Danny Elfman, composer of all those famous TV/movie themes you didn’t even know came from one guy, (The Simpsons, Tim Burton’s Batman, Beetlejuice, Desperate Housewives???) will be handling the score for the upcoming remake of The Wolf Man, starring Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins and Hugo Weaving.

Hmmm. An Elfman score makes me think that this Wolf Man remake is going to end in failure like so many Wolf Men before it. Not saying there’s anything wrong with Elfman, per say, but for a Wolf Man movie?

Man, where does time go?

Hard to believe that The Dark Knight is now a distant memory (well, I can still hear the cash registers ringing).

It’s now time to look forward to a new batch of movies.  This week we have a horror remake bonanza featuring:

Leonardo DiCaprio entering The Twilight Zone, the return of Freddie Kruger in A Nightmare on Elm Street, MGM turn on the television and revisit Poltergeist and The Wolfman goes live.

Doug Nagy from TheMovieBlog.com, Alex Billington from Firstshowing.net and me with the three stars of Bitch Slap at the Wrath of Con party

Another day at Comic-Con, another sore rear end from the uncomfortable seats in Hall H…

Today’s events included watching the Season 3 premiere episode of Heroes, which was a huge unexpected bonus. It looks like the show is getting its mojo back and if you’re a fan you’re really going to like it when it returns this Fall.

Gotta tell you guys, we’re having a blast. Somehow this year I’m relaxing more yet getting more posts out about the goings-on here at Comic-Con. Here’s a bit of a wrap up of yesterday (since it’s 3AM and no longer Friday).

I’ve enjoyed seeing some of my online movie buds in person again. Nice to actually hang out instead of just exchanging emails, Twitters and IMs.

Rick Baker, Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro were in attendance to talk about The Wolfman remake.

The panel started out with just Rick Baker but then he introduced Emily and Benicio. The film is a Victorian-era period piece very much in line with the original film. Baker stated that he doesn’t usually actively pursue jobs but when he heard about this one he went out of his way to make sure he was the guy doing the makeup effects for the film.

When a film has a troubled production I rarely have any hope that it will be good. Think of The Avengers, Supernova and Cursed, all films that had problems during their production and all films that sucked. Big time. There are exceptions to this rule, but generally speaking a bad production means a bad movie.

When Mark Romanek left The Wolfman because of creative differences over the making of the film (the budget in particular) it looked like Universal’s chance of turning the old horror icon into a viable franchise for the 21st Century had bitten the silver bullet.

However, when journey man director Joe Johnston jumped on-board to steer the film through its choppy waters it looked like we might be in safe hands. Then the first official pictures of Benicio Del Toro in full Wolfman make-up appeared online it looked like we were on to a winner. Now Empire has an exclusive interview with Scott Stuber (great name), the producer of the film, detailing some plot points and some of the creative decisions that have been made on the film.

What he tells us is nothing short of great news.

I know that The Wolfman isn’t getting a lot of Screen Rant love. It should. Why?

Well, it is a remake of the 1941 Lon Chaney movie - which you should see!!!

It stars Benicio Del Torro and Anthony Hopkins.

It’s written by Andrew Kevin Walker of Seven fame.

The make up effects are by the genius that is Rick Baker

Finally, if you continue, you will see a freakin’ fantastic picture of The Wolfman in all his glory that has just been released by Entertainment Weekly!!

The first pictures of Benicio Del Torro as The Wolfman are now online, and they look, well… bloody!

This is good news. When I first heard that journeyman Joe Johnston was helming the horror I was afraid that the film would be family friendly (how much alliteration can you fit in one sentence?!).

This looks like the real deal.

It seems like only yesterday that The Wolfman looked to be in trouble. Mark Romanek quit when he realised that his vision couldn’t be met with a measly $100 million and for a brief moment in time it looked like Bret Ratner would helm the horror remake. However, nothing could stop Universal from bringing one of their most iconic characters into the 21st Century. Not even Van Helsing. Journeyman director Joe Johnston was hired to helm the project after the studio called up every director with a union card.

Hugo Weaving has now been cast as Detective Aberline, the detective hot on the tail of Benicio Del Toro’s Wolfman. Weaving has no experience what-so-ever when it comes to making big budget films, having starred in low budget efforts like The Matrix and Lord of The Rings.

The cast of the film also includes Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt.

It must have been a busy week for the guys at Universal. When Mark Romanek dropped out of directing The Wolfman, it seemed that every unemployed director in Hollywood was approached to direct the feature, as staff scrambled around to stop the project from falling apart.

Everyone from the universally loathed Brett Ratner (geddit- universally) to fan favorite John Landis, director of An American Werewolf in London were mooted.

And the man who will end up with his name on the directors chair? Drum roll please… Jurassic Park III helmer Joe Johnston.

What an anti-climax.