This is a remake of The Wolf Man originally released by Universal Studios in 1941, which starred Lon Chaney Jr. and Claude Rains. This version,which had been plagued with delays, will finally be released in February 2010, and stars Sir Anthony Hopkins and Benicio del Toro.
For those who are unfamiliar with the story, here is the synopsis as reported in IMDb.
Lawrence Talbot, a haunted nobleman, is lured back to his family estate after his brother vanishes. Reunited with his estranged father, Talbot sets out to find his brother... and discovers a horrifying destiny for himself. Talbot's childhood ended the night his mother died. After he left the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor, he spent decades recovering and trying to forget. But when his brother's fiancée, Gwen Conliffe, tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns home to join the search. He learns that something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers, and that a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector named Aberline has come to investigate.
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