With Nosferatu – The Undead, The Witch director Robert Eggers recently brought one of the greatest horror icons ever back to the cinema. Apparently the filmmaker was immediately struck by the desire to the next legend as a fresh version to implement. It is now known that Eggers is making a werewolf film after his Nosferatu.
New werewolf horror from Robert Eggers is set 700 years in the past
As the Hollywood Reporter exclusively reports, the director is next directing the werewolf horror film Werewolf. Eggers is writing the script together with the Icelandic author Sjón, who was most recently involved in Eggers’ The Northman.
The story of Werwulf is said to take place in 13th century England. No further information about the content is known yet. But one exciting detail has already emerged: the script is there full of Old English dialogues with many notes and translations. It remains to be seen whether the final film will be entirely in awkward language. In his first hit The Witch, Eggers also used period-correct language.
The werewolf myth seems to be making a bit of a comeback on the big screen. As of today, Wolf Man, the new horror film by The Invisible director Leigh Whannell, is in cinemas.
Check out the trailer for Wolf Man here:
Wolf Man – Trailer (German) HD
In the film, Christopher Abbott plays the family man Blake, who goes with his wife and small daughter to his missing father’s remote forest house. The car will be on the way attacked by a hairy beastthe Blake injured. Afterwards he notices increasingly strange and dangerous changes in himself.
When does Werwulf start in the cinema?
Eggers’ werewolf horror should be in US cinemas Christmas 2026 run. This means that the release coincides with the Nosferatu start in December 2024. In Germany, Werwulf could then be shown in cinemas again at the beginning of the following year, in January 2027.