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The well known horror film studio Blumhouse Productions has officially begun production of their latest reimagining of the Universal Monsters universe with The Wolf Man. Director Leigh Whannell, who directed the 2020 reboot of The Invisible Man, is now sinking his teeth into the world of the iconic lycanthrope creature. He shared via his social media that principal photography has begun.

Day one on the set of Wolf Man. Director Leigh Whannell pictured here. Lfg!!!

: Nicola Dove/Universal Pictures and @blumhouse pic.twitter.com/qeny3bjYdl

— Jason Blum (@jason_blum) March 18, 2024

The film is set to star Christopher Abbott as the titular character with Julian Garner set to portray his potential love interest. Not much is currently known about the story aside from it taking elements from the original. There is also no knowledge if it is in any way connected to The Invisible Man.

IMDb does list a synopsis that reads,...

The Australian horror film Killing Ground has a lot of great performances, but it doesn’t quite deliver on its promise...

There’s no denying that Killing Ground is an impressive debut feature. Writer-director Damien Power, making the step up from short film, pens winningly realistic dialogue and always finds unique framing for his shots. The stylistic stuff is nicely done, but the substance it’s wrapped around leaves a bit to be desired.

The basic set up isn’t really the problem, and it’s simple enough: two separate camping trips take place in the Australian wilderness, and neither group stays happy campers for long. Harriet Dyer and Ian Meadows put in highly likeable performances as Sam and Ian, a smitten young couple who take a tent to the beach and soon come to regret it. Julian Garner, Maya Strange and Tiarnie Coupland play a similarly adorable family, who...

I have a huge appreciation for Australian cinema, so I was thrilled to have the opportunity to sit down and speak with several folks involved with Killing Ground, the brutal survival horror film written and directed by Damien Power and starring Aaron Pedersen, Aaron Glenane, Harriet Dyer, Ian Meadows, Maya Stange, Julian Garner, and Tiarnie Coupland.

Killing Ground premiered over the weekend at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, and Daily Dead caught up with Power, Glenane, and Stange to talk about their experiences collaborating on the project, the importance of building trust on the set of the brutal thriller, and much more.

Look for more from the Sundance Film Festival all this week, right here on Daily Dead!

Great to speak with you today, guys. Damien, I’d love to start with you and hear about approach to this project and creating these villains, German (Pedersen) and Chook (Glenane), who you end up getting lost with,...