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Behold The Dark Opulence Of THE WOLFMAN!!

Should be cool by Saint Andeol	Jul 31st, 2008 11:12:24 AM
i love Benicio. i'd chuck the radio into his tub any day.
Boring by matalo	Jul 31st, 2008 11:14:05 AM

And its gone... by RenoNevada2000	Jul 31st, 2008 11:14:34 AM
Invalid Video ID
NICE! by EARTH	Jul 31st, 2008 11:15:38 AM
The Wolfman has NUTS!
first bitches by asphaltjunkiez.com	Jul 31st, 2008 11:16:53 AM
yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaa looks good
Awesome! by hadez	Jul 31st, 2008 11:18:50 AM
This movie looks great!
Bootleg looks better than expected by Mullah Omar	Jul 31st, 2008 11:18:53 AM
I watched a bit but to be fair I think I'll wait for something official that has a better chance to get me excited. (It looks better than most other camcordered bootlegs, though.) We won't have to wait THAT long, will we?
really doesn't look that great by Magic Rat	Jul 31st, 2008 11:19:35 AM
I mean...sorry, it looks okay. I'm not sure I'd pay $12 to see this though. Werewolves aren't that interesting.
Holy f**kin' shit! That is seriously, seriously awesome! by HarryBlackPotter	Jul 31st, 2008 11:19:53 AM
This will be a monster, monster smash!
Hot damn...nice old timey lighting. Love how this... by FlickaPoo	Jul 31st, 2008 11:21:46 AM
...isn't all super hero-ified. Can't wait.
Looks like it could be ok by SUPERJIM	Jul 31st, 2008 11:22:06 AM
The middle third of the trailer is nothing but people walking through doors. The rest looks like it could be worth watching though.
I'm gonna have nightmares! by Cat_Corporation	Jul 31st, 2008 11:23:57 AM
I've always been really scared of Werewolves for some reason - I still don't like walking through Kings Cross tube station at night, especially the escalators, thanks to American Werewolf in London!
Looks amazing! by spectrebeeyatch	Jul 31st, 2008 11:23:58 AM
Visually it looks stunning and freaky I am so down for this movie.
It did look good by Redc40	Jul 31st, 2008 11:24:16 AM
but so did van Helsing when it was just a trailer. But then again there wasn't any of that Wild Wild West retro future technology crap so maybe it'll work if they play it straight up and not for laughs, which the trailer would indicate.
Looked good to me, but... by JustinSane	Jul 31st, 2008 11:24:34 AM
...aren't we over the monster/human faceoff shot yet?
Where's Abbott and Costello? by GrandMuffTarkin	Jul 31st, 2008 11:25:10 AM
That's what this film needs... Ohhhh, Chiiiiiiikkkk!
Magic Rat...oh, sorry. Would you rather that it had... by FlickaPoo	Jul 31st, 2008 11:25:24 AM
...a giant CGI wolf that throws cars around and such?...you're remedial...
Unless this wolfman plays basketball... by gringostar	Jul 31st, 2008 11:25:47 AM
and makes out with chearleaders, I am not interested.
Looks good, very classic feel by jimmy_009	Jul 31st, 2008 11:26:10 AM
but with added punch.
Looks cool; love Emily Blunt, but... by Ghostwood	Jul 31st, 2008 11:27:11 AM
do they actually talk about comic books at the comic con, or is it just a whorehouse for pushing movies? Will they have a Juno panel next year?
Expected more of the Mummy trilogy tone. by Diagnostic	Jul 31st, 2008 11:28:30 AM
Is it possible to get a wolfman vs the mummy movie?
Getting that Coppolla/Dracula vibe here by Bartleby T. Scrivener	Jul 31st, 2008 11:29:56 AM
Period horror movies just don't engross the masses. I'm sure it will be OK, but it doesn't have that must-see feel.
Wow by andtheflesh	Jul 31st, 2008 11:32:50 AM
That seriously looks like classic Hollywood horror. I'm thoroughly psyched. Can't wait to see Del Toro all chained down, having a freak out, screaming "I'm going to KILL YOU ALL!!" How can you not be interested from that trailer? Seriously, would you rather this be the Hulk with fur?
Has Hopkins been in a Frankenstein flick? by Angry Bald Guy	Jul 31st, 2008 11:33:31 AM
Dracula and now Wolfman. Just wondering.
That trailer was lackluster by ganymede3010	Jul 31st, 2008 11:33:46 AM
I'm still going to see the movie, but man that trailer didn't give me the warm fuzzys.
The problem with any werewolf movie by Kizeesh	Jul 31st, 2008 11:34:07 AM
Werewolves look shit. It;s either obviously CGI, a guy in a suit or a puppet, and it always looks like what it is. It's a curse I tell thee!
Looks a bit like Bram Stoker's Dracula by fassbinder79	Jul 31st, 2008 11:34:32 AM
Johnston's Rocketeer rocked. I'll give this a chance. It didn't look too shabby.
Hmm...well...."meh"? by all	Jul 31st, 2008 11:38:36 AM
Anyone mehing?
Werewolves do indeed look like shit... by Kid Z	Jul 31st, 2008 11:39:11 AM
... and Wolf Men always make me think of Eddie Monster. It is a curse.
Not impressed by Lloytron	Jul 31st, 2008 11:39:37 AM
Not one element of that trailer made me want to see it.
Horror movies are shit by Thrillho77	Jul 31st, 2008 11:43:17 AM
Especially ones that are shitty monster movies...but that's just my dumbass opinion.
Looks good but by aversiontherapy2	Jul 31st, 2008 11:44:03 AM
the running werewolf is lame, he should lope more.
Oh for Fuck sakes by GelflingFucker	Jul 31st, 2008 11:44:25 AM
Here we go, let's all bitch just to bitch. "I hate remakes! I hate sequels! I hate Michael Bay! I hate when my childhood is raped! I hate Lucas! I hate Hollywood!" Now you're hating on something that looks original and different? Yeah, I hate original movies, where are all those remakes I keep hearing about? Why isn't this An American Werewolf sequel. Give it a fair chance you whiners. Looks awesome!
Get rid of the line: God help us all... by Judge Briggs	Jul 31st, 2008 11:47:17 AM
Most over-used line in movies!
In fairness, GelflingFucker by palimpsest	Jul 31st, 2008 11:52:42 AM
there was an American Werewolf sequel, and that sucked harder than Amy Winehouse on crack-flavoured jizz day.
Judge Briggs - have you also considered by Cat_Corporation	Jul 31st, 2008 11:54:39 AM
'By God...' Usually uttered by some army dude witnessing something unexpected and on a large scale e.g. mushroom cloud at the end of Predator. I reckon that's gotta be up there too with most over-used lines.
Sweet titty fuckin Jesus by Rat Fink	Jul 31st, 2008 11:54:45 AM
that looked good.
By God by Kizeesh	Jul 31st, 2008 11:56:57 AM
isn't that usually My God? By God is quite quirky. It's like saying, "By Jesus's ripe third tittie!"
WOW by parallax_r	Jul 31st, 2008 11:57:28 AM
JUST FUCKING WOW.
Kizeesh by Cat_Corporation	Jul 31st, 2008 11:59:32 AM
Yes, some of the By Gods might be My Gods, but By God has a more Biblical, movie-like gravitas. I think that's why the old army dudes use it so much.
Damn!!! by skimn	Jul 31st, 2008 12:02:24 PM
Just missed it!!
Missed it! by kem070396	Jul 31st, 2008 12:03:58 PM
any mirrors yet?
Nifty by Subtlety	Jul 31st, 2008 12:13:54 PM
We'll see how it plays together, but the trailer makes it look like they took this thing pretty seriously. Which is the only way to treat it... no camp, no lame modern in-jokes... just a dark, dank, candle-lit period piece with some ugly violence and grim desperation. Benicio was a great choice for wolfie... what I love is that he doesn't leap to mind at the mention of "wolfman" but when you see him in action, it just clicks perfectly. Awesome. Anthony Hopkins hasn't looked like he was trying in a movie for ten years, but what the fuck, he's classy enough to do alright even when he's coasting. Just hope this whole thing doesn't go all Coppola on us, and get dragged down from lofty goals though fke-looking soundstages and lame performances (for God's sake, England is full of actors who actually already have English accents... why not use them to play English characters with English accents?)
I remember as a kid seeing those old horror movies. by mrfan	Jul 31st, 2008 12:20:04 PM
Seeing any of those creatures, especiallly the Werewolf, going throught the fog scared me. Looking forward to it.
abracadbra by stvnhthr	Jul 31st, 2008 12:21:40 PM
Want to make a video disappear? Just post about it on AICN and it will be gone in seconds. Isn't there a way to get a a mirror link up to an alternate site which won't be taken down or is it a case of just not wanting to tick off the studios who buy advertising space?
Shitty Youtube version still up... by Mastastic	Jul 31st, 2008 12:23:11 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =6LsFRh1eKw U
Yikes by Subtlety	Jul 31st, 2008 12:25:57 PM
that got deleted about 2 minutes after I saw it.
London After Midnight by Subtlety	Jul 31st, 2008 12:27:51 PM
oh, and Harry... don't think that just because the story finally slips off the top page we've forgotten and you don't owe us some closure.
Howl 'bout this? by The_Samaritan	Jul 31st, 2008 12:33:26 PM
http://tinyurl.com/6mt35p
Plenty of mirrors by DeadPanWalking	Jul 31st, 2008 12:41:24 PM
Use the internet much? I do, and I did a google search for terms "wolfman trailer" and was watching it in seconds. I like the looks of this. Benecio Del Toro? Good call.
foreign servers by xevoid	Jul 31st, 2008 12:46:24 PM
I have a question. I suspect that most of the people who post movies like this post them on domestic servers. Because of that, when someone from the MPAA or Paramount or whatever fires off a email to them demanding they take it down, they usually do so quickly. However, if I were to post a movie like this on a site hosted in Hong Kong or the Syechelles or Uberrackistan or something and the aforementioned authorities tried to tell them to take it off, couldn't they then be properly be told to go fuck themselves? Why don't people post movies in hard to threaten countries? Like a Danish server or something? Just curious
GONE!!!!!! by Banzai Rootskibango	Jul 31st, 2008 01:04:24 PM
Why do I always miss the videos? You know, I think these studios have a job position where they got a guy checking all these sights for "copyright violations." Guy just sits there all day on the internet...I want that job.
GOOD QUESTION by BurgerTime	Jul 31st, 2008 01:09:14 PM
xevoid: I would assume that it would be protected, but isn't it true that a lot of these countries have treaties with each other? Which affords the corporations a much longer leagal reach than would otherwise be possible. Maybe someone should buy an old oil tanker and park it in international waters, so they could host these things pirate-radio style. That would be cool, but probably well past the point of absurdity.
KurtLockwood by Caerdwyn	Jul 31st, 2008 01:20:27 PM
AICN's between a rock and a hard place when it comes to leaks. Harry's got an "in" with a few folks in the biz and I'm sure he doesn't want to piss them off by posting "unauthorized" material or challenging a request to take things down, and two, studios have a gaggle of lawyers ready to send out Cease & Desist notices at the drop of a hat for copyright violation.
Looks Good. Great Cast. by BilboRing	Jul 31st, 2008 01:23:33 PM
Has a kind of Sleepy Hollow feel to it, which was a great movie. Hopefully the wolfman looks like the werewolves in The Howling. That is my favorite werewolf movie to date.
It's all part of the game, my friends by palimpsest	Jul 31st, 2008 01:28:52 PM
traler gets 'leaked', people see trailer, trailer gets taken away, people grumble, trailer gets official release, people come back. It's like Amway for viral marketing. Expect this on Apple Trailers by Monday...
Okay...that looks badass.. by Bones	Jul 31st, 2008 01:40:27 PM
Joe Johnston's visual style looks incredible. Granted he was a last-minute replacement and most of the design choices were already set--but it looks like it will be a great film. My one question: will they explain Benicio's odd accent when he is supposed to be British?
Liked it by Geekhaterssuck	Jul 31st, 2008 01:44:09 PM
but I'm not getting too excited yet.
Nothing beats the Howling by Sithdan	Jul 31st, 2008 01:55:03 PM
The Howling is and will always be the greatest werewolf film of ALL time.
The Rocketeer by kwisatzhaderach	Jul 31st, 2008 01:55:07 PM
is genius.
Aint It Hypocracy Now by ArcadianDS	Jul 31st, 2008 01:55:38 PM
Here we have Yet Another Hollywood Recycle(tm) film, and here at AICN, where readers and contributors alike have unanimously panned, jeered, sneered, and harpooned every 'reimagining' that has been put to tape in the past 18 years, and because the Lead Actor in the role is some sort of 'can-do-no-wrong' geek-lord, and because the director is equally 'can-do-no-wrong', this latest example of Hollywoods empty Well Of Ideas(tm) gets not only a full pass on being Yet Another Tired Retread(tm), but gets praises and cheers from the same individuals. You're all idiots - pure, simple, unsophisticated idiots. mark my words - the next 'reimagining' talkback will feature the same cast of talkbackers complaining about how lame it is that X movie is being redone when the original still holds up fine. idiots.
Hey man, stop that! by applescruff	Jul 31st, 2008 02:09:01 PM
You're hurting my ego!
Aw, I loved the Rocketeer, too by flickchick85	Jul 31st, 2008 02:32:28 PM
It was one of my favorite movies as a kid. Not sure how well it holds up, though, as I just recently saw one of my other childhood faves, The Shadow, and it was just...terrible. Now I'm afraid to watch the Rocketeer again. Beemans gum is still my favorite thanks to that movie. Oh, and I'm not into monster movies AT ALL, but I kinda dig the old-school vibe of this. Still can't tell if it will be any good though. I'll probably rent it.
I can't make it play? by Telestream	Jul 31st, 2008 02:45:23 PM
Do you need a certain type of player? And is this a re-make of the 80s were-wolf?
Sithdan... by loafroaster	Jul 31st, 2008 03:07:33 PM
...Seriously? I'd put American Werewolf, the original Wolf Man and Silver Bullet ahead of it, for starters.
New Watchmen pic... by Kid Z	Jul 31st, 2008 03:11:15 PM
...it just hit me... Why does the movie version of the Comedian wear Chris O'Donnell's Robin mask instead of one of those freaky leather Gimp masks as in the comic? Lame...
ArcadianDS: by Subtlety	Jul 31st, 2008 03:40:24 PM
One thing about this film is that it is not a "Remake" per se... or even a re-imagining. Wolfman, like Frankenstein, Mummy, Dracula, etc... all the Universal Horror Icons... they are and always have been iconic characters who can appear in many different kinds of movies and stories. I look at this "Wolfman" as simply a revitalization of a character who exists independent of any one story in the pop culture. Wolf Man has had so many iterations as a character and a story that bringing the character "back" in this manner is much more palatable to me than, say, remaking "The Day the Earth Stood Still," which is story-oriented, rather than based around an iconic character. That's why no one (well, fewer people) bitch about new James Bond films. Although, of course, if your argument is simply that Hollywood is out of ideas, that may not make you feel better. Still, it's certainly not an invention of contemporary Hollywood. PS: Joe Johnson in no way qualifies as a "can-do-no-wrong" director. Jurassic Park III? That's the textbook definition of doing wrong.
Looks good by FILMFUNK	Jul 31st, 2008 04:25:41 PM
Hopefully in a solidly decadent way like Interview with the Vampire but not camp/hammy jumping around sniffing the air like Wolf!
It's pretty bad when... by red_five	Jul 31st, 2008 04:31:09 PM
the only good movie from the director that people talk about was like 17 years ago!
So, its gone.... like GONE? by The Dum Guy	Jul 31st, 2008 04:39:57 PM
But, here is another link. http://tinyurl.co m/5m9f7x It has to be a red band trailer or just a special one for ComiCon
^^^^remove space before the 'm' in 'com'^^^^ by The Dum Guy	Jul 31st, 2008 04:41:23 PM

The Dark Opulence? by Gordonhikara	Jul 31st, 2008 05:13:26 PM
more dark opulence can be found at http://gordonhikara.blogspot.c om
Emily Blunt ruins this for me by Stollentroll	Jul 31st, 2008 05:23:49 PM
Seriously, can someone still look at her with a straight face? "I'm on this new diet. I don't eat anything and when I feel like I'm about to faint I eat a cube of cheese." Classic.
For some reason I don't dig that it's a period piece by krushjudgement	Jul 31st, 2008 06:26:06 PM
I think a modern day wolfman would be scarier.
BLADE RUNNER reference by g-ride9000	Jul 31st, 2008 06:40:04 PM
BLADE RUNNER reference: The line about the prodigal son is dead on.
Modern day Wolfman.... by The Dum Guy	Jul 31st, 2008 06:43:59 PM
I don't dunno, with technology as it is, I don't think a wolfman has much of a chance. Like in American Werewolf in Paris, the cops would just shoot the shit out of a rampaging monster. On an unrelated note, was anyone else freaked out about the Canadian bus decapitation story?
Dum Guy, thanks for the link by Cletus Van Damme	Jul 31st, 2008 07:10:34 PM
Much appreciated!
Kizeesh - werewolves not looking real by Cyan09	Jul 31st, 2008 07:12:11 PM
Not sure how many of you saw this flick, but the last movie i saw with real looking werewolves was dog soldiers. At least, i thought they looked pretty wolf like.
Other good movies with Werewolves by Silverhour	Jul 31st, 2008 08:13:30 PM
The Gingersnaps trilogy and Monster Squad both had good looking werewolves in them. I also liked Jack Nicholson's slow transformation in Wolf. Underworld set the genre back a few steps though, with their ugly, blue, hairless Lycans. Haven't searched this trailer out though, since the link is broken here, so I don't have much to say about this Wolfman.
DAMN! They took it down... Did he have nards??? by YotzVonFrelnik	Jul 31st, 2008 09:36:56 PM
I always get to these leaked trailers after they've been pulled! Aaah!
Wolfen.. by The Dum Guy	Jul 31st, 2008 10:05:20 PM
Pretty good, except for that one scene were(wolf) jumps at the cop and the next thing you know his head is flying off his body. Razor sharp fangs indeed. The Company of Wolves was also good with Terrence Stamp as the devil with class (was that Stamp in the Wolfman clip?).
Invalid ID? by OBSD	Jul 31st, 2008 11:09:51 PM
"Due to the request of some corporate douchebags, we have taken this video down." Thanks, corporate douchebags!
Jonathan Violence by JimBobCooter	Jul 31st, 2008 11:34:14 PM
We get it. You work for Empire. Stop spamming dammit.
Rocketeer had the most obvious porn title ever by JackRabbitSlim	Aug 1st, 2008 12:54:51 AM
Sadly, none of the starlets in The Cockateer were as hot as Jennifer Connolly - though i bet one or two could have given her a run for her money acting-wise. Admit it - hot as she be - shes not a good actor.
kickass! they got the woods right too. by alice 13	Aug 1st, 2008 12:55:17 AM
awesome how they show him roaming the fog lit woods from a distance. i cant wait to see this.
I just can't believe.... by futureboymaddog	Aug 1st, 2008 02:11:46 AM
Del Toro as the son of an English nobleman. If they do use the tool that was used in the original WOLF MAN where Lon Chaney Jr. has been in the USA for a long time, then I might buy it. Interesting side note, though... even Carl Siodmak, writer of the original, thought that casting of Chaney was a shitty idea. Why can't they get English actors to play English people? I'm still trying to wash the vomit off the back of the theater seat from when I saw Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves in BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA.
Neill Jordan is a great by emeraldboy	Aug 1st, 2008 08:03:04 AM
filmaker. he is a great small filmmaker. The butcher boy is his masterpiece. The best irish film ever made.
Sweet, sweet Mary by pandabait	Aug 1st, 2008 08:27:17 AM
That was just the thing for me this morning. I don't need coffee for shit now. I do, however, need to see this movie asap. Remake? Yeah -- it's the Wolfman, people. It's been done before. Just so you know.
Rick Baker rocks by Abominable Snowcone	Aug 1st, 2008 10:53:33 AM
come and turn me into a monkey or something. Rick Baker is a Changian

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