Teen Wolf: The Movie is a sequel to the MTV series Teen Wolf that ended in 2017. It premiered on Paramount Plus in January. The movie takes place 15 years after the events of the show. The plot is that an evil entity has emerged, and it goes after Scott McCall and his friends. The movie stars Tyler Posey, Crystal Reed, Holland Roden, Tyler Hoechlin, Shelley Hennig, JR Bourne, Colton Haynes, Linden Ashby, Melissa Ponzio, Ryan Kelley, Seth Gilliam, Ian Bohen, Dylan Sprayberry, Vince Mattis, Amy L. Workman, and Orny Adams.

I watched the original show and enjoyed it a lot. I was surprised when they announced they were doing a reunion movie. I was looking forward to it. I finally got around to watching it. For fans of the show, this is a good continuation of the series. Most of the original cast returns for this. The most notable absence is Dylan O’Brien who was unable to do the movie due to a scheduling conflict. I enjoyed the movie. It was nice to go back to Beacon Hills and catch up with the characters again. The movie had the same vibe as the show. The only real difference was the length which clocks in at two hours and nineteen minutes and there was some colorful language that would have been bleeped out on MTV. There was also some nudity that was a little more graphic than what could be shown on TV but it’s not too graphic and it’s only for a few seconds. Everything else remains the same. I think it was nice that the movie wasn’t drastically different given it was on a streaming service.

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The movie feels like an extended episode of the series and there is nothing wrong with that. One thing that was nice was that all the characters were involved. They all united together for the battle at the end. The movie also allows plenty of time to spend with all of the characters. Some were more involved than others but for the most part, everyone who was there had a decent size role. The movie functions well without Dylan O’Brien who played Stiles in the series. I, along with many fans, were disappointed that Styles was not going to be in the movie. The movie does acknowledge him. To be honest, it would have been hard not to given Stiles’ father Sherriff Stillinksi (Linden Ashby) was in the movie, as well as Stiles’ girlfriend Lydia (Holland Roden). There is an explanation of why Stiles is not around and an update on his relationship with Lydia. I still enjoyed the movie without Stiles, but it would have been nice if he could have been in it.

There were some other notable absences beyond Dylan O’Brien. Ethan (Charlie Carver) was not involved but he was referenced. After having a major role in Season 3, Ethan resurfaced in the final season where it revealed that he and Jackson (Colton Haynes) wound up together. I was slightly surprised that Ethan wasn’t in the movie given that Jackson is in the movie. However, there is an update on their relationship. Kira (Arden Cho) was also missing from the movie and unlike some of the others was not referenced. Kira exited the series in season 5. It was not much of a surprise that Arden Cho did not return for the movie since she was not involved in the final season. It was revealed that she was asked to be in it, but she turned down the movie. Theo (Cody Christian) was also absent as well and just like Kira, was not referenced. These are characters who fans would have liked to have seen. They all played major roles on the series. Cody Christian had scheduling conflicts since he currently stars on All American. There are other characters who did not return but these were the ones that stood out. It seemed there were plans to have these characters in the movie but did not work out for various reasons. I don’t know if there were plans to have Charlie Carver in the movie.

Teen Wolf: The Movie is a good movie. It’s a good sequel to the original series. There were some changes that surprisingly didn’t upset me. A lot of the relationships are given updates in the movie and not every relationship goes the way fans were hoping for. The one thing that mildly was confusing was the time jump. It’s set 15 years after the series. I am confused why that choice was made. Couldn’t it have been a 10 year time jump? In real time, it has been almost six years since the series ended. The cast still has good chemistry, and the movie was faithful to the dynamics and to the characters. If there is another sequel down the line, I hope they will try to find a way to have Dylan O’Brien involved. It would be nice to see Scott and Stile together again.