Universal has decided to cancel the Wolf Man premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Tuesday. “Tonight’s premiere of Wolf Man is cancelled due to sensitivities around the worsening weather situation in LA and related evacuations,” read an email from a Universal PR rep due to the Pacific Palisades wildfire that has expanded to beyond 1,200 acres as of this afternoon.
Already nixed for tonight is Amazon MGM Studios’ Jennifer Lopez movie Unstoppable, which had its Los Angeles premiere scheduled for the DGA Theater on Sunset Boulevard.
No word if either premiere will be rescheduled in the near future. RELATED: Wildfire Spreading In Pacific Palisades & Los Angeles: Photos Wolf Man, the Blumhouse reboot of the classic Universal monster movie, is set to open over MLK weekend, on January 17.
Leigh Whannell directed and co-wrote the movie that stars three-time Emmy winner Julia Garner, Sam Jaeger and Christopher Abbott.
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