Director Mark Romanek has been hired to bring “The Wolfman” to the big screen. Scott Stuber and Mary Parent are producing the remake of the classic Universal Studios monster, which has Benicio Del Toro attached to star. Del Toro also is on board as a producer with Rick Yorn.
The movie will hew to the period pedigree of the 1941 original, in which a man returns from the U.S. to his ancestral home in Victorian-era Great Britain, gets bitten by a werewolf and begins a hairy moonlight existence.
Andrew Kevin Walker wrote the screenplay.
A fall start is being planned.
“Mark has a great love and knowledge of film,” Stuber said. “He’s a great and authentic storyteller. He looks for the truth in the characters, the scenes and in the set design. It’s going to be exciting to see what he brings to the horror genre.”
Music video helmer Romanek, who directed the Weezer video “El Scorcho” and Johnny Cash’s “Trust,” wrote and directed “One Hour Photo.” He is repped by Endeavor and Anonymous Content.
