We reported a few weeks ago that Wolfman, the Benicio del Toro and Anthony Hopkins adaptation of the horror classic, was being pushed to a fall release date, instead of debuting April 3 as planned. Now Variety has made the news official, reporting that Wolfman will come out November 6 of next year.

Universal did some other shuffling as well, pushing Ridley Scott's Nottingham project to 2010 and sending Fast and Furious to April 3, instead of June 12. Good move on both of those counts-- NottinghamFast and Furious has a much better shot at snagging an audience in that springtime slot that used to belong to Wolfman. It also distances the movie from Universal's other June release, the Will Ferrell vehicle Land of the Lost, which opens June 5.

Wolfman still stands a good chance with a November release date, given how few good genre movies there are that time of year. But still, I was looking forward to a dose of del Toro a little earlier in the year. I guess we'll have to settle for Watchmen-- not a bad compromise, all things considered.