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Inspired perhaps by Taylor Lautner’s popularity in the “Twilight” movies, MTV’s “Teen Wolf” pilot presentation has cast two actors with almost the same first name as its lead werewolves.
Tyler Posey (“Brothers & Sisters,” “Lincoln Heights”) will play the good teen wolf; Tyler Hoechlin (“Road to Perdition,” “Lincoln Heights”) will play the evil teen wolf.
Others cast in the dramedy, loosely based on the old Michael J. Fox movie and developed by “Criminal Minds” creator Jeff Davis (“Criminal Minds”), include newcomers Crystal Reed as the girl and Dylan O'Brien as the best friend.
Undaunted by CBS’s 2001 bomb “Wolf Lake” (pulled after only three airings) producers are trying to bring lots of new werewolves to the small screen. Fox, which produced 29 episodes of “Werewolf” way back in 1987 (making it one of Fox’s first hourlongs ever), will try again with the Alaska-set werewolf pilot “Howl,” from two people named Joshua Miller and M.A. Fortin.
Find all of The Hollywood Reporter’s story on “Teen Wolf” here.
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