Tyler Posey gets hairy as new Teen Wolf

Actor Tyler Posey will transform into the new Teen Wolf, taking the role Michael J. Fox made famous to the small screen.

Fox played a teenager with seriously out of control body hair in the 1985 original, while Jason Bateman played the part in Teen Wolf Too.

Now Posey, 18, will take on the role of Scott McCall – a high-school student who gains powers after being attacked by a wolf, including a special talent for attracting girls. Posey is best known for his roles in US series Lincoln Heights and Brothers & Sisters.

Young stars Tyler Hoechlin, Crystal Reed and Dylan O’Brien have also been cast in the pilot for MTV.

The series will reportedly be both a drama and comedy.

MTV senior vice-president Liz Gateley has hinted the series might be a bit darker than the original. “It has a fresh take and is very different from the original,” she said. “It has more of an American Werewolf in Paris feel to it.”