Unfortunately for Universal/Blumhouse, it doesn't look like director Leigh Whannell is going to be able to repeat the success of his take on The Invisible
I was so happy with Invisible Man’s ending that I just don’t feel the artistic need to go forward with it,” he tells THR. “The financial need is something different. The studio might look at that and say,
For better, there's been 2020's The Invisible Man, in which writer/director Leigh Whannell left his supernatural leanings from the Insidious franchise behind for a more sci-fi-rooted horror. His Wolf Man has a similarly grim and grounded approach,
The Wolf Man director talks body horror, the joys of practical effects and the influence of Michael Haneke and Jonathan Glazer.
“Wolf Man” then jumps ahead 30 years, to adult Blake (Christopher Abbott) out in a busy San Francisco enjoying daddy-daughter time with young Ginger (Matilda Firth). Like his father, he is very protective of his child, scolding her for not getting down from a construction structure she walks atop the moment he tells her to do so.
Universal/Blumhouse's Wolf Man might be set for a ruff time at the box office after taking in a disappointing $4+ million on Friday (including Thursday
Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man boasts some impressive filmmaking and fresh spins on werewolf lore, but its story lacks bite.
Leigh Whannell follows ‘The Invisible Man’ with another update on a classic from the Universal archives, unfolding in an isolated farmhouse in the Pacific Northwest.
"Wolf Man" writer-director Leigh Whannell told UPI he wanted his modern re-imagining of the classic Universal Pictures monster to be simultaneously familiar and distinct.
It probably was unrealistic to hope for something of a similar quality to that of “The Invisible Man.” The last time Leigh Whannell directed a movie, it was that almost shockingly good entry from early 2020.
Horror regular Leigh Whannell is back with another Universal Monsters remake after his success with The Invisible Man (2020). This time, he delivers a unique spin on The Wolf Man (1941). There’s no gothic Wales setting or Larry Talbot here though.