Howling reboot starts shooting in February

Posted on November 24, 2009
Filed Under Actresses, Directors, Remake

A week without news about a reboot or remake wouldn’t be a… well, it hasn’t happened yet. And if we can find news containing the words werewolf or vampire, it’s pretty much a done deal. Moviemind News loves monsters. We’re not so found of Saw-and-Hostel-type-of-horror but we love monsters.

Anyway, Variety reports that the werewolf franchise “Howling” gets a re-launch next year. Indie producers Joel Kastelberg and Etchie Stroh are re-launching the werewolf franchise as “The Howling: Reborn.” Former studio marketing exec Joe Nimziki, who worked at New Line, MGM and Sony, will make his feature directorial debut from his own script.

The original “Howling,” directed by Joe Dante from a script by John Sayles, was released in 1981 and spawned six sequels. Dee Wallace-Stone starred as a news anchor stalked by a serial killer who turns out to be a werewolf. Steve Lane and Robert Pringle, who served as exec producers on the original, will also exec produce “The Howling: Reborn.”

The film starts shooting in February for a Halloween release, with plot details under wraps.

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