Marvel Studios
By Matthew Bilodeau/Oct. 3, 2022 2:48 pm EST
In a recent featurette for the upcoming special, Marvel Studios CEO Kevin Feige talks about how, in addition to expanding upon the MCU’s take on the supernatural, “Werewolf by Night” will ultimately open up a whole new world as well:
“We wanted to explore entirely new characters and entirely new sides of the MCU with this unusual, fun, and frightening spin on the supernatural […] We are introducing a world that will ultimately become quite important to the future of the MCU.”
Bring on the monsters!
With brief appearances from Man-Thing and other creatures adorned on the wall, it makes me so happy that the MCU appears to be all-in on bringing their roster of monsters to the screen. Along with “Moon Knight,” this feels like a great precursor to the world of “Blade.”
While based on the Marvel Comics run of the same name, a large part of the reason why “Werewolf by Night” appealed to me as much as it did was because I’m a wholesale sucker for the Universal Classic Monsters movies of the ’30s and ’40s, and that is exactly the kind of aesthetic Giacchino is paying tribute to here. Given how much he adores those movies, I can’t wait to see what he has in store.
Additionally, “Werewolf by Night” also marks the first entry into a new division of the MCU called “Marvel Studios’ Special Presentation,” which appears to be an outlet for the entertainment giant to experiment and test out new things without having to cram it into a theatrical or television series format. It can just exist on its own, giving the creative folks behind these projects the freedom to go wild without having to worry about the larger continuity at hand.
