There’s nothing more classic than when Michael J. Fox turns into a werewolf on the basketball court in TEEN WOLF, and instead of ripping apart everyone in the auditorium… he starts playing basketball and schools everyone with his mad werewolf B-Ball skills. Classic in an 80s kind of way, at least.
The Hollywood Reporter has a few casting announcements from the upcoming TEEN WOLF series on MTV, as well as a little more detail as to the focus of the show and what we can expect. Written by Jeff Davis, the new TEEN WOLF will star Tyler Posey, Tyler Hoechlin, Crystal Reed, and Dylan O’Brien, and it will go a little something like this:
MTV’s take on the film… is a dramatic thriller with a buddy-comedy element at the center and a romantic plot line. It revolves around Scott McCall (Posey), a dorky high-school student who gets a rush of new powers, including the ability to attract girls, after a wolf attack.
Which ability is cooler? Playing basketball like a pro, or attracting hotties just by being a werewolf? I’d have to go with the hotties, but maybe that’s just me. Though it doesn’t say he’s a wolf while he’s mackin’ the ladies, so maybe there’s room for some B-Ball action after all.
The cast breakdown is as so: O’Brien plays Scott’s best friend who is initially dismissive of Scott’s theory that he was bitten by a wolf but then begins research on human-werewolf transformation; Reed plays a sweet new girl at school who is immediately smitten with Scott, and; Hoechlin plays a handsome local boy who in fact is a vicious and predatory werewolf capable of great harm.
Essentially the same main characters as the first, though a villain werewolf might have some cool fight sequences. Though considering this is for MTV, I’d expect it to be more like NEW MOON than anything else.
A buddy werewolf flick with a romance side. Meh. I’m curious, but not entirely stoked… stick around for more on MTV’s TEEN WOLF as we hear it!
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