Troublesome Details on Howling Reboot
Posted by About.com Horror & Suspense on November 25, 2009
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A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned something called Howling: Reborn, and now we have a few more (disturbing) details. Although some sites are referring to it as a remake, Variety is reporting that Reborn is more of a “re-launch” of the series (translation: a sequel that is removed from the previous films by a decade or so) and that it’s being helmed by a studio exec-turned-first-time director (Joe Nimziki) and produced by a pair of indie film vets — Joel Kastelberg (Kicking and Screaming; not the Will Ferrell one) and Etchie Stroh (Cookie’s Fortune) — who’ve never attempted a horror movie before.
The lack of horror expertise involved lends some credence to rumors that this re-launch is aiming squarely at the Twilight fan base by centering the story on a teenage boy (dreamy, no doubt) who discovers that his mother was bitten by a werewolf when she was pregnant with him. Smells like teen angst. There is a place in this world for Twilight and its ilk, but I don’t think that place should be under the Howling banner. Rebirth begins shooting in February with a Halloween 2010 release date planned. You have been warned.
Sources: Variety, Arrow in the Head News
Troublesome Details on Howling Reboot originally appeared on About.com Horror & Suspense on Thursday, November 26th, 2009 at 02:19:53.
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