http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png http://gawker.com/tag/defamer/wolfman http://gawker.com/tag/defamer/wolfman Entertainment Weekly today published first-look photos of Benicio Del Toro in The Wolf Man, production of which recently got underway after a bit of a director problem that resulted from creative werewolf differences and budget issues. Regarding the latter, no less than 90 percent of Universal's reported $85 million appears to be dedicated to the area in and around Del Toro's head, down the classy metal fillings and hair that, according to make-up legend Rick Baker, must be glued on individually each day and requires an hour to remove after shooting. And while the replacement of helmer Mark Romanek for the far more benign Disney alum Joe Johnston continues to frighten us more than any cosmetic fangs, Baker's bounce back from the more singular horror of Eddie Murphy's Norbit make-up is a recovery anyone can get behind. [Oh No They Didn't]

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Last night's edition of The Insider gave its audience a brief respite from incremental updates on who might be awarded the fatter, juicier part of Dannielynn Smith following a Bahamian judge's inevitable, Solomonic order to cleave the disputed infant in twain to share the fascinating story of the so-called Wolf Whisperer, star of National Geographic's documentary A Man Among Wolves. That this Whisperer was pragmatic enough, unlike Werner Herzog's ill-fated Grizzly Man hero, to choose an object of obsession that can't kill him with a single swipe of its paw bodes well for his future Hollywood prospects; if he'd met a tragic end chasing his feral dreams, his chances of having his story eventually adapted into a feel-good Friday night drama for CBS (starring Billy Ray Cyrus, red-hot off his Dancing with the Stars revival) would probably have died with him.

• TV's Wolf Whisperer! [The Insider]

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