The Werewolf By Night Movie You’ll Never See - Canned Goods

In 2001, Werewolf by Night almost became a movie, but it wasn’t meant to be.
Dimension Films had announced its intention to make films of three marvel properties- Ghost Rider, Cloak and Dagger, and Werewolf By Night. Through rounds of rewrites and revisions, Robert Nelson Jacobs eventually turned in a Werewolf By Night script in early 2004.
This script ignores essentially all of the established lore of the title character and the larger Marvel Comics Universe. Jack Russell is nowhere to be seen, instead being replaced by a character named Jake Lightman. In fact, the only prominent Marvel anything in this script is the character of Isaiah Curwen- albeit in a totally different form than in the source material. Despite all of this, the script manages to be very fun.
So today, we'll walk through the development, plot and cancellation of Werewolf By Night.
Enjoy!
00:00 - The Canceled Werewolf By Night Movie
00:19 - Werewolf By Night Movie Development
01:18 - Canceled Werewolf By Night Movie Plot Breakdown
15:06 - Why Did the Werewolf By Night Movie get Canceled?
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[@mattboy2389]

Grass is green, the sun rises, and Avi Arad produces a weird Marvel adaptation

[@HemmasStudios_]

Couldn’t have said it better myself :P

[@mickeymouse7726]

This movie could have been great or terrible we just don't know

[@HEAVYMETALmovie1981]

Werewolf by night was well received and had plenty of positive feedback. I hope we'll get to see more of werewolf by night in the future later

[@mickeymouse7726]

I love the art of the classic werewolf by night comics the bright colors look so cool

[@Jack-Franklin_Films05]

While I am in love with the version we got, this would have been a great movie!

[@HemmasStudios_]

Couldn't agree more! The version we got was great!

[@wallygator92]

You should make a video on John Carpenter's cancelled remake of the Creature from the Black Lagoon

[@HemmasStudios_]

I could definitely look into it!

[@daveninava]

I think I Would Love To see This movie It Will Be Cool It Will Be the Best superhero Movie of the 2000s It will be next to Xmen 2, Sam Raimi Spider Man 1,2 And Blade 2 It Will be Amazing to See this Happen

[@llmenace926]

Babe wake up Hemmas uploaded! Another fun video! This is an interesting script and could maybe work for something like universals Wolfman but not werewolf by night lol. I’m excited for the new one coming tomorrow and I want to get my hands on the OG comics now. They look great. As a suggestion for a script you could maybe look at I found a Stanley Kubrick Napoleon script that was never made. He’s one of my favorite directors ever and it’s a shame that we never got to see that film.

[@HemmasStudios_]

Thank you for the kind words! Napoleon is a video I've kicked around the idea of doing, on and off, for a few years. But I keep wrestling with how to do it the right way... hopefully at some point

[@llmenace926]

@@HemmasStudios_ yeah I get that, I feel like just reading Kubrick scripts doesn’t truly give you the full experience. Kubricks direction, cinematography and everything else always makes the film.

[@tommybail895]

I have some ideas you should do the canceled Ghostbusters three how about Stewart Gordon’s Iron Man and Superman lives and how about Circle seven toys story three

[@candycrushhater5828]

I don’t know if you know this, but Cars 2 originally had a different and darker plot behind it. I know this, because I’ve looked up some of it’s concept art, as well as a few story-board scenes that never made it to the final cut, like one that shows a British spy car getting crushed in a scrapyard after getting chased down in Prague, and another where Mater tells one of his “Tall Tales” to news reporters, where he saved McQueen from a bunch of clowns and ninjas during the Piston Cup 500. I could not for my life find any further plot details about the original Cars 2 plot before it was changed, so the MPAA would give it a G rating, like the first Cars had. If you could somehow find the original plot somewhere, and then maybe, JUST maybe, talk about it in a future video of yours, that would be sweet.

[@nicwinsteadart5330]

This could have been a really cool way to introduce Moon Knight as a character at the end for maybe a sequel and the spin off

[@HemmasStudios_]

When I first read the script I had a similar thought- if they did a sequel making Moon Knight the ‘villain’ and maybe introducing Jack Russell as a side character!

[@mickeymouse7726]

Yeah

[@nicwinsteadart5330]

@@HemmasStudios_ honestly you could just swap out the name of the main character is Jack Russell and you wouldn't miss a beat because his story can be changed.

[@markuspaceuis3200]

Can you please talk about the original version of the Emperor's New Groove: Kingdom of the Sun please?

[@HemmasStudios_]

I can 100% look into Kingdom of the Sun

[@WeasleyDodds]

Great video, you should do a video about the unmade Sandman movie that would be an awesome video

[@HemmasStudios_]

I can definitely look into it!

[@miguelbrymn3426]

A Sandman movie??

[@homanism6438]

Wherr did you get that script? Can you send me a link? Anyway, i found many cancelled DC and Marvel movie script such -Tarantino's Luke Cage -LOBO (2008 draft) -Daredevil Blind Justice (1998) -Daredevil Born Again (1995) -Ryan Reynolds The Flash -Thor (2007 draft, better than MCU version) -Excelsior (Stan Lee's Biopic) -Laeta Kalogridis's Wonder Woman -Nick Fury (1986) -Aronofsky's Wolverine

[@lolcompany4u]

Could you send me Tarantinos Luke Cage??

[@mickeymouse7726]

I really liked the first Thor movie it's flawed but to me it's the best Thor movie

[@HemmasStudios_]

I could definitely look into those!

[@homanism6438]

Can you send a link downlod of Werewolf by Night script/screenplay? In exchange, i'll give you a link to unproduced script that i have

[@tommybail895]

You should do Stuart Gordon Iron Man

[@srstriker6420]

This looks interesting, I wonder why I never heard of this before until now, with the main character having his name changed is the exact same thing for Jack Black’s Green Lantern movie, can you do the first draft of TMNT 2 secret of the ooze where the Shredder was meant to return, where it would have Baxter Stockman and the Rat king and the other one was with the Utroms which people would mistake them for Krang. What film are going to do when Black Adam movie comes out?

[@HemmasStudios_]

Oh man, I definitely gotta look into the TMNT 2 draft. Nothing for Black Adam, next video is something that isn't related to an upcoming big release :)

[@srstriker6420]

@@HemmasStudios_ good

[@Joecbg100]

@@HemmasStudios_ Love me some hidden TMNT facts, i cant wait.

[@darkmyro]

I feel like you could really go into a lot of the mcu( or marvel) projects we never got( some of which you've touched on, but could maybe do a full episode on): movies: -the canceled iron man movies -edger right's ant-man -the 2004 marvel movie slate -Spiderman 4 -amazing Spiderman 3 - cannon Spiderman movie -1980s fantastic four movie -90s doctor strange -james cameran produced wolverine and the x-men -captain america serpent society -the inhuman movie( that eventually became the awful tv show) -the gambit movie -sliver(sable) and black(cat)( and the black cat film) - she-hulk movie -blade prequel film - 2000's shang chi -2000s iron fist movie -2004 black widow movie -namor the submariner film -deathlok movie - del toro's dr.strange( it had a script by Neil gaiman why wasn't this made!!!) -90s nick cage movie( Quinten tarintio was gonna make it) - the dazzler movie( that movie sounded insane XD) -2006 nick fury movie tv: -damage control tv show( not sure if you do tv shows) -mockingbird tv show ( which may or may not be marvels most wanted) -new warriors tv show( which I'm still kinda sad about) - runaways film ( that eventually got made into a show) -ghost rider tv show( agents of shield a ton of spin offs that didn't get made apparently) - the dead pool cartoon ran by Daniel glover - ( a ton of other) marvel sequels - a ton of canceled marvel one shots I decided to do a little research into canceled marvel products, I honestly didn't know they had this much canceled material geeze no wonder they went bankrupt in the 90s( I mean I know a lot gets started and abandoned, but.... still. I'm scared to look at DC now cause I know they have a lot of canceled stuff too like super-man flyby from j.j. abrams and another potential superman movie from Kevin smith). also I'm not sure if a one or two of these you've already went over cause I know you went over a doctor strange movie, but I tried to keep out anything you've already went over. also also if there's not enough for some of these to have a full episode you could do something similar to the space jam episode and squash a few of these into their own video( like a canceled marvel sequels episode, another Spider-man episode, a fantastic four episode, or a agents of shield centric episode( you could of even go into that awful made for tv nick fury agent of shield made-for-tv movie for that).

[@HemmasStudios_]

Oh believe me, we are very much on the same wavelength, there are many, many of these shows and movies I want to cover in the future. And as for the idea of squashing a few topics in one video, I also like that format a lot, I'm sure it will return at some point :D

[@carter358]

Probably the clusterfuck of Cursed (2005) caused them to drop the idea of this movie.

[@HemmasStudios_]

I’ve actually never heard of Cursed- Is the plot similar to this?

[@Joecbg100]

​​​@@HemmasStudios_Cursed is a Wes Craven film plagued by Weinstein reshoots and cut characters. It was fine but felt indistinguishable from other Weinstein stuff in that era like Urban Legend or something. It's a messy messy thing, I recommend checking it out

[@Nablo]

Can you make videos about the cancelled cloak and dagger and ghost rider movies?

[@mickeymouse7726]

There's a cancelled ghost Rider movie script

[@HemmasStudios_]

If I told you that I didn't also think about those movies when I was writing the script for this one, I'd be lying :)

[@homanism6438]

The cancelled Ghost Rider script has been recycled to Spirit of Vengeance movie.

[@mickeymouse7726]

Id love to see the ghost Rider cancelled movie script video I'm a big fan of the character

[@mickeymouse7726]

I had heard about this movie but didn't know it had a script this detailed thank you for making it I love the editing in this also have you seen the werewolf by night special on Disney plus I saw it yesterday and I loved it but it was so short I wish they had made s full 2 hour movie like that it could have been such a unique experience in the theaters but that's just my opinion man

[@HemmasStudios_]

Thank you for the kind words! I watched the first few minutes of the special last night and I'm *very* excited to watch more!

[@mickeymouse7726]

I really enjoyed it I wanted more like I want a black and white manthing origin story Halloween special

[@mickeymouse7726]

Hopefully marvel makes a black and white legion of monsters or Midnight Sons movie I'd love to see it in the theaters it would be a awesome experience man

[@HemmasStudios_]

@@mickeymouse7726 After having watched it, I'm convinced that we have to be getting some version of Midnight Sons- I mean the board is set: WWBN, Man Thing, Blade, Moon Knight, etc. I'd be all about it.

[@mickeymouse7726]

My wish is that Marvel studios and Disney keeps it black and white because that's what would make Midnight Sons or legion of monsters a unique and different experience from other superhero team up movies like the Avengers, fantastic four, X-men and Guardians of the Galaxy movies because this film could be a adventure monster film first and a superhero movie second the cast could include Elsa bloodstone, werewolf by night, Man thing, blade and moon Knight maybe even Wong since doctor strange is busy with Clea in the dark dimension I don't know who they would fight but I'd love to see them fight nightmare or mephisto that would be great to see in live action I hope it happens man

[@raynwolfsbane2084]

Loving your channel bro! Could you please do a video on one of the pre-Ang Lee Hulk scripts?

[@HemmasStudios_]

Very happy you're enjoying! You're also not the only person who's asked me to do one of the Hulk movies- maybe it's worth looking into :P

[@derrickhaggard]

Here's hoping we get both Jack Russell and Jake Gomez in the MCU with the success of the Werewolf by Night Special that came on Disney+.

[@newman8564]

God bless you that you are showing us these canceled ideas🙏🏼✝️🙌💪

[@JoaoGuilherme-hp6zs]

Also can you do the cancelled iron fist , Luke cage , shang chi , namor & deathlok

[@HemmasStudios_]

I can definitely look into those!

[@Oppenhomie]

This would've been the coolest movie.

[@CutlockCrewWeReal]

Where did you get the screenplay for this? I've been looking for it for a while but never managed to get it.

[@HemmasStudios_]

I received it from a source (that I'd like to keep anonymous) that I trust implicitly. (Probably a frustrating answer- I know)

[@NostalgicEdition]

Man this sounds really fucking cool. I didn’t really enjoy or like the Disney+ werewolf by midnight. I thought it was crappy and had a boring story, but this would’ve been really interesting to see a more basic and reimagined version of the character. I would’ve loved to see this film get made.

[@user-fx7si3kx5j]

They could make it

[@HiddenGemCinema]

Quick question. What editing software do you use?

[@HemmasStudios_]

Hi! I actually use a few different pieces of software: - Adobe Audition to edit the narration - After Effects to do the character animations - Garageband to edit sound effects and the background music I compile all of that stuff into Premiere Pro!

[@matthoward6829]

Well I think we can all see why this movie wasn’t made

[@grzegorzgarbaciak8775]

I guess the next video will be about Batgirl

[@HemmasStudios_]

I definitely have Batgirl on the list, but I can definitively say that the next video is very different than Batgirl :D

[@grzegorzgarbaciak8775]

@@HemmasStudios_ Ok i’m curious

[@filmunion8194]

Cast ????

[@HemmasStudios_]

No cast to speak of, unsure if casting ever wound up taking place

[@angelglass2618]

My fan cast Ryan Philipe Jake Monica Kenna Laura Matthew Lillard Michael Jeremy Irons The lauras Father

[@Kal-Grayskull]

Plot for for this cancelled movie sounds very interesting. This would've been better than watching that trash and edgy R rated Man-Thing movie from 2005.

[@HemmasStudios_]

Man-Thing has the potential to be such a cool movie, that movie was such a dropped ball…

[@mickeymouse7726]

After seeing the Disney plus marvel special presentation Id like to see a Man thing origin short film it could be such a tragic story about how Ted Sallis became Man thing

[@micmorgan84]

This script is terrible

[@HiddenGemCinema]

I bet you are the sort of person who gets hyped over MCU movies. Stay quiet.

[@LynetteTheMadScientist]

That script sounded good to you?? It sounded awful to me :/ Glad it wasn’t made. Yikes

[@HemmasStudios_]

I always find it fascinating when people could experience the same thing and come away feeling totally different about it. :D I’m curious, what was your least favorite thing about it?

[@JoaoGuilherme-hp6zs]

This could be a razzie filme ?

[@LynetteTheMadScientist]

@@HemmasStudios_ Well the concept of the "Alpha werewolf" was pretty cringe to begin with. But my biggest issue was just how bloated the plot was. They either really wanted some werewolf v werewolf fights and were willing to make any ridiculous additions to the plot to get there. Or they couldn't decide between 3 different movies they wanted to make and decided to stuff them all into one.