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.
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.
It follows a family at a remote farmhouse who is attacked by an unseen animal.
As the night stretches on, the father begins to transform into something unrecognizable.
There are more than 250 LAFD firefighters battling the Palisades Fire, in addition to those from neighboring agencies.
Several homes have burned. The fire is being fueled by strong winds and surrounding topography, with winds said to have been clocked between 40-60 miles per hour and expected to worsen later tonight, peaking between 10 p.m.-5 a.m.
Los Angeles has declared a state of emergency and fire officials have warned residents in the Palisades to evacuate.
“This could be the difference in someone’s life or death if we can get people safely evacuated,” Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Margaret Stewart told KABC Channel 7 in L.A.