Danny Elfman Out as 'The Wolfman' Grabs a New Composer

by Cinematical staff Nov 10th 2009 // 2:18PM

Filed under: Horror, Remakes and Sequels

By Brian Salisbury

As if a massively disappointing delay in release date wasn't bad enough, the upcoming Wolfman remake has suffered yet another setback. Dread Central, by way of Cinemusic, is reporting that legendary film composer Danny Elfman is off the project and Paul Haslinger will be taking his place. Technically the word is that "scheduling conflicts" are to blame, but if you buy that nonsense I have a case of werewolf repellent I would love to sell to you. The film opens in February and I am honestly supposed to believe that Elfman plumb forgot he had a previous engagement? Or that he wouldn't be in the final stages of putting the music together anyway? The damn thing was supposed to come out this week. No, this reeks of studio politics and publicity malarkey.

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Tags: Composer, controversy, Danny Elfman, DannyElfman, problems, the wolfman, TheWolfman

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