Monday, 21 March 2011

The life of a film: The Wolfman


The Wolfman is a 2010 American remake of the 1941 classic werewolf horror film of the same name. It was directed by Joe Johnston and produced by Scott Stuber, Benicio del Toro , Rick Yorn and Sean Daniel.
Upon Lawrence Talbot's (Benicio del Toro) return to his ancestral homeland, an American man is bitten, and subsequently cursed by, a werewolf.
Lawrence Talbot's childhood ended the night his mother died. His father sent him from the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor to an insane asylum, then he goes to America. When his brother's fiancée, Gwen Conliffe, tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns to his father's estate to learn that his brother's mauled body has been found. Reunited with his estranged father, Lawrence sets out to find his brother's killer... and discovers a horrifying destiny for himself. Someone or something with brute strength and insatiable blood lust has been killing the villagers, and a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector named Aberline comes to investigate.
This film was distributed by Universal Pictures. The budget was $150 million and the gross was $139,789,765.
The Wolfman was distributed in 52 countries. Some of them are Italy, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Germany, New Zealand, Brazil, UK, Canada, India,Indonesia, Egypt, Japan, Turkey and Singapore.
The film grossed $19, 850,000 in its opening day and $31,479, 235 in its opening weekend, coming in third at the box office. The film would show at the 02 because it a classic remake of the 1941 werewolf hoorror film so, because of its international significance it would show at the 02.
This film is available on DVD and on Blu-ray it was released in the US June 1, 2010 and in UK on June 14, 2010. Both editions include the theatrical version and the new director's cut, which incorprates 17 minutes of footage back into the film.
Universal pictures is a subsidiary of NBC Universal Television Distribution.


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