X-Men and Watchmen writer David Hayter has been trying to jump behind the director’s chair for quite some time and, despite his prominence in screenwriting and video games (he’s the voice of Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid franchise), he has yet to make that happen.
His passion project Wolves has been in development for the better part of three years, but now, thanks to the casting of the film’s villain, it’s finally about to start shooting.
The film has already secured a lead in X-Men: First Class‘ Lucas Till and a potential love interest in Merritt Patterson (Kyle X/Y), and now it Jason Momoa has been cast as the villain. Perhaps best known for his role as Khal Drogo in Game of Thrones‘ first season – followed by his portrayal of Conan the barbarian in Conan the Barbarian - Momoa will certainly look the part as the leader of a pack of werewolves.
Hayter’s script follows a teenage werewolf named Caleb Richards who has been accused of murdering his parents and must go on the run. While on the lam, he encounters Momoa’s aforementioned villainous werewolf character. Known primarily for playing heroes with a darker side, Wolves will mark the first time Momoa has played the antagonist.
Werewolves haven’t dominated our popular culture like vampires have in recent years, but their presence in the Twilight films and MTV’s Teen Wolf should help this project find a following. With any good werewolf project, which we hope this is, comes the potential for some truly memorable wolf make-up. Thankfully, celebrated artist Dave Elsey is on the job.
Elsey’s previous screen credits include work on Mission: Impossible and X-Men: First Class, but he’s probably best known for collaborating with Rick Baker on make-up for The Wolfman, for which he won an Oscar.
Dave Elsey on the set of 'The Wolfman'
With Elsey behind the make-up there’s the guarantee that, at the very least, the werewolf effects will look believable. As far as the rest of the production, who’s to say what we can expect? Aside from Momoa, the cast is comprised of relative unknowns, with the voice of Solid Snake being the next most notable name on the cast and crew list.
Still, Hayter’s presence on some successful Hollywood blockbusters should help give this film some buzz, and will hopefully give Hayter the opportunity to direct more in the future.
Wolves begins shooting in September
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Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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“Perhaps best known for his role as Khal Drogo in Game of Thrones‘ first season”
I’d say for the most part, Jason Momoa would be best known for his role in Stargate Atlantis as Ronan Dex. Or maybe thats just me.
I agree. I liked him in Stargate Atlantis, but hated him in the Conan reboot. I probably liked him in Stargate because he was part of a good ensemble cast and hated him in Conan because it was just a bad movie. I haven’t seen him in Game of Thrones…
That’s pretty much exactly my thoughts.
I have also never seen GoT and wasn’t aware he was even a part of it.
He’s not very good or overly memorably in GoT, mostly because the whole thing is a little forced and poorly paced and he suffers for it, more than his acting being poor. He was good, but the character and scenes were poor.
He was MUCH better in stargate than he was in wither GoT (poor scenes and bad pacing) or Conan (disappointing remake)
It’s all the more funny because the image they use of Jason is from Atlantis, yet they only mention Game of Thrones and Conan.
Or in Bullet to the Head, with Stallone…clearly a villain..
Is their a way to dvr your site so i don’t have to watch stupid ads?
Yea, it’s called adblock smart ass.
Always liked this guy way back on SA, so best of luck to him. Nothing can possibly be any worse than Game of Thrones.
He’s no Wolf… He’s a horselord…
“Wolves will mark the first time Momoa has played the antagonist.”
He’s the antagonist in Bullet to the Head.
Most know Hayter for Solid Snake and writing the Xmen movies. I know him for The Guyver: Dark Hero. Anything The Guyver directs, I can get behind
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he plays a bad guy in bullet to the head – i think perhaps i could write this information spewed out on this website.
Hate werewolf make-up, much prefer cgi werewolves. The recent wolfman looked absolutely ridiculous, it may as well have been made 40 years ago.
i hope that they will look as good and fiercy like -the wolfman(2010)- did. good to see j.momoa in another maine role. and -dmc- the best werewolve transformations are the one from – a.a.werew.i.london- and -the howling 1 and 2- which are great make-up works and -the wolfman 2010- of course. c.gi. w.w have looked ridiculous( from a.a.werew.i.paris to underworld part 4 )and still look ridiculous. maybe they will make it better with mo-cap/c.g.i works for the future but just c.g.i w.wolves look s..t.
I agree 100%. I liked The Wolfman (2010), I own it just for the Mental hospital transformation scene, the best ever put on film. I think I’m gonna watch it tonight.
is today trollday ?
Seems it, especially with the comment that Game Of Thrones is in any way a bad show.
I also loved the Conan reboot as much as I loved the original.
how can anyone say GoT is a bad show?i mean with declining trends in tv shows,GoT is one of the most interesting shows around and trust me momoa was damn good in it
Yea, I think it’s because comicbookmovie and other kiddy sites are having a slow news week.
I could easily see him as a werewolf, good call.
Wow… Really…Who cares. Honestly, what a bit of dull news. A real non event.
Excellent news! Jason Momoa is awesome. Good article (short though).
david hayter made his name with this game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5224E3GYC3M
I’m a big werewolf fan, but nothing has impressed me since the Howling and American Werewolf in London. I don’t think this will impress either.
How can you be a big werewolf fan and haven’t seen a werewolf movie you’be liked in thirty years?
*you’ve
Uh, my favorites, The Original Wolfman, Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman, Abott and Costelleo Meet Frankenstein, then Werewolves dissapear (except for British films and Teenage Werewolf) until, The Howling, American Werewolf In London, then big gap of crap (Wolf, Teen Wolf) ,then Vampires vs cgi Werewolves crap, then The Wolfman (2010). I’m 50 years old, thats how. And besides why the hell do you care or are you just trying to be rude to stranger.
I think it’s a fair question. You claim to be a fan and in the same statement say the last good werewolf movie was made thirty years ago. I don’t see how that’s rude. Besides you jumping on a comment board to say you probably won’t like a movie you know absolutely nothing about. If you don’t want to be commented back to don’t go trolling.
lol now I’m a Troll? Why? Because I don’t agree with you. And the fact that you think it’s a fair question shows you’ll go to any length rationalize your behavior. Why should I have to explain my personal preferences to you? There’s something wrong with you if you can’t see that. This is now ridiculous. Get a life and grow up. Now make a bigger fool of yourself with you’re next comment.
Your first comment is to call someone a smart ass, your second comment is saying this article must mean it’s a slow news day, your third comment is to say this movie sounds unimpressive even though not much is said about it. In fact, almost everything you’ve said has been negative, so yeah, you are trolling.
I asked you a straight forward question and you reply with a snarky attitude, and try to turn it back on me. I don’t care if you disagree with me or not. Which, by the way, you never even address because you never commented on the only post I’ve made regarding my opinion of this article.
Your reasoning of being 50 is why you can say no good movies have been made in 30 years is nullified when your examples of good movies are from the 40′s. Age is irrelevant when your examples are twenty years older than you.
So feel free to take your attitude to some other website where people are less inclined to ask about your irrationalities, you will look like less of an @$$ that way.
-il princerino- you are absolutely right ! don´t feed the troll,they don´t make a normal statement instead they make just negative comments about a movie that they haven´t watched and praise the good ol´original movies,without to give the new vision a chance. i think people like you and me are too less on the net. : )
game of thrones is one of the best tv shows around and I can’t even begin to say why! and momoa’s part as khal drogo in the first season has become a fan favourite to the point that they got him in an episode of the second season, when he’s not supposed to be in it! but momoa will always be ronon to me
this will tell you all you need to know about GoT! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rapo0h-RDnk