Universal finally drops first teaser for their long-gestating Wolf Man remake

Wolf Man is a new take on the classic 1941 monster, originally created by Curt Siodmak and played by Lon Chaney Jr. The studio tried again in 2010 with The Wolfman, starring Benicio Del Toro, but critics weren’t howling. (We gave it a “C”.) The character has been transformed many times since, even within the scope of this production. In 2020, rumors began to swirl that Ryan Gosling would be taking on the iconic lycanthrope. In the years following, both the lead role and director changed multiple times. In its final form, the film is helmed by The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell, and stars Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Matilda Firth, Sam Jaeger.

The film’s official synopsis reads as follows: 

Golden Globe nominee Christopher Abbott (Poor Things, It Comes at Night) stars as Blake, a San Francisco husband and father, who inherits his remote childhood home in rural Oregon after his own father vanishes and is presumed dead. With his marriage to his high-powered wife, Charlotte (Emmy winner Julia Garner; Ozark, Inventing Anna), fraying, Blake persuades Charlotte to take a break from the city and visit the property with their young daughter, Ginger (Matilda Firth; Hullraisers, Coma).

But as the family approaches the farmhouse in the dead of night, they’re attacked by an unseen animal and, in a desperate escape, barricade themselves inside the home as the creature prowls the perimeter. As the night stretches on, however, Blake begins to behave strangely, transforming into something unrecognizable, and Charlotte will be forced to decide whether the terror within their house is more lethal than the danger without.

Wolf Man premieres in theaters January 17.