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Feature Film ‘The Wolfman’ Being Adapted From Slain Policeman’s Novel!

Nicholas PekearoBelieve it or not, this is the second different story to feature a werewolf cop in two days!  This story has a heartwarming twist to it. There is a film in the early stages of development based on a 2008 novel entitled The Wolfman by slain NYPD auxiliary policeman, Nicholas Pekearo (pictured). Pekearo was a fledgling novelist and would’ve been ecstatic to know his novel was being turned into a film.  Read on for more details.

According to Deadline, Macmillan Entertainment and Everest Entertainment Group are developing a feature film from The Wolfman, the 2008 novel written by Nicholas Pekearo and published by Tor Books. It’s about a lost soul who happens to be a werewolf who struggles with his affliction until he decides to focus on the bad guys who deserve it, including a serial killer preying on young girls.

This development would be a dream come true by Pekearo, a crime and comic book buff who was just getting his footing as a novelist. He was also an auxiliary policeman for the NYPD who died seven years ago after being shot six times by a crazed gunman who also killed Pekearo’s partner in Greenwich Village. NYPDThat partner, 19-year-old Yevgeniy Marshalik, was the star of his high school debating team and a student at NYU. The book was published posthumously in 2009.

Macmillan Entertainment is the film and TV arm of Macmillan Publishers. Its head Brendan Deneen and Everest’s Sean Davis are working closely with Pekearo’s mother, Iola Latman, to shape the wolf story for the screen. Davis also runs the management company The Phoenix Organization.

“I read The Wolfman shortly after its release and couldn’t get the character of Marlowe Higgins and the world Pekearo created out of my head,” Davis said. “This is not your typical werewolf piece, and I was macmillan-entertainment-group logoamazed by how much new territory he uncovered in this first novel. I have high hopes for this as it seems there is now finally a market for pieces like this, seeing the success of brilliant limited series such as True Detective, and audiences now have a hunger for out-of-the-box anti-heroes. In talking with those around him while he was alive, it was Nicholas’ hope to see this turned into a series, whether it was film or television, taking a similar journey to the one Bruce Banner did in The Incredible Hulk. Having died a hero’s death trying to protect people while chasing down a madman while he was unarmed, I hope Nicholas’ voice as a writer finally gets the attention it deserves and the journey he started with Marlowe continues.”

We’ll be keeping a close eye on this one and will bring you any news as it develops.

The Wolfman novel cover

Source: Deadline

 

Michael Juvinall

I am a Horror journalist, producer, ravenous Horror fiend, aficionado of the classic Universal Monsters, Hammer Horror, Werewolves, and all things Horror.

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