Teen Wolf is loosely based on the 1955 film of the same name .
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 .
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