The next movie from director Robert Eggers is going to be a full-on Nosferatu reunion, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson signing on for Werwulf and Lily-Rose Depp in talks to star.
Deadline reports today that Willem Dafoe is also in talks to star in Eggers’ Werwulf for Focus Features, the duo re-teaming after The Lighthouse, The Northman and Nosferatu.
Dafoe is also reportedly being eyed to play Ebenezer Scrooge in an upcoming adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens tale A Christmas Carol for Eggers, we recently learned.
Set in the 13th century and being described as a medieval horror movie, Robert Eggers’ Werwulf will howl its way into theaters from Focus Features on Christmas Day 2026.
The filmmaker co-wrote the screenplay for Werwulf alongside Sjón, the Icelandic poet and novelist who previously co-wrote the Viking movie The Northman with Eggers.
Chris Columbus, who produced Nosferatu, is on board to produce Werwulf.
Stay tuned for more on Robert Eggers’ Werwulf as we learn it.