We've not reported on the Teen Wolf remake before, because we were losing the will to live, but with casting now well underway, maybe it's time to grit our teeth.
Post (or, we guess, during) Twilight, and with Benicio's The Wolfman finally gathering near-release hype momentum, a new **Teen Wolf **was perhaps a no-brainer. MTV certainly thought so, and their version of the Michael J Fox comedy from 1985 (which would almost certainly never have hit if not for Back to the Future) is being developed as a TV series with "a greater emphasis on romance, horror and werewolf mythology." No basketball then.
The lead character of a nerdy high schooler who gets superpowers and charisma from a wolfbite, will be played by Tyler Posey, from Brothers and Sisters and Smallville (he was also in Collateral Damage: one of two little Arnie connections, since the original **Teen Wolf **was written by Jeff Loeb, who wrote Commando).
Tyler Hoechlin (7th Heaven, Lincoln Heights, Tom Hanks' son in Road to Perdition) is the villainous wolfen local hot guy; Crystal Reed ("Theatre Chick" in TV movie Hard Times) is the love interest; and Dylan O'Brien (not a clue) has the Willow role of the best-friend who's handy for research.
The evil genius behind it all is Jeff Davies, who brought us Criminal Minds. Teen Wolf: The Series is just at the pilot stage at the moment. Will it make it to a full season? And will there be cameos for Michael J. Fox and Teen Wolf Too's Jason Bateman?