Veteran action director Simon West, who has been developing The Blob for what feels like an eternity, has been set to helm War Wolf, with shooting set for Italy in November, Variety writes.
“War Wolf is set in 1356, after decades of relentless war between the French and English armies, with English solider Earl Hugo awarded the castle of his enemy, the French assassin Mauchet. But in the walls of the castle and the lands that surround it, someone has reawakened the Loup de Guerre, the ferocious War Wolf of French legend and the nightmarish creature is now on a killing spree.”
Producers are Ileen Maisel, Lawrence Elman and Jib Polhemus. West will direct from a script by Andy Briggs and Paul Finch.
Finch, author of the “Heck” crime novels, is currently working on a novelization of the project.
The special effects makeup and costuming for the project will be created by Dave Elsey and Lou Elsey, co-founders of the Igor Studios. The Elseys have worked on Mission: Impossible, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith and Wolves, for which Dave Elsey won an Academy Award.
West’s directing credits include Con Air, The Expendables 2 and The Mechanic.
Fortitude International will launch international sales in Cannes. War Wolf is the first in a planned franchise of films under a partnership between West, Fortitude International and Amber Entertainment centered around the magical world of the Loup de Guerre.