How The Wolf Man's Design Will Be Different From Other Werewolves Teased By Reboot Director: "Just Looked Perfect"

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The director is ready to explain how he developed a new version of the iconic monster's design. As a reboot, it hopes to reimagine the classic Universal 1941 monster movie. The trailer was recently released at New York Comic Con and revealed a family struggling under the pressure of an unknown enemy. The original movie certainly showcased horror, but director Leigh Whannell intends to infuse an eerie sense of mystery into the franchise.

In an exclusive interview with, Whannell opened up about his designs for the character. After compiling a book containing all the different werewolf designs, he settled on a single one. Surprisingly, he also cited Heath Ledger's Joker as a major inspiration for. While Whannell did not view it as a visual concept for the character, Joker did play into the creature's nature. He was also surprised to find that he had no reason to contest the make-up artist's version of the character. Check out Whannell's full quote below:

It was tough. It was weird, because it was exactly as you said, there's been so many versions of this. I lined up all the different versions, I had a PDF of everyone from Lon Chaney to David Norton in American Werewolf, The Howling, Dog Soldiers. I had every look in front of me, and I'm kind of staring at it, and I'm like, «All right, so where do I fit in?» You know what a big inspiration to me was, was Heath Ledger's version of the Joker. Not so much in terms of look, but I had a photo of him on my desk as the Joker because I really love what they did there with the character. They stayed true to what the Joker is but they just took it [to another level], you hadn't seen that version of the Joker before. Not at that time. People still love it. Do you remember when they first released that image of his face with that one sheet? Social media was not as crazy in 2008 as it is now, but I remember Twitter exploded. It was like, «Is that the Joker?» I find that so inspirational what they did with that character and how they