Sam Richardson, Michael Chernus cast in Werewolves Within video game movie

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

There's a cinematic adaptation of Ubisoft's 2016 VR video game WEREWOLVES WITHIN in the works, but it doesn't sound like it's going to be a straightforward, faithful adaptation, at least as far as setting goes. While the video game takes place in a fictional medieval village, the movie must take place several hundred years later, because it's set in Vermont.

Here's the game's description: 

After several attacks on townsfolk, the medieval village of Gallowston has had enough! Werewolves Within will transport you to the medieval village of Gallowston, where you must uncover the werewolves that have been terrorizing the townsfolk.

Werewolves Within is a fast-paced game of hidden roles and social deduction for 5-8 players. In one game, You might be a villager trying their hardest to cleanse the town of werewolves, while minutes later you could be the werewolf lying and betraying friends in order to survive the vote. Utilize specific roles and abilities, and the power of persuasion to assess, deduce and win the round. Whether playing a vigilant villager or a devious werewolf, no two games are ever the same.

The screenplay written by Mishna Wolff has the following synopsis:  

Shenanigans ensue when a massive blizzard isolates a small Vermont town, causing simmering resentments to boil over as the oddball townspeople are one by one picked off by a mysterious creature.

Josh Ruben, whose film SCARE ME recently screened at the Sundance Film Festival, is set to direct the horror comedy, with Veep's Sam Richardson and Michael Chernus of Orange Is the New Black signed on to star.

It's not clear who Richardson will be playing, but Chernus's character is Pete, "who is married to Trish but does not share her beliefs as staunchly. He considers himself a charmer, but just comes off as an overly friendly sleaze who can get a bit handsy especially after a glass of merlot." It's also not clear what Trish's beliefs are. I guess we'll have to wait for the movie to find that out. Or at least until the Trish casting announcement.

Richardson is producing WEREWOLVES WITHIN alongside Ubisoft Film & Television's Jason Altman, Margaret Boykin, and Andrew Lieberman, and Vanishing Angle's Matt Miller, Natalie Metzger, and Benjamin Wiessner.

If you'd like to pick up a copy of the game for PlayStation VR, you can do so at THIS LINK.

Sam Richardson and Michael Chernus