"Wolf Lake" Unaired Pilot (2001)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Rupert Wainwright

Writers:

James Duff (writer)
John Leekley (writer)

TV Series:

"Wolf Lake" (2001)

Original Air Date:

2001 (Season 1, Episode 0)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Werewolf

Cast

Lou Diamond Phillips	...	Noah Cassidy
Graham Greene	...	Professor Duke Joseph
Tim Matheson	...	Sheriff Jack Kohanek
Stacy Edwards	...	Alexandra Kelly
Jeff Fahey	...	Russell Kelly
Bruce McGill	...	Dr. Sokolov
Xander Berkeley	...	Carl
Mary Elizabeth Winstead	...	Sophia Kohanek
Paul Wesley	...	Luke Cates (as Paul Wasilewski)
Scott Heindl	...	Harvey Rockwell
Jodelle Ferland	...	Lily Kelly
C. Ernst Harth	...	Ray
Adrienne Carter	...	Davi Sokolov
Suzy Joachim	...	Hannah
Steve Makaj	...	Pool Hall Owner

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Trivia:

This was an unaired pilot episode for the TV show "Wolf Lake" (2001). While it has many of the same cast members, there are many important differences: - Rather than being a detective looking for his lost girlfriend, "Noah Cassidy" (later renamed John Kanin) is posing as a government wildlife management agent but is really investigating the werewolf clans of Wolf Lake. - "Sheriff Kohanek" (Sheriff Donner) has a wife who is missing rather than dead, and also has a sister-in-law to whom he is close. - "Dr. Sokolov" (Willard Cates) is not mayor of the town. He does have a son (and a daughter who is killed), but it is not Luke. Luke instead is his dead daughter's boyfriend, who is set to take over the werewolf clan. - "Professor Duke Joseph" (Sherman Blackstone) reveals that he is on a sacred mission to maintain balance between the clans. - Both the sheriff and the native American appear to be human. - There are differences in the way the werewolf pack is portrayed. Here there seem to be several clans, fighting against each other and against the humans. There is mention of "the great war of the clans".

Movie Connections:

Followed by "Wolf Lake" (2001)

Soundtrack:

Change (In the House of Flies)

Ahead of its Time?

Well, Wolf Lake was canceled today by CBS. That was no surprise. Anytime I actually like a tv show it gets canceled. But I think the networks really didn't give this show a fair chance. First of all, it premiered right on the heels of Sept. 11th. So many of us couldn't pull ourselves away from the news long enough to watch much of anything. I still believe that had alot to do with the ratings. I'm also not sure if the show's day and timeslot were quite right. Not to mention the Network itself. Perhaps the SciFi channel or UPN would have been more appropriate. Wolf Lake wasn't a bad show. I liked the actors and the characters were kind of interesting. I would have watched the whole season. I wish the actors good luck in their future roles.