Episode Twenty-Nine - The Wolfman (2010)
- Author
- Trev Snyder & Chris Sorgiovanni
- Published
- Tue 28 Sep 2021
- Episode Link
- https://sites.libsyn.com/290192/episode-twenty-nine-the-wolfman-2010
Undeterred by the failure of 2004's VAN HELSING, Universal Pictures were still eager to resurrect their famous Universal Monsters film properties. In 2006, they signed Benicio Del Toro, a superfan of 1941's THE WOLF MAN, to both produce and star in a remake of the Lon Chaney Jr classic. Four years later, following a tumultuous production period consisting of a last-minute director change, costly reshoots, a strange controversy regarding the score, and multiple release date delays, the new WOLFMAN finally hit theaters...and quickly became one of the costliest bombs in Hollywood history. So what went wrong? Was the film just truly as cursed as its titular protagonist?
