The Wolfman Growling on DVD/Blu-Ray June 1st

The Wolfman has announced a DVD/Blu-Ray release date beginning June 1st. The film hosts an assortment of actors including Anthony Hopkins, Benicio Del Toro, and Emily Blunt. The release has many extras that range from u-control, to four featurettes and back to several alternate endings. The extras are comprehensive and the film, while not reviewed here, has an interesting premise, found below.

The synopsis for The Wolfman here:

"Lawrence Talbot's childhood ended the night his mother died. After he left the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor, he spent decades recovering and trying to forget. But when his brother's fiancée, Gwen Conliffe, tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns home to join the search. He learns that something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers, and that a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector named Aberline has come to investigate.

As he pieces together the gory puzzle, he hears of an ancient curse that turns the afflicted into werewolves when the moon is full. Now, if he has any chance at ending the slaughter and protecting the woman he has grown to love, Talbot must destroy the vicious creature in the woods surrounding Blackmoor. But as he hunts for the nightmarish beast, a simple man with a tortured past will uncover a primal side to himself, one he never imagined existed" (UHM).
Release Date: June 1st (DVD/Blu-Ray).

Director: Joe Johnston.

Writers: David Self, and Andrew Kevin Walker.

Cast: Simon Merrells, Gemma Whelan, and Cristina Contes.

One of the featurettes from the film:





-U-Control
-Take Control: Special Makeup Artist Rick Baker, Visual Effects Producer Karen Murphy-Mundell and Director of Photography Shelly Johnson ASC take control of the viewing experience in this unique feature, offering a personal visual commentary by engaging with select scenes of the film to reveal details of the filmmaking process.
-Werewolf Legacy, Lore and Legend: This documentary gives viewers a visual tour through more than seventy years of Universal's Wolf Man films and thousands of years of werewolf mythology.
* Two alternate endings not seen in theaters
* Deleted and extended scenes
* Featurettes:
-Return of The Wolfman: This featurette will look at how the cast and crew behind this new retelling have tapped into the tragic roots of legend and cinematic lore to unleash a new terror for today's audience.

The Beast Maker: A detailed look at how make-up wizard Rick Baker transformed a classic monster into a modern nightmare!

Transformation Secrets: Whether transforming werewolves, producing hallucinogenic nightmares or recreating the fog-covered streets of Victorian London, this featurette will look at how the visual effects team has created a haunting world of moonlit monsters and unsettling thrills.

The Wolfman Unleashed: The team behind the stunt and action units share the physical challenges of bringing the Wolfman to life and creating a series of intense and action-oriented set pieces.
-BD-Live™, pocket BLU™ app and UniversalHiDef.com:

The first ever online streaming of the original 1941 classic The Wolf Man.

Sources:

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