Benicio looks set to play the lead in a remake of The WolfmanIt seems Puerto Rican actor Benicio Del Toro looks set to take the lead role in a remake of the film The Wolfman.
The 39-year-old will star in the 1940s period film about a man who returns to England with strange side effects from a wolf bite in America, reports Empire.
According to the Academy Award winning actor’s official site http://www.beniciodeltoro.com filming will begin this year with a 2008 “tentative” release date.
Mark Romanek, who made his feature debut with the Robin Williams drama One Hour Photo, is also to direct the flick and Andrew Kevin Walker will write the script, according to the magazine.
The 1941 original starred Lon Chaney Jr according to a statement on http://www.beniciodeltoro.com.
Benicio has previously starred in such big screen hits as Sin City, 21 Grams and Traffic, and won a best supporting actor Oscar for the latter.
In the past he has been romantically linked with Scarlett Johansson.
