Wolfman Producer Talks
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Scott Stuber: Well, a big part of it is just how excited we are about the film. Also, the film had some changes in director that went down (from Mark Romanek to Joe Johnston), so we just wanted to reassure all the fans, who have been really supportive, and give something to everyone who’s been talking about Rick Baker (who did the make-up). So we thought, let’s show everyone. We have something we’re really proud of an excited about and which I think is very iconic and very indicative of the film we’re making and kind of honouring the original.
Q: How closely are you following the original? The 1941 film has a very bare bones plot, so have you decided to expand on that?
A. We’ve added a lot of complexity. There are some great twists in this movie that were not in the original. But what we have done is stuck to a similar story about a guy who comes home and we’ve changed a few things. Lawrence Talbot (Benicio Del Toro) is someone who went through a family tragedy and now has come back to England to see his father, played by Tony Hopkins, and face up to some of the problems with his family. So it’s a family that’s got very dramatic issues when he returns. What we’ve tried to do is honour the original in a number of different ways, so you’ll see some fun things in the movie that hark back to the original.
Q: And are you keep the same period setting?
A. We’re set in the late 1880s to 1890, right around there.
Via Empire
