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THE HOWLING: REBORN Would Like A Piece Of Your Mind!

Published at:  Nov 23, 2009 2:43:35 AM CST

Beaks here...



A couple of weeks ago, ShockTilYouDrop spied this poster for a proposed remake of Joe Dante's THE HOWLING at the American Film Market. Sometimes, a poster is just a poster (I still have a 1990 Cannes issue of Variety with a two-page ad for Menahem Golan's SPIDER-MAN). And sometimes, we're just not that lucky.

According to Variety, "former studio marketing exec" Joe Nimziki is set to start shooting THE HOWLING: REBORN this February. Nimziki will be working from his own screenplay (presumably based on John Sayles's original). Joel Kastelberg and Moonstone Entertainment's Etchie Stroh will produce, while Steve Lang and Bob Pringle will take exec credits (as they did on the 1981 film).

Nimziki was once the head of marketing at MGM before moving on to New Line. He ankled/was removed from that post in 2001, and, to the best of my knowledge, has been attempting to jump start his directing career ever since. According to Wikipedia, Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin named James Rebhorn's hawkish-and-imbecilic Secretary of Defense in INDEPENDENCE DAY after Nimziki 'cuz they plain didn't like him. Sounds like the next Joe Dante to me!



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  • Nov 23, 2009 2:47:43 AM CST

    mmmm..John Sayles

    by aloy

    He'll of course, have nothing to do with this I assume.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 2:56:25 AM CST

    So, how does Stephanie Meyer...

    by rocco curioso

    figure into this? She IS the reigning queen of vampires and werewolves.One without the other (insert the sexy beast appeal of Taylor Lautner and the brooding vampire appeal of Robert Pattinson) will NOT stand!The People have spoken. A $140 million opening weekend doesn't lie... it just PUMMELS everything in its path.Welcome to the new order.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 2:58:19 AM CST

    Just what we need. A failed MARKETING exec

    by v'shael

    turning his hand to writing remakes.

    This has OSCAR written all over it, doesn't it?

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  • Nov 23, 2009 2:58:22 AM CST

    All Motivated By Twilight

    by media messiah

    Soon more Buffy, more Blade, and of course we heard about Frght Night, etc.--anything that has to do with Vampires and Werewolves. You know, along those lines, it would be nice if someone would do a film series based on Michael Jackson's song and video, Thriller.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 3:11:51 AM CST

    @Media Messiah

    by rocco curioso

    Yeah, but then we'd have to pull Isaac Hayes out of semi-retirement, because he once did that "Thriller" homage in the first "South Park" Halloween special.The half-life of nuclear pop culture is insiduous. God forbid there is one obscure reference we can't milk for all its worth.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 3:13:51 AM CST

    Menahem Golan's SPIDER-MAN

    by donlogan

    so post the ad!

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  • Nov 23, 2009 3:25:21 AM CST

    DonLogan

    by mrbeaks

    It's in storage in Ohio. Someone more obsessive about this shit than me *has* to have it at the ready.It's not flashy or anything. Just a black background with something akin to the AMAZING SPIDER-MAN font.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 3:30:43 AM CST

    I heard these movies sucked...

    by cheyne_stoking_dms

    never seen any of em.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 3:31:22 AM CST

    It could not be worse than Howling 7

    by reflecto

    One of the worst films EVER MADE.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 3:32:26 AM CST

    Enough!

    by drsambeckett1984

    With the remakes, reimaginings, and sequels. Fucking sick of it!!!!!!!!!

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  • Nov 23, 2009 3:36:02 AM CST

    Uuuuuuuuggggghhhhhhhh

    by hint_of_smegma

    'nuff said.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 3:48:28 AM CST

    I saw The Howling II recently...

    by jazzdownunder

    ... in a cinema no less. I wouldn't say it sucked, and Sybil Danning's ample charms made it bearable. The closing credits should be enough to convince anyone that the film didn't take itself too seriously, so why the hell should *we*? Can't speak for the rest of the series though - Howling II is the sum total of my exposure, for good or bad.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 3:48:31 AM CST

    hell... I remember the

    by headgeek

    Variety ad stating James Cameron directing SPIDER-MAN to star Leonardo DiCaprio. Back in the day...

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  • Nov 23, 2009 3:55:14 AM CST

    Gaze upon the PRETTY BUNNY

    by rocco curioso

    As if we needed aNOTHER Spiderman movie. Kill the pretty bunny before it gives birth, Beaks! MURDER the fucker!Seriously, this remake/reimagining/prequel/sequel shit must be exterminated.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 4:00:43 AM CST

    Loved the Howling as a kid

    by bongo123

    it had the perfect amount of tits, ass and shit fuck scare moments a teenager could want, bring on the remakes!

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  • Nov 23, 2009 4:08:43 AM CST

    "presumably based on John Sayles's original"

    by 3 bag enema

  • Nov 23, 2009 4:11:50 AM CST

    My favorite Spider-Man casting rumor

    by thenorthlander

    Jim Carrey.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 4:13:48 AM CST

    BTW, that "New" Howling Reborn poster

    by thenorthlander

    Isn't that just the original Howling poster/DVD cover, but with the word Reborn and the name of the director added?

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  • Nov 23, 2009 4:23:38 AM CST

    @TheNorthlander

    by angranoid

    Yes it is.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 4:24:30 AM CST

    Howling 4: The Marsupials

    by savagedave

    That is all.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 4:42:38 AM CST

    I'd moan about a remake

    by lone fox

    But let's face it, it won't make any difference.
    The original was brilliant, the 2nd was bizarre. Sybil Danning and Marsha A Hunt were the hottest werewolves ever, and a little known actor called CHRISTOPHER LEE! slummed it. The FX were ropey as all hell, some 80's new wave band got a lot of free exposure, and Jimmy Nail gets eaten. Bizarre.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 5:04:47 AM CST

    Screw The Howling remake- Make WWBN

    by zaphodbb

    Let The Howling be. Make a live action Werewolf By Night already! Eddie Quist is dead. Jack Russell lives!!


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  • Nov 23, 2009 5:06:25 AM CST

    Micheal Biehn as Spidey in 1988

    by reni

    I remember reading that as well.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 5:22:07 AM CST

    Yes, the Howling could be rebooted. Just not by this guy.

    by v'shael

    Seriously. Not this guy.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 5:25:53 AM CST

    Howling 4: The Marsupials starring Barry Otto

    by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks

    was fucking awful. So was Howling 2,3,5,6 and 7. I still watched them all though......

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  • Nov 23, 2009 6:45:47 AM CST

    recently saw Howling 1 for the first time

    by bouncy x

    and i gotta say i was disappointed. takes almost an hour before anything happens and even then, there's barely anything until the last 10-15 mins. the effects were pretty good for its day but yeah, i don't get why its become such a classic/cult-classic over the years. of course a remake would probably end up looking like Cursed or something so yeah.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 7:27:30 AM CST

    BouncyX...

    by red ned lynch

    ...funny Sayles script..."We can't all afford to drive a Mazda..." still gets a grin from me. John Carradine, Patrick Macnee, "You can't tame what's meant to be wild..", the sex scene at the campfire with the attendant metaphor of lycanthropy as an alternative lifestyle, bunch of other stuff.

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  • And the vampire and werewolf in Howling 6 looked 10 times better.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 8:23:36 AM CST

    New Moon

    by sithdan

  • Nov 23, 2009 8:28:37 AM CST

    loved the Howling as a kid

    by col. tigh-fighter

    The werewolf sex scene seemed to catch my attention lol

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  • Nov 23, 2009 8:43:24 AM CST

    The only good thing about this twilight shit..

    by eustisclay

    ... is I knew it would call for a werewolf run. I have a script I've been trying to sell for years that is a lot closer to The Howling than American Werewolf. I won't claim it would be the best, though it could definitely be the baddest. Been trying to get it to an agent, but I figure if I don' t sell it seen this time, fuck it. Entered it in some contests a few years ago, made some semi finals, but no go. At least I hope that some decent movies come out of this , The Wolf Man looks good.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 8:44:57 AM CST

    If you must reboot/remake DONT USE SUBTITLES

    by chronicallydepressedlemming

    "Colon shit sub-title" is getting seriously fucking boring now. It reeks of fanfic.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 9:39:04 AM CST

    The Howling is one of the best werewolf

    by grammaton cleric binks

    movies of all time. It is scientifically impossible to improve on it. It has action, suspense, a great storyline. Seriously, how can this be made any better?

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  • Nov 23, 2009 9:56:22 AM CST

    That's the shittiest poster ever

    by gozu

    They just wrote "reborn" on the original poster. I hope no one got paid for that. Jesus.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 10:18:54 AM CST

    It can't be worse than the original

    by gingerballz

    That was a god-awful piece of shit.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 10:34:36 AM CST

    Rocco Curioso...

    by unknown canadian

    ...gonna be hard to pull Isaac Hayes out of semi-retirement...seeing as he died last August. I mean, I guess he could be dug up...then they wouldn't need zombie make-up...or does that 'fruity little club' shoot their members into space when they die?

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  • Nov 23, 2009 11:19:05 AM CST

    Grammaton Cleric Binks

    by angry_spacboy

    is right. The howling is the best werewolf film ever made (although American werewolf in london is also brilliant), Gingerballz you are a fucking idiot.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 12:19:40 PM CST

    Not a bad idea

    by screwbini

    I thoroughly enjoyed the original The Howling (the first transformation scene is still one of the best ever in my opinion), and I think a decent remake could be made with the right script, director, actors, etc., but the it's not enough just to have improved special effects. The tone of the original would have to be maintained, i.e. a constant feeling of dread and foreboding, with a dash of humor and eroticism thrown in.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 12:33:54 PM CST

    GrammationCleicBinks, angry_spaceboy, Screwbini...

    by drmorbius

    Agreed, THE HOWLING is my favorite Werewolf Movie ever. A perfect mix of horror, light comedy, furry sex, great cast, transformation scene, dialog, e.t.c.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 12:37:42 PM CST

    As long as we get a sexy take on werewolves....

    by the dum guy

    I'll like it.I want to see more of this Twilight-ee sexy monsters.I think a sexy Creature from the Black Lagoon should be next... imagine a ripped-shirtless-green-sexy Creature, instant box-office sucksess.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 1:17:03 PM CST

    NASTY STORY ABOUT VIEWING A HOLWING FLIQ

    by meadowe

    In one of the sequels (or maybe even the first one) the guy was feelin up on his girl's stomach while they were in bed and I guess she was a wolf and he felt her "pouch." And he had this confused/shocked look on his face. I at this point didn't know too much about marsupials (not that I'm a kangaroo genius now) so I wondered out loud why he was so shocked. A certain older male relative half jokingly said that he's shocked that she doesn't have any hair on her privates. Which shocked the shtuff out of my 5 or so year old mind. "Girls have hair on their privates?!" I wish I grew up with more of my gender :(

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  • Nov 23, 2009 1:26:03 PM CST

    Meadowe

    by drmorbius

    Sounds like HowlingIII: The Marsupials.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 2:27:19 PM CST

    THE HOWLING is one of the best werewolf movies ever, but---

    by violator90

    the sequels pretty much killed franchise. But there was one that I did like; it was the one with a bunch of people stuck in a castle during a blizzard and one of them was the werewolf. Other than that one, all the sequels were just horrendous. If its picking up some time AFTER the original, then there might be some hope.

    BUT! If its just another remake/reimagined/rehashed version, then its NOT going to work,it will be shitty. The original had one of the BEST transformations EVER! And you KNOW that any transformation nowadays will be nothing but CGI. Fucking Hollywood can't do ANYTHING!

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  • Nov 23, 2009 2:32:46 PM CST

    The Howling is my fave too

    by revenge_of_fett

    American Werewolf is all fine and dandy, but the Eddie Quist transformation is fucking amazing! Werewolves that are actually scary! Who'd a thunk it right? An interesting mix of characters in a weird but believable environment and the werewolves were handled just right. I'd love to see a remake, but not from some fucking hack desk jockey trying to reboot his career!

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  • Nov 23, 2009 2:50:18 PM CST

    Rob Bottin

    by macready452

    that is all

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  • Nov 23, 2009 4:55:21 PM CST

    There's Something About Nimziki

    by dangerman

    Nimziki did the trailer for Bram Stoker's Dracula which helped make the film a hit and did the same for Stargate. He's a talented guy and will make a decent movie with a GREAT trailer.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 5:36:23 PM CST

    Menahem Golan's SPIDER-MAN

    by donlogan

    I found this regarding Canon's proposed version of Spiderman as mentioned before. This is the version the sets were built for and recycled for Van Damme's Cyborg...Spiderman the Movie (A Tobe Hooper Film?) starring Scot Leva?? and Bob Hoskins as Doc Ock?http://www. cannon.org.uk /cannoncouldhave been /spiderman/main.htm

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  • Nov 23, 2009 5:48:13 PM CST

    Unknown Canadian

    by killdill

    Thank you for pointing that out. I'm surprised that no one else corrected him.

    While we're at it, lets just bring MJ out of semi-retirement and do Thriller like its a documentary.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 6:57:53 PM CST

    The Dum Guy...

    by red ned lynch

    ...is a genius. In fact, you need to consolidate the three black lagoon movies into a single film. You start out with the veiled eroticism of the first film, with the creature swimming beneath the heroine before snatching her away. The creature is captured and brought to Sea World, just as in the second film, is injured and experimented on as it is in the third. And when the experiments are done, instead of a geriatric monster in a terry cloth robe, as the original third Creature movie gave us, we get a sexy hot twenty-something with just a seductive hint of the lagoon. Maybe dark green hair, or delicately webbed fingers. It would be extra dreamy.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 9:19:21 PM CST

    "The Howling" is awesome

    by gozu

    Joe Dante is a genius, pretty much everyone gives a memorable performance, Rob Bottin's werewolves are the scariest on screen before or since, and yet again, remaking it as PG-13 crapfest isn't going to better anyone.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 10:59:29 PM CST

    CGI has RUINED werewolf movies

    by nasty in the pasty

    It used to look PAINFUL to transform into a wolf with those old Bottin/Baker practical makeup effects, but now all you do is sneeze, and *POOF*! You're a werewolf. Lame.

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  • Nov 23, 2009 11:34:31 PM CST

    If Wanna See An Actual Decent Werewolf Transformation...

    by grimmjow jeagerjaques

    Look up the transformations from a show called Being Human on Youtube. They're not as detailed as the ones from an American Werewolf In London or The Howling, but they're the best the genre has seen since. Painful shit man...

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  • Nov 27, 2009 3:21:48 AM CST

    Howling VI: THE FREAKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    by pr1c3y

    Howling 3 was The Marsupials and Howling 4 was The Original Nightmare it was like the first one only shit. I grew up on number 6 no wonder I'm so fucked up.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 1:43:09 AM CST

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    by tmveqk

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  • Feb 15, 2010 1:43:47 AM CST

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    by tmveqk

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  • Jun 14, 2010 8:51:55 AM CDT

    Anyone else notice;

    by brodiebruce_405

    the poster is just the poster for the original (a classic poster if ever there was one) flipped horizontally and with some awful text in the Chiller font from Microsoft word scribbled o it.

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  • Jun 14, 2010 8:52:25 AM CDT

    Also, the premise sounds like Teen Wolf without

    by brodiebruce_405

    the humour.

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