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While divisive when first released, Leigh Whannell's 'Wolf Man' is worth another look. Now, the film is streaming on Peacock.
Leigh Whannell's The Invisible Man was a serious commercial success, grossing $144.5 million against a $7 million budget ...
Leigh Whannell has revealed that he is not such a fan of the newer Saw sequels. Whannell co-wrote the original 2004 Saw movie with James Wan. This horror movie was a monumental hit, launching ...
When writer-director Leigh Whannell was approached to update the horror classic “The Invisible Man,” he basically spitballed the entire plot on the spot. Fresh off the modest success of his ...
It’s been an agonizing five-year wait for Leigh Whannell’s follow-up to his near-universally acclaimed The Invisible Man.. The Elisabeth Moss-led sci-fi thriller was the last hit movie before ...
Leigh Whannell on why he'd like to tackle Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as his next Universal Monster reimagining. Director of Photography Stefan Duscio and Director Leigh Whannell appear on the set of ...
Leigh Whannell isn’t directing a massive budget superhero franchise, at least not yet. Instead, he’s applying the lessons of horror filmmaking to where we may need it most: ...
Leigh Whannell, a creative force behind the “Saw” and “Insidious” franchises and director of “Upgrade,” photographed at his home in Los Angeles on May 23, 2018.
Director Leigh Whannell frames the shot like a landscape, with the door as the horizon. The image is eerie and beautiful, and the closest we’ll get to Wolf Man’s titular beast for quite a while.
When “The Invisible Man” writer and director Leigh Whannell figured out his screenplay was shaping up to be a story about domestic abuse, he knew he’d have to do a lot of research to ...
Whannell isn’t exactly sure how he would adapt the story for the 2020s — but given his track record with other Universal Monsters, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde would be in great hands.