Julia Garner to Star in ‘Wolf Man’ for Blumhouse, Universal

Julia Garner, one of the stars of crime series Ozark, will star opposite Christopher Abbott in Wolf Man, the Blumhouse and Universal Pictures werewolf thriller that is being directed by Invisible Man filmmaker Leigh Whannell.

Garner will play a mother whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator. Abbott is playing the father.

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The casting marks a reunion between Garner and Abbott; the two worked together alongside in the 2011 drama Martha, Marcy, May, Marlene, which was Garner’s first professional acting gig.

The Wolf Man script was written by Whannell and Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, the latter the duo who penned the well-regarded comedic drama, Dumb Money.

Jason Blum is producing the feature, which has an Oct. 25, 2024 release date.

Ryan Gosling, who at one point was to have starred in the feature, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producing. Wolf Man will be a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production. Blumhouse has the thriller Night Swim opening today.

One of Hollywood’s brightest ascending stars, Garner won three Emmys for her performance in Ozark, Netflix’s acclaimed crime drama that ran from 2017 to 2022. She also notched Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her work starring in the 2022 Netflix mini-series Inventing Anna.

On the feature side, she is coming off starring in psychological thriller The Royal Hotel, which she also produced through her production banner Alma Margo. Upcoming, she is the female lead in Paramount’s psychological thriller Apartment 7A which will be released later this year.

Garner is repped by UTA, LBI Entertainment, and Sloane Offer.

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