And the re-imaginings just keep on coming with a revamp of classic 80’s Michael J Fox film TEEN WOLF for television.
MTV have decided to update one of the last favourite 80’s properties in TEEN WOLF and apply all the hallmark traits of TWILIGHT and ONE TREE HILL. Here’s the synopsis:
“Teen Wolf,” stars Tyler Posey (“Maid in Manhattan,” “Brothers and Sisters”), as the newly bitten werewolf, ‘Scott McCall,’ Dylan O’Brien as his best friend ‘Stiles,’ Crystal Reed as the mysterious new girl in town, ‘Allison,’ and Tyler Hoechlin (“Road to Perdition,” “7th Heaven”) as the older and possibly quite dangerous werewolf, ‘Derek Hale.’ Always an outsider and often unnoticed, Scott McCall yearns to be recognized in some small way that takes him out of his typical state of high school anonymity. When his best friend, Stiles, convinces him to go into the woods one night to join a police search for a dead body, Scott encounters a creature in the darkness. Narrowly escaping an attack with a vicious bite in his side, the next day brings strange surprises for Scott at school and his life will never be the same.
Now a lot has changed… well actually everything has changed to the point where the only thing that is the same as the original is that it is a teen werewolf. The series is being described by it’s executive producer, Jeff Davis, as “THE LOST BOYS with kind of the pace and fun of BUFFY”. If this is the case I don’t see any evdience for it as it is looking more like all the successful modern supernatural films and TV shows but for the SMALLVILLE audience, of course it is just a trailer though and maybe it’s something completely original. Tell us what you think.
