Werewolves: The New Vampires?
by Matt McDaniel August 20, 2009
For the past year, vampires have been all the rage. "Twilight," of course, set it off last November when it became a surprise sensation. On HBO, "True Blood" is pulling in record ratings for its second season. And next month another series of books about bloodsuckers, "The Vampire Diaries," is becoming a show on the CW.But the sun may be setting -- or rising, as the case may be -- on vamps as a cultural phenomenon because another beast is on the prowl. Werewolves are coming back in a big way this year. First, they took center stage in the latest trailer for "New Moon," the second installment of the "Twilight" series. And now we're getting a first look at Benicio Del Toro as the title character in the new version of "The Wolfman."
The preview for "New Moon" that was released earlier this week focused mainly on Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner), who comes into his own both as a character and a werewolf in the second movie. In the "Twilight" universe, were- wolves change in a flash, and their new forms are entirely animal-like. For them, being a shape-shifter is a genetic mutation, not something that passes by a werewolf bite. And they can change at any time, not just during a full moon.
The trailer for "The Wolfman" shows a more traditional sort of werewolf tale, and not just in its Victorian England setting. Like in the original, expatriate Lawrence Talbot returns to his family's manor and is bitten by a creature in the night. At the next full moon, he changes into a hulking monster, and he has no control over his bloodthirsty impulses.
by Matt McDaniel August 20, 2009
For the past year, vampires have been all the rage. "Twilight," of course, set it off last November when it became a surprise sensation. On HBO, "True Blood" is pulling in record ratings for its second season. And next month another series of books about bloodsuckers, "The Vampire Diaries," is becoming a show on the CW.But the sun may be setting -- or rising, as the case may be -- on vamps as a cultural phenomenon because another beast is on the prowl. Werewolves are coming back in a big way this year. First, they took center stage in the latest trailer for "New Moon," the second installment of the "Twilight" series. And now we're getting a first look at Benicio Del Toro as the title character in the new version of "The Wolfman."
The preview for "New Moon" that was released earlier this week focused mainly on Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner), who comes into his own both as a character and a werewolf in the second movie. In the "Twilight" universe, were- wolves change in a flash, and their new forms are entirely animal-like. For them, being a shape-shifter is a genetic mutation, not something that passes by a werewolf bite. And they can change at any time, not just during a full moon.
The trailer for "The Wolfman" shows a more traditional sort of werewolf tale, and not just in its Victorian England setting. Like in the original, expatriate Lawrence Talbot returns to his family's manor and is bitten by a creature in the night. At the next full moon, he changes into a hulking monster, and he has no control over his bloodthirsty impulses.
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