Jonathan Liebesman, who directed remake prequel The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning back in 2006, is attached to direct a werewolf movie for Platinum Dunes titled Wolf Night, and Deadline brings us the first word on the project this afternoon.
We don’t yet have a plot synopsis for Wolf Night but the script from writers Will Honley and April Maguire is said to be “District 9 by way of The Purge –but with werewolves.”
Multiple studios are said to be bidding on the Wolf Night package as we speak.
Michael Bay and Brad Fuller will produce for Platinum Dunes.
Jonathan Liebesman’s directorial credits also include Darkness Falls (2003), Rings (2005), The Killing Room (2009), Wrath of the Titans (2012), and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014).
Will Honley recently wrote Escape Room: Tournament of Champions.
We seem to be in the midst of a full-on werewolf movie resurgence, with films including Steven C. Miller’s Werewolves and Larry Fessenden’s Blackout headed our way this year.
