‘American Werewolf in London’ remake: ‘Walking Dead’ creators involved

The 1981 horror comedy "American Werewolf in London" was confirmed for a remake just recently. The original movie is coming to its 35^th anniversary, which starred David Naughton and Griffin Dunne.

John Landis and Anthony Waller, who directed the loose sequel "American Werewolf in Paris" back in 1997, have sealed the agreement to the rights of the film with Unisersal Pictures, Rolling Stone reported. The agreement made way for the film to be up and running for a remake.

 "American Werewolf in London" is a story of two American college students who went backpacking in London when a wolf attacks them. David (David Naughton) survives but Jack (Griffin Dunne) died during the attack. David was turned into a werewolf and was haunted by the spirit of his friend and his recent victims, demanding him to commit suicide to release them from being trapped between the worlds for their unnatural deaths.

Fans of the movie should be very excited to know that creators of the hit series "Walking Dead" are on board for the remake. David Alpert and Robert Kirkman are producing through Skybound Entertainment. The original "American Werewolf" became a cult classic, according to Deadline, although initially it received mixed reviews.

Viewers should expect realistic make-up this time, seeing what goes on in "Walking Dead". Though in the 80s, and when CGI was not yet used, make-up artist Rick Baker did a very good job in this field. He won his first Oscar for his work in the "American Werewolf in London" in 1981.

The remake of the film will be written and directed by Max Landis, the son of the original movie's director John Landis. It was said that a new version of the film will be made by the younger Landis.

Max Landis made his directorial debut with the 2015 movie, Me Him Her, which was poorly received. His other credentials are mostly as a writer. He wrote "American Ultra", "Victor Frankenstein" and "Mr. Right".

Although, the 1978 song "Werewolves of London" was usually associated with the movie, John Landis preferred to use "Bad Moon Rising" revived by Creedence Clearwater, as the music background in the original film during David's first transformation into a werewolf. Watch the transformation scene of the original movie here.