Deadline reports that a film version of Nicholas Pekearo’s “werewolf cop uses curse to kill criminals” novel The Wolfman is in the works. The novel was up by Macmillan Entertainment and Everest Entertainment Group, who are working with Pekearo’s mother to develop the novel into a screenplay. Pekearo was a NYPD Auxiliary police officer who was killed in the line of duty in 2007. “The Wolfman” was his first novel, and was published in 2009. (more…)
Man in werewolf mask robs a Forever 21, because “Florida”
What else is there to say, really? It’s all there in the post title. Florida news-bots WESH and WKMG have more details if you want them, but as you can see from the surveillance photo, there’s nothing going on. Oh, well, I mean, there’s some skinny turd in a hoodie using a gun and a mask to get all the “big bills” from the poor manager of a women’s clothing store in an outlet mall, but unless you’re a vigilante superhero in Orlando who’s looking for a bottom-of-the-barrel villain to hunt, there’s not a lot of meat on this particular bone. (more…)
Destroy bullies and witches with Sockweb’s “Werewolf” album
If you missed my earlier post about Sockweb – “the world’s first father/daughter grindcore band” who funded their first album on Indiegogo last year – now’s your chance to experience the joys of a 7-year-old girl scream “bullies are mean!” over a solid wall of kick drums and crushing guitar riffs. (more…)
The winds of change: a socially conscious Werewolf News reboot
Welcome, friends. This week marks the six year anniversary of Werewolf News, and it also marks a major milestone in the site’s editorial vision. (more…)
Ask Andronica! Hollywood & Vampires
Although I had intended to start this column with another amusing anecdote from my treasure-trove of lycanthropic lore, time is short this week, since I have been temporarily assigned to an MI6 listening-post in Kiev. Not quite as bad as Kazakhstan (the vodka is better), but still annoying, because it takes me away yet again from my search for Lysandra – just when I had received a fresh lead, this time from New York City of all places. (more…)
A Wednesday WolfCop extravaganza! Contest, photos & more
Friends, I’m sorry for the lack of posts lately – I’ve been busy and sick – but let me try to make it up to you with a jumbo-sized #WerewolfWednesday WolfCop update! I’ve got three things for you – one for your brain, and two for your eyes.
First, Echolands Creative (the production company behind the movie) has announced a week-long contest that could get your name in the credits, and your clever tagline on the theatrical poster.
Indie film fans! WOLFCOP IS ON THE PROWL FOR A NEW TAGLINE… Submit your entries here [as a comment on the Facebook post – aq] or Tweet: @WolfCopTheMovie #TweetTaglineContest. Winner gets mention in film’s end credits and the tagline headlines the official theatrical poster by award-winning poster illustrator Tom Hodge, aka The Dude. Contest closes Wednesday, April 2 end of day. Give us your killer one liner for your chance to join the WOLFCOP universe!
I have a text document open right now and I’m just fillin’ it up with horrible one-liners. Look out, because if I can come up with any taglines that won’t get me thrown in word-jail, I aim to win that contest.
Second, Fangoria has just posted exclusive photos of the eponymous Lou Garou in werewolf form. I won’t repost them all because I’m not a mooch (not that Fangoria needs the pageviews), but I will share the one that made me laugh out loud, and include some great comments from Emersen Ziffle, the FX wizard behind WolfCop’s practical werewolf makeup.
The movie’s FX were created by Emersen Ziffle, who has worked on films like CHAINED and CURSE OF CHUCKY and combined Dean’s cues inspirations with his own. “I was influenced by the latest version of the Wolfman, done beautifully by Rick Baker and Dave Elsey—a less doglike, more human werewolf. How would the imagination see a werewolf cop? I feel we delivered on that while remaining unique within the genre.”
The process of turning Fafard into the hairy arm of the law took a couple of hours each day, and with the actor buried under foam latex and acrylic hair, “We were worried about Leo overheating,” Ziffle says. “But shooting in November in Saskatchewan [Canada] kept him just cool enough. We actually almost froze his fingers a few times because the resin claw tips acted as a cold conduit, wicking the heat from his fingertips.”
See, here’s the benefit of practical makeup over CG: the results are tactile, and they look really really good. Like, almost too good – I can practically smell Lou, and that ain’t good. Shampoo those forearms! Also, with CG creature effects, you can’t take photos of your gore-streaked werewolf character hug-biting your remarkably sanguine writer/director.
Lastly, here’s a WolfCop production diary video I missed from January. It examines the process of designing the film’s werewolf effects and then bringing the beast to life.
I tweeted a comment to some of the WolfCop crew earlier today, and I think it’s worth repeating here… I’ve never been so excited for a werewolf movie, and I’ve never been prouder of a Canadian production.
Behold the Patron Saint of Werewolf Wednesday
Via friend and Werewolf News reader Amurana comes this eye-popping photo of the raddest party-werewolf this side of 1992, or possibly the earthly incarnation of Adventure Time‘s Party God. The photo was taken by Thomas Hawk during a 2012 Holi celebration in Salem, Utah, and I ardently desire a giant print of it for times when I’m feeling down and Andrew W.K. isn’t around. (more…)
WolfCop release date & poster
It’s been a while (too long!) since I posted a WolfCop update, and today’s exclusive premiere on Ain’t It Cool News was just the kick in the pants I needed. The 2013 CineCoup winner is currently in post-production and will have its Canadian premiere in select Cineplex theatres on June 6th. No word yet on which theatres have been selected, nor are there any details on US / international release dates, but I’m sure that information is coming. WolfCop, after all, cannot be stopped. (more…)
Full Moon Features: Werewolf Hunter
Say, do you like werewolf movies but wish more were based on actual historical events? (more…)
Ask Andronica! Dreams & Glamour
Today is the 333rd birthday of the composer Georg Philipp Telemann. Last week was the 300th birthday of his godson Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. When you’re as old as I am, you normally don’t count years, but round birthdays – especially of humans we once knew – are grounds for grateful remembrance. (more…)