Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man Design Was Inspired by Heath Ledger’s Joker

Plus, Five Nights astatine Freddy’s 2 confirms a caller animatronic, V/H/S volition instrumentality for different measurement adjacent year, and the 2nd play of Goosebumps riffs connected Don’t Go successful the Basement.

Wolf Man

During a caller interrogation with Screen Rant, Leigh Whannell revealed his unorthodox werewolf plan successful the upcoming Wolf Man remake was inspired by Heath Ledger’s Joker.

It was tough. It was weird, due to the fact that it was precisely arsenic you said, there’s been truthful galore versions of this. I lined up each the antithetic versions, I had a PDF of everyone from Lon Chaney to David Norton successful American Werewolf, The Howling, Dog Soldiers. I had each look successful beforehand of me, and I’m benignant of staring astatine it, and I’m like, “All right, truthful wherever bash I acceptable in?” You cognize what a large inspiration to maine was, was Heath Ledger’s mentation of the Joker. Not truthful overmuch successful presumption of look, but I had a photograph of him connected my table arsenic the Joker due to the fact that I truly emotion what they did determination with the character.

They stayed existent to what the Joker is, but they conscionable took it [to different level]. You hadn’t seen that mentation of the Joker before. Not astatine that time. People inactive emotion it. Do you retrieve erstwhile they archetypal released that representation of his look with that 1 sheet? Social media was not arsenic brainsick successful 2008 arsenic it is now, but I retrieve Twitter exploded. It was like, “Is that the Joker?” I find that truthful inspirational what they did with that quality and however they approached it. And I was reasoning [about] if I tin instrumentality their attack to Wolf Man, and I deliberation I did. So that papers I had with each the antithetic photos of each the antithetic Wolf Men, erstwhile I enactment my mentation of it, it didn’t look similar immoderate of them. And I was like, “Ooh.”

Credit doesn’t adjacent spell to me. It goes to Arjen Tuiten, the constitution artist. I recovered him and I said, “I privation to amusement you a photo, but I can’t. I privation to spot something.” He made a model. We were talking a lot, I was telling him what I wanted, and he’s like, “I deliberation I cognize what you mean. Let maine go.” And helium ended up making this exemplary of the carnal connected the ground. He really built, like, fractional of a barn, astir similar thing you would spot retired connected the level present for sale. It was similar a barn with hay connected the crushed and there’s this carnal lying there. It was similar this big.

And I was conscionable staring astatine it for the archetypal time, and I was like, “That’s it. It conscionable looked perfect.” Do you cognize what? I ne'er had immoderate notes. I was like, “That’s it, that’s what we should do.” It doesn’t [happen often]. Usually successful L.A., successful Hollywood, it’s like, “Can we alteration this?” S–t, each screenplay I’ve written has conscionable been perfectly inundated with notes. But erstwhile I saw the maquette, the exemplary that Arian had made, I was like, “There’s nary notes I tin springiness you that would [improve this]” – I conscionable was like, “Just bash this.”

The Monster

Deadline reports Djimon Hounsou is attached to prima successful The Monster, a caller fearfulness movie from Darren Lynn Bousman concerning “two millennials” who “make speedy wealth by leasing unthinkable New York City apartments they don’t ain to radical who don’t cognize they are being scammed. The con works brilliantly until they tally into an flat proprietor with a acheronian concealed who flips the crippled connected them.”

American Psycho

Variety besides reports Luca Guadagnino volition nonstop a “new adaptation” of Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho from a publication by Scott Z. Burns. According to the outlet, it “will not beryllium a remake of the 2000 film” written and directed by Mary Harron with Guinevere Turner, “but a caller adaptation of Ellis’ novel.”

V/H/S/8

Fangoria reports an eighth movie successful the V/H/S franchise is present scheduled for an unspecified 2025 merchandise date.

Five Nights astatine Freddy’s 2

A caller poster for Five Nights astatine Freddy’s 2 confirms an quality by Toy Freddy.

1 much week remaining until Blumhouse’s ‘FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S 2’ starts filming.

Filming begins connected October 27th, 2024 and the movie releases exclusively for theatres connected December 5th, 2025. #FNAF #FNAFMovie #FiveNightsAtFreddys #FNAF2Movie pic.twitter.com/gevhyotp7H

— Fazbear Updates (@FazUpdates) October 20, 2024

Ash

After her unit is mysteriously slaughtered connected an alien planet, Eiza González wonders if she tin spot her rescuer, Aaron Paul, successful the trailer for Ash.

Beyond the Wasteland

We besides person a trailer for Beyond the Wasteland, different movie astir kids allegedly surviving successful the post-apocalypse warned by the domineering guardian not to stray excessively far, lest monsters devour them.

Superman & Lois

Spoiler TV has a synopsis for “A Perfectly Good Wedding,” the 4th occurrence of Superman & Lois‘s last season. Click done for much images.

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THE EPISODE WAS DIRECTED BY GREGORY SMITH (“EVERWOOD,” “ROOKIE BLUE”) – The Kents conflict to set to their caller normal. Lois (Elizabeth Tulloch) helps propulsion Kyle (Erik Valdez) and Chrissy (Sofia Hasmik) an impromptu wedding that doesn’t rather spell arsenic planned. Gregory Smith (“Everwood,” “Rookie Blue”) directed the occurrence written by George Kitson & Max Kronick (#404). Original airdate 10/21/2024.

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

Spoiler TV besides has a abbreviated synopsis for “La Paradis Pour Toi,” the 4th occurrence of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon‘s 2nd season. Images astatine the link.

All anticipation is mislaid amidst Genet’s onslaught connected the Nest.

Krapopolis

Spoiler TV additionally has a synopsis for “Hades Nuts,” the 3rd occurrence of Krapopolis play two.

Stupendous is astatine it again, making trips to the underworld to sojourn her aged fling Prack. But this time, Hades is onto her. Tyrannis tries to thatch Deliria and Shlub the worth of quality beingness successful the all-new “Hades Nuts” occurrence of Krapopolis airing Sunday, October 20 (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) connected FOX. (KRA-302) (TV-14 D,L,S,V)

Goosebumps: The Vanishing

Justin Long advises his kids to “Stay Out of the Basement” successful the trailer for Goosebumps: The Vanishing. 

The Penguin

Finally, HBO has released a midseason trailer for The Penguin.

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