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 Teen Wolf News 121614



 Movie Wolves

From the big screen to YouTube, current and former Teen Wolf cast will be everywhere in the coming year.

Dylan O’Brien
You can pick up The Maze Runner on DVD starting today and, in about 10 months, you can see part two of Dylan O’Brien’s film saga when The Scorch Trials hits US theaters in September.

This week, according to published reports, Dylan is filming at what they call the “Gertrude Zachary Castle” in Albuquerque, NM. The location is apparently full of antiques and is located in a “not so good” part of town.



Again - The Scorch Trials is set for a September 2015 release.

Tyler Hoechlin
Tyler Hoechlin wore the evidence of his latest project all over his face (pornstache). He plays a college baseball player in Richard Linklater’s upcoming movie That’s What I’m Talking About. The film is into post production and should hit theater’s sometime next year.

The fate of Hoechlin’s OTHER baseball movie is less certain. Undrafted (written and directed by Joe Mazzello) has yet to find a distributor. Hoechlin plays a character called “Dells” in this coming-of-age movie about a college baseball star who can’t cut it in the minor leagues.

The film is supposed to hit theaters sometime next year but without a distributor, you may likely see it on iTunes or Amazon Instant first.

Gage Golightly
Former Teen Wolfie Gage Golightly’s movie also has some problems. Chief among them, it was finished back in 2012 and still isn’t released. Originally called Blackmask, the flick was recently renamed Exerter.

Some people saw a preview back in March and say it’s an enjoyable horror entry but 9 months later it still doesn’t have a release date and so far, they’ve only secured international distribution in France, India and Pakistan.

Gage just finished shooting a reboot of Eli Roth’s Cabin Fever in Oregon. It’s another horror role and is currently slated for a 2015 release.

Charlie Carver
One of the most highly anticipated performances will come from Charlie Carver in the movie Michael, currently slated for a Sundance 2015 debut.

The reason the media went nuts over this particular role is because it has Carver sharing a sex scene with James Franco and Zachary Quinto. The star-studded threeway is a racy part of what promises to be a very slow/thoughtful movie (Gus Van Sant produced) but it's all folks could talk about for a few days there.

You can read more about the hot and steamy here.

Stephen Lunsford
Our dearly departed Kanima Master, Stephen Lunsford, made headlines this week after he took to Instagram to say he would be creating a prequel miniseries to go along with the release of the video game Rise of The Tomb Raider.

The Instagram image showed he was outside gamemaker Crystal Dynamics’ Redwood City, California headquarters at the time. He’s also worked with them before on some Laura Croft themed YouTube Videos.

But Stephen may have jumped the gun this time – he took down the post shortly after it got picked up and began to spread leaving the status of the project in limbo. The game is set to hit Xbox next Christmas.

 Will Eye Candy Kill Teen Wolf?

The same promotions team responsible for Teen Wolf’s expansive social media success is now pushing MTV’s new drama Eye Candy. Victoria Justice stars in the cybercrime procedural set in Brooklyn and Manhattan. It’ll debut on Monday, January 12.

The just-released trailer looks interesting. Combine that with Victoria Justice’s star power and we can safely predict that the show will pull in a sizable audience.

That may be cause for concern among Teen Wolf fans because if MTV scores another high-profile hit - they might not need our little show anymore.

As Jeff Davis put it recently “It’s all a question really of the network, whether they decide it’s not too expensive to shoot the show anymore or really whether it’s worth it to them. If people keep watching and still like the show we’ll keep doing it.”

Currently Teen Wolf is still the highest rated drama on the network (even with the recent issues with poor Nielsen reporting) and that means MTV really, really needs to keep it on the air. Teen Wolf (also Awkward) is all they have when it comes time to talk to VIACOM stockholders about success with original scripted programming.

They’ve tried breaking through with other shows, drama Finding Carter failed to find much in the way of an audience while their recent comedies can’t even crack a million viewers. Eye Candy might be just the breakthrough they’ve been hoping for and that could change how the network looks at Teen Wolf.

To date, Teen Wolf has been worth keeping because it’s a prestige product that’s critically acclaimed and popular worldwide but the cost of doing the show goes up every season. There's also the fact that keeping the stars on the show becomes increasingly difficult as they find success with other projects and demand higher paychecks.

Another factor worth noting – at the end of Season 5 they’ll have 80 episodes of Teen Wolf which is just enough for off-network syndication. That means they could continue to make money on the show even if they never produce another episode.

The bottom line – Eye Candy won’t kill Teen Wolf directly but, if the new show hits big, it’ll make it easier for MTV to pull the trigger.

One More Thing
Of course - if Eye Candy doesn’t kill us – Ghostface just might.

The much delayed TV series based on the iconic horror/comedy SCREAM is set to debut in October of 2015 – even though we’ve heard next to nothing about it since they made that announcement two months ago.

I say “next to nothing” we did learn one interesting piece of information this week – the first episode will open just like the old movie did. Bella Thorne will reenact the death of Drew Barrymore’s “Casey Becker” character seen in the first few minutes of the original 1996 film. We also know that they won’t be using the rubbery Ghostface mask from the movies – instead they’re promising a “more organic looking… darker version” according to this piece at io9.

 New Video Project

You might notice some new videos on some of our articles. I’ve started putting together brief explainers about some of the major plot points of the show.

The Hale Arson Conspiracy The Benefactor

Other topics I’d like to tackle are the Kanima/Kanima Master lore and maybe something clarifying Malia’s age. If you have suggestions, throw them at the comment section. I’m happy to read them all even if they never make it into one of the videos.