Eventually director Joe Johnston got the gig. Johnston’s only genre credit is JURASSIC PARK 3, with the majority of his stuff befoe that aimed at younger audiences. So it’s a pretty interesting choice, but I’m staying open minded with it.
Well news coming in from Variety has Hugo Weaving (above) joining the cast. He’ll be playing a detective who’s trying to track The Wolfman down. Sounds good to me. Of course Weaving has been involved in various blockbuster films, including a couple of big time trilogies, one having to do with some ring and the other starting with a couple colored pills.
Weaving joins Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, and Emily Blunt (below). Andrew Kevin Walker wrote the script with a rewrite from David Self. The flick starts lensing in London next month, looking at a February (Friday the) 13, 2009.