A New Featurette For Marvel’s Upcoming Halloween Special night werewolf revealed new footage and features Marvel’s Kevin Feige teasing how the special sets up the future of the MCU.
New Featurette Delves Into Horror Film Influences From night werewolf, which seems to be radically different stylistically from anything that has come before it in the MCU. Feige promises that the special will offer “entirely new characters and entirely new sides to the MCU.”
The new footage includes looks at several supernatural characters, mysterious masked figures, and Gael Garcia Bernal’s Jack Russell beginning to transform into his werewolf form.
New night werewolf featurette sees director Michael Giacchino explain why he chose to approach the Marvel project in the style of a classic monster movie, addressing the power of those movies.
“I love monster movies because they’re such allegories for feeling different from others,” Giacchino says in the new featurette. Kevin Feige also reveals that night werewolf is “the introduction to a world that will eventually become quite important to the future of the MCU”.
Discover the new night werewolf featurette below:
The bold risks Marvel took with it night werewolf seem to be bearing fruit. Early reactions to the special have been overwhelmingly positive and it arrived on Rotten Tomatoes to a staggering 100% score based on early reviews.
Here’s the synopsis for Marvel Studios’ upcoming Halloween special:
“On a dark, dark night, a secret cabal of monster hunters emerges from the shadows and gathers at the sinister Temple of Bloodstone after the death of their leader,” the synopsis reads. “In a strange and macabre memorial to the leader’s life, participants are thrust into a mysterious and deadly competition for a powerful relic – a hunt that will ultimately bring them face to face with a dangerous monster.”
night werewolf stars Gael García Bernal, Laura Donnelly, Harriet Sansom Harris, Al Hamacher, Eugenie Bondurant, Kirk Thatcheras Jovan, Jaycob Maya and Daniel Watts. Michael Giacchino directed the special from a script written by Peter Cameron and Heather Quinn. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige serves as the executive producer.
night werewolf will be available on Disney Plus on October 7. Stay tuned for all the latest news on the special and be sure to subscribe to the Heroic Hollywood YouTube channel for more original video content.
Source: IGN
