With less than 24 hours to go before Marvel Studios hosts a "mega" panel at Comic-Con, another potential plot leak has surfaced, this time for the untitled Werewolf by Night Halloween Special coming to Disney+ this October. The information here has supposedly been verified, so we're confident that what you read below is accurate.
We've previously heard that composer Michael Giacchino is directing the standalone project, with Gael García Bernal and Laura Donnelly cast in lead roles.
Among the reveals here, though, are the part Elsa Bloodstone will play in the story, an unexpected Marvel monster's MCU debut, and even the post-credits stinger. There's also intel on the Special's format and how Werewolf by Night will be portrayed. Of course, you shouldn't need us to tell you that we're getting into MAJOR SPOILERS here!
With that in mind, you'll need to click on the NEXT button below to read through this breakdown...
A New MCU Monster
The Halloween Special supposedly opens with a Hitchcockian introduction as a man in glasses warns the audience they should expect all manner of chills and thrills.
From there, we find a bounty hunter tracking Jack Russell. He kills the mercenary and we learn a little about the Bloodstone legacy before Jack arrives at a manor (disguised as the hunter he killed) where he meets Elsa Bloodstone. She's returned home following her father's death, and we're shown all manner of characters who are said to secretly be monster hunters.
Bloodstone's will is read, and he's tasked them to hunt a creature down who has become enraged by the Bloodstone. They just need to enter a maze to find him...oh, and the "him" in question?
It's Man-Thing!
The Villains Revealed
Elsa crosses paths with Jack in the maze and sees through his disguise. They're both attacked by another bounty hunter, but Jack finds Man-Thing and the two realise they share a connection.
Jack and Elsa agree to team up, and the former alludes to his own difficulties with his family legacy. Jack attempts to help Man-Thing and learns the Bloodstone has attached itself to him and is causing the usually peaceful creature pain. Before they can remove it, the other bounty hunters close in and capture them all.
The truth is, those bounty hunters were there to capture Jack under the orders of a villain dubbed "Harris" in this leak. She wants to control his werewolf side using the Bloodstone, and after forcing him to transform, they quickly realise it won't be that easy!
Werewolf By Night!
Werewolf by Night tears through everyone and even attacks Elsa before suddenly recognizing her. She takes out the remaining bad guys, and is saved by Man-Thing just as it looks like the Halloween Special's big bad is going to gain the upper hand.
It's said that the villain suffers a suitably gruesome death at Man-Thing's hands, bursting into flames.
Elsa points the monster in the direction Jack ran off in, and sits down, reclaiming the Blooodstone and her family legacy. This Special supposedly plays out in black and white up until this point, but it's during these final moments that the color returns (essentially bringing this story into the MCU).
We're not done yet, though!
One Final Tease
A post-credits scene supposedly shows Jack waking up and realising that Man-Thing has taken care of him. Clearly, the plan from here is for them to be a team of sorts in the MCU.
Disappointingly, there's no Blade or Moon Knight and no references to other MCU movies or TV shows. That's becoming a recurring theme in Phase 4 as Marvel Studios shifts its focus to standalone projects that don't all necessarily inform each other and link up.
We don't have too many details beyond this, though it is claimed that Werewolf by Night is created with practical effects (there's a Planet of the Apes comparison, bizarrely). We'll see if any of this is true!
h/t Reddit