(Left) Aaron Taylor-Johnson attends the Academy’s eighth Annual Governors Awards in The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Heart® in Hollywood, CA, on Saturday, November 12, 2016. Credit score/Supplier: Aaron Poole / ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S. (Heart) Lily-Rose Depp arrives on the pink carpet of the 97th Oscars® on the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit score/Supplier: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright ©A.M.P.A.S. (Proper) Robert Eggers arrives on the fifteenth Governors Awards within the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, November 17, 2024.
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- Aaron Taylor-Johnson & Lily-Rose Depp will star in ‘Werwulf.’
- It’ll mark a reunion with ‘Nosferatu’ author/director Robert Eggers.
- The film needs to be capturing in September.
Seems to be like Robert Eggers is planning a ‘Nosferatu’ reunion. The director –– who has kind with a repeat ensemble –– is, per Nexus Level Information, seeking to deliver the leads of that film, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Lily-Rose Depp, again for his newest chunk of gory horror.
The director has been growing werewolf story ‘Werwulf’ for some time now, and it’s coming collectively rapidly.
Focus Options, which noticed a wholesome field workplace return on ‘Nosferatu’, is as soon as extra backing the brand new film.
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What’s the story of ‘Werwulf’?
Director Robert Eggers on the set of his movie ‘Nosferatu’, a Focus Options launch.
Credit score: Aidan Monaghan / © 2024 Focus Options LLC.
Particulars stay scarce on this one since Eggers has but to disclose a lot, however he wrote ‘Werwulf’ with Sjón, who co-wrote violent Viking saga ‘The Northman’ with the filmmaker.
‘Werwulf is’ described as a werewolf horror movie set in thirteenth century England and is ready to characteristic Previous English dialogue.
Taylor-Johnson is reportedly set to play the titular werewolf, with Depp as his spouse. The script reportedly options components of witchcraft and is described as certainly one of Eggers’ goriest initiatives up to now. Whereas the director at one level was contemplating capturing the movie in black and white, he has now apparently dropped that concept.
The cameras are anticipated to start rolling this September.
Aboard to supply are Christopher Columbus –– sure, the ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Residence Alone’ director –– and his daughter Eleanor, who by way of their firm Maiden Voyage Footage, have been partnering with Eggers since his first movie and had been concerned with shepherding ‘Nosferatu’ to screens.
In response to Deadline, Eggers common Willem Dafoe can also be now in talks to return for his newest, to zero shock. Now we wait to see whether or not his fellow repeat performers equivalent to Anya Taylor-Pleasure and Ralph Ineson may even present up.
When will ‘Werwulf’ howl into cinemas?
Since Eggers and Focus noticed such success with the seemingly unusual Christmas Day launch slot for ‘Nosferatu’ final yr, they’re making an attempt once more, with ‘Werwulf’ concentrating on December twenty fifth, 2026 because the date on which it would look to terrify audiences. Bushy Christmas!
Willem Dafoe stars as Professor Albin Eberhart von Franz in director Robert Eggers’ ‘Nosferatu’, a Focus Options launch. Photograph: Courtesy of Focus Options / © 2024 Focus Options LLC.