First Look At Emily Blunt And Anthony Hopkins In The Wolfman
Empire got an exclusive image from The Wolfman. The image gives us our first look at Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt in character, as well as the first official look at Benicio Del Toro in non-wolf form.
When I went down to London I had the chance to go on set. I wasn’t invited, I was just in the right place at the right time. None of the actors were there and it was actually pretty boring…but I was still there!
The Wolfman is directed by Joe Johnston (Jurassic Park 3), and will be released in April 2009
The Wolf Man Gets A Director…Joe Johnston!
After a good few days of speculation as to who would be taking over from Mark Romanek as director, it has been announced that Joe Johnston will be taking the reigns. The Hollywood Reporter say that Mark Romanek’s departure was due to budget conflicts. There were rumours that Cloverfield director Matt Reeves may take over, or even X-Men 3 director Brett Ratner. However it seems Universal have settled with Jurassic Park 3 director Joe Johnston. The film stars Benicio del Toro, Sir Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt and production is expected to begin at Pinewood Studios next month.
I am not too familiar with Johnstons work, however I enjoyed the third Jurassic Park film, and I suppose it could be worse. Brett Ratner could have got the job.
Jurassic Park 4 in 2009?
There has been talk about a fourth Jurassic Park for a while now. The first film back in 1993 was, and still is amazing. The effects are far more realistic than the CGI stuff we have today. Although dinosaurs are great to see on-screen, the plots got worse as the trilogy took its course. The plot for JP4 is unknown at the moment, however there have been many rumours which are are either disastrous or kick ass depending on your personal preference.
- The discovery of a deadly prehistoric disease that the revival of the dinosaurs inflicted and which threatens to wipe out the entire human race.
- A group of soldiers that were genetically crossed humans and dinosaurs.
- There was talk about the film evolving around the dinosaurs extinction.
- Now the recent rumour is that the government have trained dinosaurs to carry weapons and use them for battle purposes.
Aslong as Steve Spielberg is attached to this film, I still have faith in it. The film has yet to find a director. Spielberg himself said he wouldn’t be directing, as did Jurassic Park 3 helmer Joe Johnston. However, Laura Dern has confirmed she will be back as Dr. Ellie Sattler.
Today’s news is from producer Frank Marshall who spoke to ComingSoon about the situation.
…as soon as the WGA strikes ends – if it ends – they’re going to continue working on the script. “There’s an idea and we just have to see if it shakes out.” The uber-producer – who’s also keen on doing a fourth “Bourne” film – says the plan is still to get the film into theatres by 2009.
If all goes well 2009 is the year to be at, with films like Transformers 2, Wolverine, and 3D epic Avatar. 3D movies seem to be the latest craze, Spielberg himself is a fan, so could we end up with 3D dinosaurs? I jolly well hope so!