Hooooooowow Are you following an atmospheric gothic vampire film that becomes a big hit at the box office? If you're Robert Eggers, embrace the two wolves within you.
Eggers, whose Nosferatu has grossed nearly $156 million worldwide after debuting in last year's unusually macabre Christmas window, and will reportedly follow up its vampire reboot with another straight-up horror film: werewolfbased on an original screenplay written by Eggers and his colleagues The Northman Co-author Sjón. The Hollywood ReporterThe scoop suggests that the film is set in 13th century England and is characterized by contemporary dialogue. Fans of Eggers' films The witch And The lighthouse I know the filmmaker is a folklore obsessive who lives for the details, so yes, these are all tracks. (There were also plans to shoot the film in black and white, similar to The lighthousebut that is no longer in sight.)
The news comes immediately WolfmanUniversal's lycanthropic reboot bombs at the box office. Maybe that's because there wasn't much Wolfman horror in Blumhouse's revival of the Universal Monsters icon? Whatever the case, Focus Features, the studio behind it Nosferatuis not shaken. The company will work with Eggers again werewolfwhich sounds like it would do something Nosferatu has done for the vampire genre: show fangs, shed blood and let the metaphors find their way.
While in the process, rumors started to emerge Nosferatu that Eggers could be working with The Jim Henson Company on a remake labyrinth – unthinkable without the credibility that comes with a box office hit, at least based on what Henson Company execs would tell you – THR says so werewolf will be Eggers' next film. The target release date is Christmas 2026.