Excl: Howling plot?

Last week we were all blind-sided by the news that THE HOWLING is getting rebooted with THE HOWLING REBORN. Precious little was known about the project... until perhaps right now.

According to a source of mine who is close to the project, THE HOWLING REBORN is essentially going to be the TWILIGHT of werewolf movies. Indeed, the grittiness of the original, and the zaniness of the sequels that followed, will be replaced by a 'tween friendly plot about young wolves on the prowl in a big city...

Details are still scarce, but this much was told to me: The REBORN screenplay opens in a similar manner to the 1981 Dante film, with a young reporter - named Karen White - meeting up with a serial killer who is stalking her. In this version, however, there are no cops who burst in on the scene: she's confronted and murdered by the killer, who of course turns out to be a werewolf. Only hook is, she was pregnant, and the baby lives... Cut to years later, and Karen's son - Will - is attending a high-profile prep school, where he's having weird dreams and the like. Naturally, he's got wolfy tendencies, and - shock! - so do his friends. Does Will join the dark side (naturally, his friends turn out to be bad news), or fight against his urges and battle his hairy classmates?

My source essentially pegged it as a TWILIGHT/"Gossip Girl" wannabe, with some LOST BOYS thrown in for good measure. As reported before, Joe Nimziki is writing and directing, although an exact start-date hasn't yet been announced. (Of course, this is all subject to change, as this project is still in the very early stages.)

That's all I can dish on this flick at the moment; what little more I know, I'm sworn to secrecy about. Hopefully I'll be able to divulge more in the future.

Source: AITH

Spilled Blood: Speaking of "Gossip Girl", this picture is hot... That is all.