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 Teen Wolf News 041316



 Hoechlin’s Big Hit

It was widely expected that Tyler Hoechlin’s new movie would do well and, after two weeks in limited release, so far so good. “Everybody Wants Some!!” opened on April 1 on just 19 screens. The Richard Linklater comedy scored a total take for that weekend of $312,355. That’s not blockbuster territory but, where the film was available, it was a solid hit with audiences. EWS!! brought in an average of $16,440 per screen. Compare that to "Batman V. Superman" which averaged $12,062 per screen over the same weekend.

Last weekend the number of screens more than tripled but EWS!! was still the third highest per screen average of all movies currently in theatres at $7,749 per screen.

The movie goes into a slightly wider release this weekend but will still be in less than 200 theaters nationwide, (none near me L ) but if the film continues to garner steady receipts, you can chalk up a win for Linklater and Hoechlin as the film takes in just about what the studio estimated prior to release.

 Mama Martin’s New Show

Actor Susan Walters (Teen Wolf’s Natalie Martin) announced via twitter that she’ll be filming a pilot for a new show destined for the Hulu streaming service. There’s not much on IMDB about the “When the Street Light’s go On” but Deadline and other industry mags report the show’s about a small town that gets all shook up after a couple of murders.


 * “In the vein of "Stand by Me," "When the Street Lights Go On" is a coming-of-age thriller about a sleepy, suburban town that is rocked by the brutal murder of a high school girl and her teacher in the summer of 1983.”

The Director is a guy called Brett Morgen. He’s mainly a documentarian and co-wrote and co-directed one of my favorite semi-documentaries about the film industry, “The Kid Stays in the Picture.”

There is, at this point, no indication of who Walters will play in the show. It’s also unclear if her character would be a regular past the pilot. Hulu is kind of new to the original drama thing but their two recent efforts, “11/22/63” and “The Path” have garnered some acclaim.

 Who’s That Girl?

We saw another Hulu vet on the Teen Wolf set this week. Alisha Boe was reportedly filming for an early Season 6 episode. It’s not yet clear just who she’ll be playing but Boe comes to Teen Wolf after recurring roles on Hulu dramady “Casual,” Showtime’s crime drama “Ray Donovan” and the NBC soap “Days of Our Lives.”

While we don’t know why she’s on the show, she brings a truly interesting personal backstory to Beacon Hills. She was born in Oslo, Norway to a Somali father and a Norwegian mum who then moved her to Los Angeles in 2004. She got bit by the acting bug in an after school program while doing a dramatic reading of an episode of "Full House" (she read Michelle’s lines) and landed her first role in 2008. She's been  doing guest spots on network shows and working steadily since 2012.

<p class="MsoNormal">It appears Boes character will be heavily featured in the currently filming Teen Wolf episode. They sent out a casting call for a lookalike stand-in which suggests she’s the focus of more than just a couple of scenes. The call also said the stand-in needed to be “athletic” which suggests Boe’s character won’t just be standing around.

<h2 style="padding:0.2em 0.4em; margin:0 0 -20px 0; font-family:Century Gothic,serif; color:#778899; font-size:100%; font-weight:bold; text-align:left;"> Lacrosse is Back

<p class="MsoNormal">Also on set this week, we saw Orny Adams and lots of folks in lacrosse gear.

<p class="MsoNormal">Looks like the sport will make a big comeback in Teen Wolf Season 6 which, despite what you may have read, does not yet have a debut date set.

<h2 style="padding:0.2em 0.4em; margin:0 0 -20px 0; font-family:Century Gothic,serif; color:#778899; font-size:100%; font-weight:bold; text-align:left;"> Arden’s Exit

By now you’ve heard Arden Cho won’t be returning to Teen Wolf for Season 6. She announced her exit in a heavily edited video blog early this week. <p class="MsoNormal">We’re not going to engage in any of the rampant fan speculation that came after the announcement. Despite what folks are trying to read into what she said in that video, we don’t actually know why Kira Yukimura won’t be coming back.

<p class="MsoNormal">We’ve reached out to some of our sources close to the production but it seems the PTB are waiting on the network to determine what should (or should not) be said about it. So far MTV is saying nothing at all. They may never speak of it. It could be like when Gage Golightly left back before Season 3 when we didn’t hear anything at all about her exit until after Teen Wolf News contacted her agent.

<p class="MsoNormal">Cho’s run actually peaked during the World War II flashback episode The Fox and the Wolf and it seemed the writers didn’t have much for Kira to do week to week after that. Even so, her goofy energy will be missed.

<h2 style="padding:0.2em 0.4em; margin:0 0 -20px 0; font-family:Century Gothic,serif; color:#778899; font-size:100%; font-weight:bold; text-align:left;"> Posey: Dylan O’Brien’s Injury was ‘Stunt Gone Wrong’

<p class="MsoNormal">Teen Wolf Tyler Posey says his former roommate and co-star Dylan O’Brien is back home in Los Angeles after falling victim to a “stunt gone wrong” on the set of The Maze Runner: The Death Cure.

<p class="MsoNormal">When asked by E! what type of stunt was involved Posey said, “I respect the guy a lot and I love him. I don’t know how much information he wants me to leak out. It was a stunt gone wrong on his new movie. He’s good. I love him. He’s okay. It was very scary for a little bit. I was really worried being here, him being in Vancouver. I was pretty wracked up for a little while.”

<p class="MsoNormal">There have been a number of different and sometimes conflicting reports about the accident.
 * TMZ reported that the 24-year-old was run over by a vehicle.</li></li>


 * Deadline said he fell from a train and struck his head.</li></li>


 * Teen Vogue reported he just bumped his head.</li><


 * WorkSafe BC, in an anonymous initial report, suggested he fell from motorcycle.

<p class="MsoNormal">The latter, the WorkSafe report, is apparently based on what was reported to them by the film’s production office. According to the organization, “Incident summaries are based on Notice of Incident reports received by WorkSafeBC” and is subject to change as the facts of the case emerge. Investigators and the studio will be required to give a more detailed report. According to the Director’s Guild of Canada, production on the film will resume on May 9th. Filming is slated to start on May 15th. In the meantime, Posey says O’Brien back in the US, “He’s good. He’s back home." </li> </li>