Our first glimpse at the look of the monster was just revealed at this year’s Halloween Horror Nights. I did not expect the wolfman in Leigh Whannell’s “Wolf Man” to look like a decrepit old man. A far cry from the look Lon Chaney had in the 1941 original. The 2010 version, designed by the great Rick Baker, although a terrible film, was even better.
Of course, we all know the rule: take these reactions with a grain of salt rather than treating them as gospel. Still, I will say that the film tested like gangbusters earlier this year, and Lionsgate clearly has confidence.