Werewolf By Night Director Michael Giacchino Says Marvel Let Him Push The Gory Limits
Werewolf by Night director Michael Giacchino has revealed that higher-ups at Marvel Studios were surprisingly on-board with the gory direction the Halloween special would be taking. These details come just days after new information on the first R-rated Marvel Cinematic Universe project was revealed.
Based on the similarly named Marvel comic character, Marvel Studios' Werewolf by Night is an upcoming Halloween special set to air on Disney Plus that follows the adventures of a covert group of expert monster hunters caught in a succession contest involving strange artifacts until the proceedings threaten to have deadly consequences when a powerful creature appears in the area. While anticipation for new Marvel projects is high as phase 4 winds down, many casual fans unfamiliar with comics were left wondering who the titular Werewolf by Night is.
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Details of the production and direction of the film were given in an interview given to ScreenRant by Giacchino, the director of the project and the genius composer behind the Oscar-worthy score of recent cinematic success The Batman. When queried about Marvel Studios' possible restriction of the special’s gore, he revealed that he had received support to the contrary. “You know, it's funny, they never [did], at least if they did, they never did to me directly. They were always very supportive, and just allowed me to keep pushing forward, because so many of my comments during reviews and things would be like, 'Can we put more blood on that? Can we add more?'" he explained. «Or even when we were making the thing, I remember a couple of days before shooting one of the scenes going, 'Hey, what would happen if she cut
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