TWC Finds a Writer for 'American Werewolf in London' Remake« FirstShowing.net

I don't get it. Universal'sThe Wolfmanflopped hard to barely earn$62 millionthis year, and just because Taylor Lautner is"hot"right now doesn't mean werewolves are the in thing. Yet, Hollywood keeps it coming, and they keep making these damn movies just becauseTwilightis the in thing and remakes are the safe way (really?) to earn some cash from making movies. It wasofficially confirmedlast summer that The Weinstein Company (akaTWC) had acquired the remake rights and was developing a remake to John Landis' seminal horror-comedy classicAn American Werewolf in London, but that's about all we knew about it then.

Today's update, to make things even worse, comes from24 Framesand is another one of those sketchy"it's not really newsyet, but it almost is"kind of stories. They say that Dimension Films, the production arm of TWC, is"in talks"with writerFernley Phillips(of onlyThe Number 23previously) to write the remake's script. They also add that he'll give it a"modern spin."Bloody-Disgustingalso adds that"our own sources tell us that Bob and Harvey Weinstein are really looking todepartfrom John Landis' 1981 horror comedy."Ugh, I'm already sick of hearing this. Why, why, why? That's all I can think about. The original is perfect!

When I firstwrote about this remakelast year, I admittedly hadn't seenAn American Werewolf in London, but that was a problem I needed to fix so I fired up the Blu-Ray just a few months later. I'm now proud to say that Landis' horror-comedy classic is actually one of my favorite horror movies of all-time, it really was perfect, totally enjoyable from start to finish, anddamndid it look good on Blu-Ray (get it you haven't yet!). I'm sure they can sucker a few people in to see this when it comes out, but really, I'm not expecting anything good and I'm frustrated that this"modern"remake is even being considered. Can we evenhopefor the best?

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