Female Werewolf needles in a haystack

[howlingfan]

Not to get our hopes up too much, but I think this actually might be legitimate. This past year has been the year of the upset: The Chicago Cubs won the World Series for the first time in more than a century, Trump won the White House, and now we might FINALLY get a decent female werewolf TF. (In fact, I used to make a joke that being a female werewolf fan is similar to being a Chicago Cubs fan.) Not only is Anna listed as the lead in this movie on the movie’s official IMDb entry, but the movie is also listed on her IMDb. And it would make sense that one of the reasons the remake is being made in the first place is because the lead werewolf is now a woman, as an interesting twist to the original; otherwise, what’s the point in remaking it? This is all very promising. Also, I’m not sure why everyone is so surprised they picked an attractive actress to play the lead role. When has Hollywood ever cast an ugly actress to play the lead in a movie? (unless they were trying to make some sort of point) But, assuming that this is real, there are two remaining problems, the first of which was already mentioned: 1) Based on her past work, especially on YouTube, it is unlikely this actress is going to get fully nude during the TF, but there will probably be lots of shots of her back and could even conceivably be a quick shot of her butt and side boob(s), and 2) it’s possible the TF will be mostly or 100% CGI, but there is reason to hope this might not be the case; since the writer/director of the remake is the son of the writer/director of the original, one would think he would remain faithful to the original’s vision and use practical effects for the TF. We need to coax Rick Baker out of retirement. Anyone still have that online petition urging the remake of “AWIL” to feature a woman and use full-body practical effects? Now’s the time to get it out there again.

[TF-Viewer]

The chances of it being a prank jumped when I saw who is supposedly cast to play Jack. Its not real sorry I mentioned it. I don't know how someone managed to put fake info on the pages like that. Guess imdb has crappy security.

[Marvlman]

It's also worth mentioning that Max has directed Anna before in his excellent 'Wrestling isn't Wrestling' short on his youtube page where she played 'Batista'. There's a possibility that this may not be a film but something similar along those lines featured on his page...

[howlingfan]

Maybe it’s the eternal optimist in me, but I don’t think this is a prank. Why would someone hack IMDb just to prank our community? We’re not large, important, or well-known enough to prank. Also, as Marvlman pointed out, Landis did work with Anna before, and it’s not unusual for directors to work with the same actors in their movies (like Scorsese and De Niro, to cite a highly obvious/famous example). And I don’t think this IMDb entry of “AWIL” is for a comedy short on YouTube either. It’s been confirmed by numerous respected news outlets, including “Variety,” that Max Landis is indeed writing and directing a remake of “AWIL.” (Just Google it.) Whether it comes to fruition is another matter entirely, but I’m not giving up hope…just yet.

[Cursebearer]

That would be a dream come true! However, I've learned to generally err on the side of caution here. For the time being I'll be siding with TF-Viewer's analysis that it is a prank, if simply to not get my hopes too high. The girl is simply gorgeous and the genderbent plot honestly sounds like it might be too good to be true. Either way, Landis is fairly communicative isn't he? If this is legit, we should know soon. Until then I'd suggest keeping expectations in check.

EDIT: It's also probably worth noting that I think IMDB can be edited by users in a similar way to Wikipedia. So without official word, I'd really doubt this.

[Cactus Jack]

Yeah, I checked Max Landis' Twitter, I've looked all over for official word, there's nothing at all about a synopsis, just that it's being produced by the Walking Dead guy.

[Cursebearer]

Ditto to what Cactus Jack said. Rather than being a prank, I'd bet this is more the sort of thing that might be added to the page by a soul with similar hopes to our own. Sometimes it can be tough to resist writing a little bit of fanfiction.

[danielsangeo]

Maybe they're hoping to get Landis's attention that way and get him interested in actually doing something like that.

[Anahki]

Originally Posted by danielsangeo

Maybe they're hoping to get Landis's attention that way and get him interested in actually doing something like that.

I don't know, but that could be precisely help him decide to go the other way... well, we all know that the chances of a female werewolf anywhere are quite low, right? Again, and as I said, this prank is really well done (and full of good taste, I must say).

[zokk]

The cause for pessimism is understandable... The Werewolf genre has more fails than successes in its history. But this looks / feels legit as the remake trend isn't going anywhere and Max Landis is enough of an Ubernerd (He wrote a great Superman miniseries American Alien) it's entirely possible he is one of us at least in spirit (Am I wrong or did I hear he had a DeviantArt account?) In either case, I would argue that if the Son is remaking Dad's masterpiece, he would want to go in a different direction in terms of casting. I think this makes a female werewolf story a stronger contender... After all why go where Dad has already gone before? As for nudity... well Deadpool has made R rated films a hot property again ( "Logan" looks like its gonna kill), So I could see some degree of nudity in the TF plus the desire to top Daddy's TF showstopper.

[gwsfox]

Personally, I generally take some salt when it comes to remakes. (Most try to out do or/and be bigger than the original, rather than stay true to the spirit) Joke or no, I'm really intrigued by the concept of a female lead suffering lycanthropy in said remake.

[bcislandguy]

Lets just hope they dont screw it up too bad, other than us the mainstream dosn't like to see females in a feral beastial look, they want pretty elves and fairy chicks to jerk off too, there hasn't been a good female tf in a movie since the 80's