Who Will Direct Universal’s “Wolfman” Remake? Place Your Bets.

So last week the director of the Universal remake of The Wolfman took a hike, citing “creative differences”. That was Mark Romanek, director of One Hour Photo and some truly great music videos (99 Problems, anyone?). The Wolfman remake stars Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins, but you already knew this, you clever reader.

However, since then Universal’s been courting a variety of replacements and the internet is all a twitter about who will step in replace him. Here are the current contenders who’ve made their way to Studio City (former home of the Back To The Future ride!) to talk to Universal. Read this list and imagine how different each version of this movie could be with one of them:

Brett Ratner (Rush Hour 3, X-Men 3)

Frank Darabont (Shawshank Redemption, The Mist)

James Mangold (3:10 To Yuma)

Joe Johnston (Hidalgo, Jurassic Park 3)

Bill Condon (Dreamgirls)

Wow, that’s quite a range of filmmakers, eh? I guess the question is would you rather have your Wolfman remake full of moments like this:

Or moments like this:

Hmm. Of course, Collider.com is now reporting that John Landis is talking to Universal as well. You might remember he directed this little thing called An American Werewolf In London, it’s only THE BEST WEREWOLF FILM EVER MADE. Universal, don’t blow this one. If you trick me into watching another Van Helsing, I know where you live and I can get there in twenty minutes.