American Werewolf in London remake in the works
June 29, 2009 by Jane Boursaw
It’s been a while since I’ve seen “An American Werewolf in London,” but I’ll have to revisit it, because a remake is in the works.
Released in 1981, the funky-cult-comedy John Landis film starred David Naughton and Griffin Dunne as two American backpackers hiking in the Yorkshire moors attacked by a mysterious animal that turns out to be a werewolf. Naughton ends up terrorizing London, and Dunne’s re-animated corpse offers ways Naughton can off himself to break the curse. It’s loads of fun! (It really is.)
Dimension Films has picked up the rights and hopes to keep the fun elements of the original but kick it up for modern moviegoers.
No writer or director has signed yet, but Dimension is making quite the little name for itself; it’s releasing Rob Zombie’s “Halloween II” in August, and also developing a remake of “Hellraiser.”
Image: Amazon.com; Source: Bloody-Disgusting.com
