Recall how earlier I’d written that this could be a big year for Werewolves, capped off by Benicio Del Toro starring in The Wolfman, due out November 6, 2009? Well, forget that.

Brian Warmoth, writing at Twitter-Wood, MTV Movie Blog, passes this along from Richard Kelly, Writer/Director (Donnie Darko, Southland Tales):

“Wolfman moved to February, opening up a slot – and we won’t be competing with Saturday Halloween (and Michael Jackson doc).”

Looks like all bets are off for this being a great Werewolf year. Back to the giant snakes for ’09, I guess.

Maleva: “Whoever is bitten by a werewolf and lives becomes a werewolf himself.”
Larry Talbot: “Ah, don’t hand me that. You’re just wasting your time.”
Maleva: “The wolf bit you, didn’t he?”
Larry Talbot: “Yeah. Yeah he did!”

Oh well, there’s always good Werewolf reading available. Wink, wink.

The republished The Book of Werewolves by Sabine Baring-Gould is a new classic in hardback from the “Loren Coleman Presents” series from Cosimo Books.