Benicio del Toro, star and executive producer on the remake, chatted briefly with MTV’s Movie Blog about the role of Larry Talbot and how they’re approaching the redux; “We’re trying to go back to the original. There’s something very nostalgic about it for me. I loved all those monsters when I was a kid,” he told them. Mark Romanek is directing.
No word on if Sir Anthony Hopkins has officially signed on for the role of Talbot’s well-to-do father as has been rumored, as apparently nothing’s been signed yet. Thought it would be a boon for the remake in terms of name recognition, personally I think the more unknown actors, the better so the focus can be on characters.
Like I said, I make sure to pay attention whenever the film is mentioned so look for more as we move closer to its shoot date!