From 2011 to 2017, the beloved MTV collection “Teen Wolf” introduced new life to the unique 1985 movie of the identical identify. The present adopted teenage protagonist Scott McCall (Tyler Posey), a highschool pupil who learns to steadiness his twin id as a werewolf and defend his city from supernatural creatures. During its six-year run, “Teen Wolf” garnered a loyal fan base, and since its finish, followers of the present have been eagerly anticipating an analogous teen drama to sink their tooth into.
In December 2021, Deadline broke the information that “Teen Wolf” creator Jeff Davis could be returning to the werewolf universe with a brand new collection, “Wolf Pack.” Upon the discharge of the announcement, many instantly tied the upcoming collection to “Teen Wolf” and assumed it might be a by-product. The thought is not far-fetched to imagine, as Davis revisited the “Teen Wolf” franchise in 2022 when he wrote the script for “Teen Wolf: The Movie,” however “Wolf Pack” truly has no connection to the unique collection and is not a by-product. According to Entertainment Weekly, Davis clarified the present’s variations throughout an interview at New York Comic Con.
For one, “Wolf Pack” is impressed by the ebook collection of the identical identify by Edo van Belkom. Additionally, Davis defined that he needed to discover conventional myths within the collection moderately than do a inventive spin on them like in “Teen Wolf.” “I did wish to do one thing completely different, however from Teen Wolf. With ‘Teen Wolf,’ one of many first issues we did was this is the normal werewolf delusion, how will we spin it. This, I needed to return to extra conventional myths,” he mentioned.
The storyline and characters of “Wolf Pack” have extra depth as nicely, in response to Davis. “I discovered with youngsters today, there are points similar to nervousness, disconnected youth looking for one another, can they nonetheless discover one another in a world like this the place it is all know-how, pandemics, and persons are being separated,” he instructed Entertainment Weekly. “That’s actually what the story is about: these 4 children discovering one another, and discovering their pack, and discovering their folks.”
“Wolf Pack” facilities round 4 youngsters whose lives are modified when a raging wildfire awakens a supernatural creature of their California city. Through the disastrous chaos, the group struggle to outlive and in the end uncover that when a full moon seems, all of them share a secret connection to a werewolf.
Don’t miss the collection premiere on Paramount+ on Jan. 26, and catch the trailer beneath earlier than it hits the streamer!