‘Wolf Man’ Trailer Teases Christopher Abbott’s Grisly Transformation

Things are getting hairy for Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner in the first teaser trailer for Wolf Man.

Universal Pictures is set to release director Leigh Whannell‘s horror feature in theaters Jan. 17, 2025. The film is a reimagining of the classic monster franchise that launched with 1941’s The Wolf Man. The new version centers on a man whose family is hunted by a deadly predator.

“It sounded like an animal,” Abbott says in the trailer. “But I swear to God, it was standing on two feet.”

Later, a young girl asks, “What’s wrong with Daddy?”

Sam Jaeger and Matilda Firth round out the cast. Blumhouse and Motel Movies are behind the film that previously had Ryan Gosling attached as the lead before Abbott took over in the title role.

Jason Blum produces the movie that counts Whannell, Gosling, Ken Kao, Beatriz Sequeira and Melanie Turner as executive producers.

Abbott is known for roles on the series Girls, Catch-22 and The Crowded Room, in addition to appearing in the features Martha Marcy May Marlene, First Man and Poor Things. He stars alongside Barry Keoghan and Colm Meaney in the thriller Bring Them Down, which premieres this month at the Toronto International Film Festival, and also has a role in Sony’s Kraven the Hunter.

Garner earned three Emmy Awards for her breakout role as Ruth Langmore on the Netflix crime series Ozark. Her forthcoming projects include Paramount+’s Rosemary’s Baby prequel feature Apartment 7A, which launches later this month, and Disney’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps.