"American Werewolf" Remake Planned

[terry78]

It's not so seedy now? On the surface anyway.

 

[Muze]

Howl was a good British Werewolves on a late night commuter train movie. Not as god as Dog Soldiers but still probably one of the better werewolves movies in recent years.

The most shocking thing about American Werewolf now is how downtrodden the West End of London looked in the early eighties. It is weird seeing rundown seedy porno theaters in Leicester Square or Time Square in old movies.

yes but the actual film that they were showing in said-rundown porno theater was most excellent. t:

 

[Boom]

Why not just make a loose sequel to the original?

 

[Muze]

Why not just make a loose sequel to the original?

but that's what American Werewolf in Paris was, irrc.

 

[chamber-music]

I await

An American Werewolf in Berlin
An American Werewolf in Tokyo
An American Werewolf in Madrid

 

[Brian Braddock]

And, wait for it.........An American Werewolf in America.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

I mean... I guess?

Arguably the greatest film ever made is a remake (Spoiler: The Wizard of Oz) and I recently revisited John Carpenter's The Thing and amazed at how well it holds up. So no remakes aren't a sacred cow, especially in lieu of the last decade-plus of 70's/80's horror redos. Never pre-judge given we have zero context of what they are going for.

But Landis himself behind this is a bit... much. And his batting average is bad, save for Chronicle. Can't always fall back on "MY SCRIPT WAS GREAT, THEY JUST SCREWED IT UP!" like he constantly does... while smack-talking other films publicly and how he could have done it better.

 

[dax]

And, wait for it.........An American Werewolf in America.

How about...A British Werewolf in America.

 

[brandeezy89]

Max Landis directing and writing?

0% on RT confirmed

Wouldn't be surprised if one of the actors knocks him out

 

[Doctor Jones]

They'll get the third act right but not the rest. The original has the opposite problem. The movie is great until that ****ing climax. It's like the makers just rushed it.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Max Landis directing and writing?

0% on RT confirmed

Wouldn't be surprised if one of the actors knocks him out

I have never seen someone talk so much crap when they themselves has such a poor track record.

 

[:eek:]

“American Werewolf” Remake Aims To Be Practical
By Garth Franklin
Saturday, July 1st 2017 1:52 pm

Late last year came word that “Chronicle” writer Max Landis, son of famed filmmaker John Landis, was set to both pen and direct a remake of his father’s iconic classic “An American Werewolf in London”.
Not a peep more has been heard about the project since then, until the younger Landis appeared on The Rugged Man podcast this week and discussed some more details. First up he seems surprisingly demure regarding the chances of the remake moving forward and his ultimate goals with it:
“We’ll see if I can do it. We’ll see if I can pull it off. We’ll see if they even make it. My goal is I feel like all of the best remakes focus on one thing in the original movie, take a lot of the images of the original and then remix that really tightly. With American Werewolf I’m doing that, but I’m also just gonna try and do American Werewolf as best I can. We’ll see. I can’t make no promises.”
One thing he is happy to discuss though is a desire to approach the film from a very practical FX angle and to only apply CG judiciously in certain areas:
“The thing I would do with CGI, were I directing this film, would be leg movement, and I would have the entire wolf’s face, back and body be practical, and then I would fully CGI the legs for organic movements. If you remake American Werewolf and the transformation scene isn’t practical, you have f–ked up.”
Check out the full podcast episode at The Rugged Man. Landis’ next effort is the screenplay for “Bright” from director David Ayer and starring Will Smith. It will premiere on Netflix in December and is the biggest budget original film gamble yet from the streaming company.

 

[Brian Braddock]

How about...A British Werewolf in America.

Haha, I must have missed your post, but I love it. How has such a movie not been made?

“American Werewolf” Remake Aims To Be Practical
By Garth Franklin
Saturday, July 1st 2017 1:52 pm

Late last year came word that “Chronicle” writer Max Landis, son of famed filmmaker John Landis, was set to both pen and direct a remake of his father’s iconic classic “An American Werewolf in London”.
Not a peep more has been heard about the project since then, until the younger Landis appeared on The Rugged Man podcast this week and discussed some more details. First up he seems surprisingly demure regarding the chances of the remake moving forward and his ultimate goals with it:
“We’ll see if I can do it. We’ll see if I can pull it off. We’ll see if they even make it. My goal is I feel like all of the best remakes focus on one thing in the original movie, take a lot of the images of the original and then remix that really tightly. With American Werewolf I’m doing that, but I’m also just gonna try and do American Werewolf as best I can. We’ll see. I can’t make no promises.”
One thing he is happy to discuss though is a desire to approach the film from a very practical FX angle and to only apply CG judiciously in certain areas:
“The thing I would do with CGI, were I directing this film, would be leg movement, and I would have the entire wolf’s face, back and body be practical, and then I would fully CGI the legs for organic movements. If you remake American Werewolf and the transformation scene isn’t practical, you have f–ked up.”
Check out the full podcast episode at The Rugged Man. Landis’ next effort is the screenplay for “Bright” from director David Ayer and starring Will Smith. It will premiere on Netflix in December and is the biggest budget original film gamble yet from the streaming company.

I'm not exactly Max Landis' biggest fan, but for me he's saying all the right things FX wise. I'll take practical werewolf FX (even with minimal CG augmentation) over full CG any day.

 

[Vartha]

And, wait for it.........An American Werewolf in America.

lol right?