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So Who's Starring in MTV's 'Teen Wolf'?

By: Erik Davis on December 14, 2009 at 12:01PM Comments (7)

Not long ago we told you how MTV was reviving the 1980s cult favorite Teen Wolf and turning it into a hip new TV show for the Twi-hard generation. The original 1985 film starred Michael J. Fox as a high school student who one day learns that he's part wolf. After being initially freaked out by this, he eventually uses his new way-too-hairy appearance to become the school's coolest cat (or, um, wolf).

 
The MTV series, however, will take things in a different (and more dramatic) direction. This version of Teen Wolf will star Tyler Posey, Tyler Hoechlin, Crystal Reed and Dylan O'Brien, and it will revolve around a teen (Posey) who takes on new powers after he's bitten during a wolf attack. Described as a "dramatic thriller with a buddy-comedy at the center and a romantic plot line", the show doesn't look to have much in common with the movie, save for the wolf get-up and the male best friend who takes an interest in his pal's new transformation.
 
No word on whether the best friend will be named Stiles, and/or if our two buddies will go van surfing at any point during the show (God I hope so!), but it does seem like there will be plenty of juicy supernatural teen angst here to attract a fairly large tween and teen audience.
 
What do you think? Will you watch the new Teen Wolf?

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  • Jan 3rd 2010 3:19PM

    1707874401  said...

    By the way, I might watch it, and if it sucks, I won't watch it again.

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  • Dec 28th 2009 11:18PM

    gothmo  said...

    I have a feeling this wont be very good at all. There's already a bunch of bad shows out there, why add more? And if you're going to make a show based on a movie, make sure it's actually based on the movie, not a rough estimation.

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  • Dec 14th 2009 4:29PM

    1091392295  said...

    Buffy the Vampire Slayer was a bad movie also, but the series was awesome

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  • Dec 14th 2009 3:46PM

    darkerlust  said...

    wth, teen wolf wasnt a bad movie, now the second one sucked though.

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  • Dec 14th 2009 3:44PM

    782137402  said...

    This is not going to be good...

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  • Dec 14th 2009 12:55PM

    1450516228  said...

    A really bad movie being made into a really bad tv series. It is guaranteed to last for 3 weeks max, and then be forgotten until it becomes and answer to a trivia question.

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  • Jan 3rd 2010 3:17PM

    1707874401  said...

    You're an *******, Teen wolf was a good movie, you're probably not even old enough to have seen it when it first came out in the first place. Go get bent!

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