The Brute Man his non-flashback scenes. Jane Adams was cast as the blind pianist Helen Paige. Adams had appeared in several Universal Pictures films before, including the Lon Chaney, Jr. film "House of Dracula" (1945). Jan Wiley was cast as Scott's wife, Virginia. Although Wiley had appeared in several movies throughout the 1930s and 1940s, "The Brute Man" marked one of her final film performances. It was also recalled as one of her most memorable film appearances along with another Universal Pictures B horror film, "She-Wolf of London". However, her performance in "The Brute Man" proved to be a less than memorable one
The Wolf Man (1941 film) remake performing below expectations at the box office, Universal chose not to produce a sequel. Universal's 2012 film "" was originally planned as a spin-off from "The Wolfman" but was ultimately unrelated. Universal announced that it would reboot their Universal Monsters properties as part of their "Dark Universe", with Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan attached to develop the structure of the shared universe. In November 2014, Universal hired Aaron Guzikowski to write the shared universe's reboot of "The Wolf Man". In June 2016, Deadline reports that Dwayne Johnson may star as the character. In October 2016, it was reported that