Should you’ve seen Nosferatu on the massive display lately, likelihood is you’re nonetheless below the thrall of Robert Eggers’ gloriously gothic imaginative and prescient – which took the cinematic vampire basic and gave it a full-blooded retelling, completely suited to the person behind The Witch and The Lighthouse. And it appears Eggers remains to be in monster mode – as a result of his subsequent undertaking sees him transferring from vampires to werewolves, in an unique movie titled Werwulf.
As reported by THR, the movie can be set within the thirteenth century (in true Eggers fashion, hewing as near the fact of the interval as attainable), with Eggers directing from a screenplay he co-wrote with Icelandic poet Sjón, with whom he additionally penned The Northman. It’ll be one other movie that Eggers makes for Focus Options, with plans to launch on Christmas Day in 2026. Whereas it doesn’t sound like essentially the most festive affair, it’s a technique that gained out on Nosferatu – which hit US cinemas on Christmas Day just some weeks in the past, and has turn into a major field workplace hit.
May this be the start of Eggers’ personal Darkish Universe? Does he have a tackle Frankenstein – or, even higher, a realistically dank tackle Creature From The Black Lagoon – that he may deal with subsequent? No matter occurs, we’re virtually howling on the moon in anticipation.
