in which Moon Knight brawls with… wait for it… Werewolf By Night!
From Comic Book Resource’s article:
Award winning television writer Mike Benson (Entourage) pits Moon Knight against an opponent fueled by instinct and rage…Werewolf by Night! With visually striking interiors from fan-favorite artist, Mike Deodato (Amazing Spider-Man, New Avengers, Thunderbolts), Moon Knight will have to release his inner demons and become what he faces if he hopes to survive against Werewolf by Night!
Catching Up
Hey, everyone. Sorry for the silence over the past few days. I had some personal things to deal with, and connecting flights hither and yon. I’m back now, and the werewolf news will start flowing again shortly. Thanks for visiting!
A.V. Club Interviews Toby Barlow
The A.V. Club (The Onion‘s more serious brother) has a nice, light interview with Toby Barlow, the author of Sharp Teeth
RIP Stan Winston: 1946 – 2008
Stan Winston, legendary special effects and creature designer, passed away at his Malibu home on Sunday the 15th after a seven-year battle with multiple myeloma. Winston created many of the 20th century’s iconic film special effects scenes, with a particular focus on creature design animatronics. You may know his work from the Jurassic Park films, the Terminator films, the Alien films, the Predator films. Winston also designed the Wolfman from The Monster Squad. We’ll miss you, Stan.
Interview with Richard Tyson, “Big Bad Wolf” Werewolf Actor
Ringside Report has a lengthy interview (2015-04-12: link appears to be broken) with actor Richard Tyson, who played the smart-ass lycanthrope in the 2006 werewolf-attacks-college-students-in-remote-cabin film Big Bad Wolf
Wired.com Coolest Movie Metamorphoses Image Gallery
Wired.com is running a great image gallery about the Coolest Movie Metamorphoses. Two of the twelve transformations included are werewolf transformations– Lon Chaney’s Wolf Man and An American Werewolf in London.
Legendary Werewolf Image Gallery
If you’re interested in the werewolves in Legendary The Game (formerly Legendary – The Box), Kotaku has a great werewolf-centric screenshot gallery up. The poster, Mike Fahey, mentions that the werewolves look exactly like the ones that plagued his childhood nightmares, and many of the commenters on the gallery express similar sentiments. Did any of you have werewolf nightmares when you were kids?
Weta Digital Talks About Prince Caspian Effects
Stuff.co.nz has an interview with Guy Williams of Weta Digital, the New Zealand special effects company who contributed creature and visual effects to Prince Caspian. Briefly discussed is the ever-popular Wer-wolf, and the trickiness of really convincing CGI fur effects. It’s not a particularly in-depth interview, but the talking points they do touch on are interesting. Check it out!
Interview with Brenton Spencer, Director of Never Cry Werewolf
If you just can’t get enough of Never Cry Werewolf (and Google Analytics says most of you can’t), horroryearbook.com has a brief interview with the film’s director, Brenton Spencer. The interview is largely biographical, with few anecdotes or comments about actual film making, but Spencer does have this to say about selecting an actor to wear a werewolf costume:
If I’ve learned anything in my career it is this; If you are looking to put someone in a Werewolf costume, or any creature costume, use an actor, use an athlete, use a stunt man, but don’t ever use a classical ballet dancer. A grande jette is just not scary!
Thanks for that, Spencer!