New Information Shared For Marvel's WEREWOLF BY NIGHT Halloween Special
Marvel Studio is in the process of developing a Werewolf By Night Halloween Special with Old actor Gael Garcia Bernal set to star. We haven’t had any real details to share regarding the series or the story it will tell, but some new info has surfaced.
According to a new report from The Illuminerdi, Bernal will most likely be playing the Jack Russell version of the character. They also report that Nina Price a.k.a. Vampire By Night, a vampire-werewolf hybrid who happens to be Russell's niece in the comics, may also be introduced in the series.
The Jack Russell version of the character is a victim of an ancient family curse, and struggled for years with his bestial alter-ego. “But over time has conquered his inner demons. Now he fights the dark forces that plague our world. He is an enforcer of justice, an avenger of shadows, and a Werewolf By Night.”
The character is capable of transforming into a werewolf at will while retaining his human intellect.
The report offer a bit of family history for Jack Russell. The families lycanthropy “can be traced all the way back to Grigori Russoff in 1795 who was cursed through Lydia, a werewolf who had been imprisoned by Dracula. The curse was then passed down through Russoff’s descendants one of which is Jack Russell. Jack Russell was told of the curse he had inherited from his father’s side by his mother shortly before her death on his 18th birthday. Jack used his condition to avenge his mother killing the man who had killed her.”
As far an Nina Price goes, “Like Jack, Nina is a part of the cursed bloodline of Grigori Russoff meaning she too would transform into a werewolf. At some point Nina was also attacked by a vampire which altered her original curse. While seemingly human during the day she turns into a vampire once the sun sets and due to the werewolf curse she also transforms into a wolf during the full moon.”
These are a couple of very interesting and fun characters for Marvel to play with and I’m excited to see how this Halloween Special turn out!
Marvel is looking to start production on the special in early 2022.