The American director Robert Eggerswhich caused a sensation at the end of 2024 with the release of Nosferhas just announced what will be his next feature film: a project that will delight gothic monster lovers.
After Nosferatu, Robert Eggers' next promising film
From The Witch (2015), Robert Eggers has risen among the major references to contemporary American cinema. Often quoted as a benchmark for the revival of horror cinema alongside Jordan Peele, Ari Aster and Mike Flanagan, Robert Eggers then continued with The Lighthouse (2019), The Northman (2022) et Nosfer (2024). Very early on, the filmmaker showed his appetite for folklore, tales and legends. With NosferRobert Eggers proposed a rereading of the expressionist masterpiece of Friedrich W. Murnau, who was himself an unofficial adaptation of the epistolary novel Dracula From the Irish writer Bram Stoker.
Acclaimed by American criticism, which notably appreciated the atmosphere and the aesthetic work of the film, Nosfer aroused more contrasting criticism in France, especially due to the appearance of Count Orlok. Nevertheless, Robert Eggers can congratulate himself since Nosfer is officially the second biggest success at the American box office of the Focus Features production studio. A nice success, certainly. Good news, the director will be able to do better with his next project, always produced by the same studio, and whose first information was revealed by Deadline this week.
Indeed, We learn that Robert Eggers' next film will be released for Christmas 2026 and is called Werwulf. It is a wolf film taking place in the 13th century England and will be shot in old English, with subtitles in order to allow understanding of the English-speaking public. In addition to offering a new period film, Werwulf will come back to the very basis of the Gothic movement, which has since its appearance close links with the Middle Ages.
Besides, Werwulf will mark the new collaboration between Robert Eggers and Sjón, close collaborator of singer Björk, and with whom he had already written the script for The Northman. Of course, All these elements make us even want to discover the next Eggers film. It is also recalled that the filmmaker is also working on a remake project of a cult fantasy film.
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