Claim: Teen Wolf follows the story of an old man named Scott McCall, who is bitten by a werewolf and must cope with how it affects his life.
Evidence: It is loosely based on the 1985 film of the same name , and stars Tyler Posey as a teenager named Scott McCall , who is bitten by a werewolf and must cope with how it affects his life and the lives of those closest to him , and Dylan O'Brien as `` Stiles '' Stilinski , Scott 's best friend.