Are they remaking the American werewolf in Paris movie?”
An American Werewolf in Paris is a 1997 horror/comedy about werewolves. It was directed by Anthony Waller and starred Tom Everett Scott and Julie Delpy. It follows the general concept of the 1981 film An American Werewolf in London. The title of this film has a bit of history; when production of the original London film ran into trouble with British Equity, director John Landis, having scouted locations in Paris, considered moving the production to France and changing the title of his film to An American Werewolf in Paris.
The news of remakes of classic horror movies just keeps on coming with word that Dimension Films (The Weinstein Company’s genre film division) have acquired the rights to remake An American Werewolf in London. Screen Rant reported last June that original American Werewolf director, John Landis, said that Hollywood has been wanting to remake his movie for ages, but the fact that he owned the rights were stopping them. Well, it appears Landis has sadly buckled and sold those rights, which will eventually deliver us a remake of his horror masterpiece. Bloody Disgusting has nabbed the exclusive that Dimension has acquired the remake rights to An American Werewolf in London – BD was also the site that reported on the rumblings of AAWIL remake over a year ago. Some of you out there may remember the horrible sequel to Landis’ movie that was released in 1997, entitled An American Werewolf in Paris – please avoid it at all costs and seek out the original. Even if you’re not a hardcore horror mo
