Brett Ratner to Replace Mark Romanek on The Wolf Man?
Earlier this week it was reported that director Mark Romanek had dropped out of The Wolf Man, due to creative differences. The movie was slated to start production on February 18th, with Benicio Del Toro attached to star as the werewolf. Could the creative differences have been related to the recent casting of Emily Blunt and Anthony Hopkins to play the film’s other primary leads? No one seems too sure at the moment. What is clear, however, is that losing Mark Romanek is a big blow to the film. I am a big fan of his film One Hour Photo and his music video work, and I was really looking forward to seeing what he would do for his next project on the big screen.
So now the hunt for a replacement is on, and word on the street is that Universal has narrowed the choices down to three possibilities. One is Breck Eisner (Sahara) who is also supposed to be directing an upcoming remake of Creature from the Black Lagoon. The second is Matt Reeves (Cloverfield), although with the other projects he has in the works, I don’t see why he would bother picking up the pieces of this project. The third choice is the one that most people are freaking out about. It’s also the one I’m the least surprised about. That’s right, apparently Brett “The Rat” Ratner is in the running to replace Romanek as well.
There’s nothing like a little Brett Ratner action to get all the internet fanboys worked up. It seems like he just sits around Hollywood waiting for someone to call for a last minute replacement on a project and then swoops right in. Hey, it makes for great publicity, right? At any rate, he did direct Red Dragon, so I suppose he has some experience directing horror/suspense stuff. Personally I don’t think any of these choices are great compared to Romanek, so this movie just fell a few notches on my list of upcoming projects I’m excited about.
Comments (6)
I think Ratner deserves (nearly) all the criticism he gets. I hated the Rush Hour movies (haven’t seen no. 3) and Red Dragon was a waste of a great cast. As for X-Men III he just seemed to be brought on board to be a yes man for the studios and knock anything out just to get it in cinemas for the release date.
Posted by Stephen on January 31st, 2008it’s almost like Ratner avoids trying to be stylistic, he seems content with just “getting it finished”…he is more suited for tv.
Posted by snlfarley on January 31st, 2008I dont understand how this can happen. Doesnt Benicio Del Toro have a say in this? If so, why in hell would he want his pet project handed over to Ratner???
Posted by Philippe on January 31st, 2008why Ratner, he is not a horror dude get a guy who has done horror movies.
Posted by roy_the_gamer on January 31st, 2008I don’t hate Brett Ratner, but I do hate most of his movies. I’ve been really excited about this project since I first heard about it but this news makes it hard to have any real expectations for it. Maybe if instead of Benicio Del Toro turning into a werewolf under the full moon, Chris Tucker should turn into Jackie Chan every time his voice reaches above the normal pitch of an average human being. I admit, I would go see that movie.
Posted by Rian on January 31st, 2008The latest news is that there are three more directors vying for the job on this movie. They are Joe Johnston, Frank Darabont and James Mangold. Some interesting choices there and the one I would go for is Frank Darbont.
Posted by Stephen on February 1st, 2008Leave a Reply