The Wolfman

The Wolfman
Anthony Hopkins, Benicio Del Toro, Emily Blunt

Casting the sufficiently lupine Del Toro in the title role seems right, and scenery-chewer Hopkins, who plays Wolfie’s estranged Victorian dad, is always good for an eye roll or two. Plus, the atmospherics look impressively dread-soaked, and Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada) brings out the animal in us. But this huge-budgeted return to the classic character (also a beloved plastic Halloween mask) has us slightly worried. It’s been delayed and re-edited, and we howled upon hearing that the man-to-wolf transformations are fully computerized—a sin if you remember the genius makeup effects Rick Baker did for An American Werewolf in London. But who knows? If the moon and audience appetites are right, this potential dud could transform into a box-office beast.