The other grown-up in the trailer is Rodrigo Santoro, who fans may recognize from his time as a sexy killer robot cowboy on “Westworld,” and based purely on the trailer, it looks like he and Sarah Michelle Gellar might end up as the surrogate parents to the show’s little pack of pups. The teens in this particular teen werewolf series will be played by Armani Jackson (“Chad”), Bella Shephard (“The Wilds”), Chloe Rose Robertson (“Wildflower”), and Tyler Lawrence Gray (“KidCoin”). The original book series centers on a family of werewolves who were raised by a human park ranger, so maybe Santoro is the ranger and the four teens are the werewolves? Here’s the official synopsis for the first book:
“After a devastating forest fire, a ranger discovers a litter of wolf cubs. He and his wife soon learn that they are no ordinary wolves. They are both animal and human. Although the young ones try to fit into the human world, their true nature makes the challenges of being teenagers all the more difficult. When one of the pack is kidnapped, the others must draw on both sides of their nature — human and wolf — to find the cunning, the strength, and the courage it takes to rescue her.”
The series will premiere on Paramount+ on January 26, 2023, with all-new episodes dropping on Thursdays thereafter. Whether you’re a “Teen Wolf” fan, a “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” fan, or you just like a good supernatural story, this one looks to be a howling good time.