WEREWOLF BY NIGHT: Check Out The Terrifying Comic Accurate Designs For Jack Russell And Man-Thing

WEREWOLF BY NIGHT: Check Out The Terrifying Comic Accurate Designs For Jack Russell And Man-Thing

With Werewolf by Night now streaming on Disney+, we're able to take a closer look at both the title character and Man-Thing, seeing how each character compares to their respective comic book counterparts.

By JoshWilding - Oct 07, 2022 01:10 PM EST
Filed Under: Werewolf By Night

Werewolf by Night arrived on Disney+ earlier today and it's a story unlike any other we've seen from Marvel Studios before. Adding monsters to the MCU suggests Kevin Feige and company have big plans to explore a very different corner of this shared world, and we're hoping that leads to projects like Midnight Suns and Legion of Monsters becoming a reality. 

Only a single trailer was released for Werewolf by Night prior to its release, and Marvel Studios built excitement for their first Special Presentation by keeping these monsters under wraps. 

Now, though, we're able to take a closer look!

As you can see below, Gael García Bernal was transformed into Werewolf by Night with practical effects that bring the character more in line with his comic book counterpart. He's an uncontrollable beast (for the most part), so we're curious whether the plan is for Jack's personality to shine through more in future projects. 

Man-Thing also looks like he's been torn straight from the pages of the comics. We get to see him in black and white and colour, and Marvel Studios absolutely nailed this design. 

"A Halloween horror delight, Werewolf by Night is a mighty impressive, macabre Marvel monster tale that introduces some killer new characters and proves Marvel Studios can still find plenty of ways to surprise us," we said in our review yesterday. "More Man-Thing is a must!"

There have already been rumblings that Marvel Studios has plans to continue introducing monsters in specials like this one, and we do hope the wait for more Werewolf by Night and Man-Thing won't be too long. They have a great dynamic and Elsa Bloodstone is another character who it would be fun seeing brought to the forefront in the MCU.

Take a closer look at Werewolf by Night and Man-Thing in the images below:
 

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DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 10/7/2022, 1:31 PM
Good guy Ted, returns the favour without being asked to. Be like Ted.
MochaKing
MochaKing - 10/7/2022, 1:56 PM
@DrReedRichards - It's been a while I've heard this kind a joke.. Always cracks me up. Also what's your take. I loved the special. 5* rating from me. I liked they went with practical suit than CGI. I felt even Man-Thing was practical suit in the end. Loved the detailing. I can keep on talking about the show. After a while something brought out the inner kid in me
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 10/7/2022, 2:50 PM
@MochaKing -

It's more like a 4 for me, closer to a 4,5 than a 3,5.

While I do feel that much of its praise comes from it being a simple homage to classic, it's a damn good one at that, even more so when you consider that this was Giacchino's directorial debut. And his score, oh my God, just all the right notes! Pun heavily intended, obvs.

I did have a few minor gripes like Man-Thing being way too cutesy and balanced with his horror side than leaning more towards its classic latter, but it was by no means enough to lessen the experience.
MochaKing
MochaKing - 10/7/2022, 5:06 PM
@DrReedRichards - Yeah agree on the score part... It was amazing. It did elevate the material. Man-Thing, it was fine for me, out of all insanity, he was more sane one for me.

In D+ shows so far I liked score from
1. LOKI
2. Moon knight
3. Werewolf by the night
4. Hawkeye
5. WandaVision.
6. Ms. Marvel

She hulk credit songs are decent but score is meh
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 10/7/2022, 5:54 PM
@MochaKing -

This is the first stand-alone D+ presentation we've had, so I can't really judge it on a scale of other series that have had significantly more time to develop. I'm gonna have to wait and see how it stands in relation to future similar projects.
Fares
Fares - 10/7/2022, 1:34 PM
It was a very welcome change from the usual comic book stuff. I need more wacky and stylized stuff like this Marvel!

WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 10/7/2022, 1:39 PM
The little design touches like the mushrooms on Man-Thing's shoulder did it for me. Spot on to the original design.
SpideyQuad
SpideyQuad - 10/7/2022, 2:01 PM
@WhatIfRickJames - I got a more human feel from man thing in werewolf by night, than I ever did from any of the comics.
Se4M4NSt4ine
Se4M4NSt4ine - 10/7/2022, 5:39 PM
@WhatIfRickJames - I loved all the beautiful designs of this whole thing. Every character. My only gripe is they made Jack’s Werewolf appearance too human like for me. I was hoping it was gonna lean more heavily into the comic book look more, something like this -

zeon00
zeon00 - 10/9/2022, 12:14 AM
@Se4M4NSt4ine - Wolfman or Werewolf
SuperiorHeckler
SuperiorHeckler - 10/7/2022, 1:41 PM
Did they ever reference just how Man-Thing ended-up competing in the Sakaar gladiator games? 🤨 I mean, the dude had his head designed onto that 'tower of champions' and everything! We haven't forgotten about it! 🫤
Antitrollpatrol
Antitrollpatrol - 10/7/2022, 1:51 PM
@SuperiorHeckler - don’t underestimate nexus of all realities. 😂 you bring up a good point. Also I love your username!
Goldboink
Goldboink - 10/8/2022, 12:51 PM
@SuperiorHeckler -
There is certainly more story to tell. They started teasing Man-Thing in Agents of Shield in 2014. I think he's a Feige favorite.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 10/9/2022, 3:58 PM
@SuperiorHeckler - Him traveling the Nexus of all Realities is a good basis for why he defends it. It makes sense that he traveled to various realities, planets, and universes and saw the dangers of it. Perhaps him competing in the Sakaar Gladiator matches was a way for him to see what kind of species exist in the universe and then he went back home to the Florida Everglades.
DUNCAN1
DUNCAN1 - 10/7/2022, 1:42 PM
This was by far the best MCU phase 4 project by none. Michael Giacchino the director should have been the director of Dr. STRNAGE 2 and if Fiege smart he makes him the director for Dr. Strange 3 and potentially consider him for BLADE even also or any of the other future horror MCU projects heck wouldn't mind him helming a future X-MEN project too
thewanderer
thewanderer - 10/7/2022, 1:54 PM
@DUNCAN1 - I mentioned him or Blade a week or two ago. Depending on his composer schedule he may have the most important quality right now: Availability.


That said, I'm still kind of hoping for Antoine Fuqua.
DUNCAN1
DUNCAN1 - 10/7/2022, 2:08 PM
@thewanderer - agreed
McMurdo
McMurdo - 10/7/2022, 2:45 PM
@DUNCAN1 - Blade is already DoA
smgmayhem
smgmayhem - 10/7/2022, 3:33 PM
@McMurdo - Stop believing rumors YouTube
Mercwitham0uth
Mercwitham0uth - 10/7/2022, 5:55 PM
@smgmayhem - Yeah... Rumours.... Not like they recently announced a re-write of the script recently.
smgmayhem
smgmayhem - 10/7/2022, 6:41 PM
@Mercwitham0uth - Yeah but that's all they announced. Everyone else is tacking on the drama to get clicks. Scripts get rewrites all the time.
Mercwitham0uth
Mercwitham0uth - 10/7/2022, 7:03 PM
@smgmayhem - Well when the info comes from a source that is pretty much right on what they report most of the time I'm inclined to believe them.
Spoken
Spoken - 10/7/2022, 8:15 PM
@smgmayhem - "Scripts get rewrites all the time."

Not page one rewrites..... a month before cameras roll.
smgmayhem
smgmayhem - 10/7/2022, 8:36 PM
@HWestRE420 - still doesn't confirm the supposed drama
Spoken
Spoken - 10/8/2022, 7:59 AM
@smgmayhem - What are you talking about?

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marvels-blade-loses-director-bassam-tariq-2023-movie-1235228796/

They literally hired a NEW WRITER, and pushed back the start of production which would of been this month, TO NEXT YEAR.

It is confirmed, there is drama.
smgmayhem
smgmayhem - 10/8/2022, 11:09 AM
@HWestRE420 - Does no one read?! No where in that article do they speak of DRAMA. There was a production shift and it interfered with the directors schedule so he had to leave. He is still on as a producer. No where in the article does it speak of shit being in disarray. Everyone running with that bullshit is reading so much invisible shit between the lines it's ridiculous. They did several rewrites of the script which was the cause for the production shift.
Spoken
Spoken - 10/8/2022, 11:38 AM
@smgmayhem - LOL Right, an actor who still hasn't film a single frame of footage, nor have a proper script or a director. That is the point of the article, is that for years of it's announcement, there hasn't been shit done.

Executive producer credit means nothing, it is just to show someone who worked on a phase in production early on, in this case he will not have any say in any part of the film nor final cut approval.

Actor announced 2019
Writer Febuary 2021
Director September 2021
Full year of rewriting, then finally deciding
New Writer & Director leaves 2022...one month before production beginning.

That is DRAMA. Stop being ignorant...please. That was the point of the article.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 10/8/2022, 12:27 PM
@smgmayhem - lol what rumors
McMurdo
McMurdo - 10/8/2022, 12:27 PM
@smgmayhem - not this late in production babe.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 10/8/2022, 12:28 PM
@smgmayhem - you're deluding yourself
DalekCraigWasson
DalekCraigWasson - 10/8/2022, 3:24 PM
@HWestRE420 @smgmayhem - Edgar Wright and Scott Derrickson have similar Executive Producer credits on Ant-Man and MoM respectively, despite having nothing to do with either film after leaving. It's a way of saying thank you for significant contributions to the final film, including casting, production design, major story decisions, etc. Wright left a month before Ant-Man was supposed to shoot too...
Spoken
Spoken - 10/8/2022, 3:42 PM
@DalekCraigWasson - The main difference though between Ant-Man and Blade I feel is.....Wright was in it for a LONG time. He did a lot of work, and had a lot of say in the costume that remained unchanged when the movie came out, same with the screen story as well that by the time Peyton joined on, a lot was already completed in terms of pre-production/production. Cast members had signed on and left production at the same time as well. Remember Patrick Wilson being cast in Ant-Man and then Corey Stoll came in?

Blade on the other
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