Christopher Abbott has replaced Ryan Gosling in Blumhouse and Universal’s Wolf Man.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Abbott has been tapped to replace Gosling in the upcoming werewolf horror thriller Wolf Man, which is being directed by Leigh Whannell.
Blumhouse and Universal have also given the movie an official release date, as it will now hit theaters in the United States on October 25, 2024.
What do we know about Wolf Man?
Gosling was originally circling Wolf Man in May 2020. At the time, Gosling was in talks to play an anchorman who gets infected, with the script being compared to 1976’s Network and 2014’s Nightcrawler.
Whannell was originally on board to helm the movie but left the project in 2021. Derek Cianfrance, who previously directed Gosling in 2010’s Blue Valentine and 2012’s The Place Beyond the Pines, was brought on to replace him but now departs Wolf Man alongside Gosling. Gosling will still receive an executive producer credit on the movie.
Plot details are being kept under wraps at this time. The script comes from Whannell, Corbett Tuck, Lauren Schuker Blum, and Rebecca Angelo. Jason Blum is producing the movie, while Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner, and Whannell serve as executive producers alongside Gosling.
Whannell is known for writing a number of James Wan horror movies, including 2004’s Saw, 2007’s Dead Silence, and 2010’s Insidious. He made his directorial debut in 2015 with Insidious: Chapter 3 before he went on to direct 2018’s Upgrade and, most recently, 2020’s The Invisible Man with Elisabeth Moss. He also received a story credit for 2023’s Insidious: The Red Door, which was directed by Patrick Wilson.
Abbott, meanwhile, is known for playing roles in 2017’s It Comes at Night, 2018’s First Man, 2020’s Possessor, and 2022’s Sanctuary. He can currently be seen in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, which is getting a wide release in the United States on December 22, 2023, and will also appear in 2024’s Kraven the Hunter.
