Nosferatu was Eggers’ remake of the 1922 Dracula-like thriller by the same name. It starred Lily-Rose Depp and Nicholas Hoult as a couple besieged by Count Orlok, played by Bill Skarsgard. It also featured Willem Dafoe, who has appeared in all but one of Eggers’ films, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson and was set in a German port in the 1830s.

Robert Eggers, director of Nosferatu and The Northman, unveils Werwulf, a werewolf horror film for Christmas 2026.

Hot off his Dracula feature, Robert Eggers is getting ready to bring the folklore of werewolves to the big screen. IndieWire has learned that the "Nosferatu" auteur will reunite with Focus Features for his next title,

Robert Eggers is reteaming with Focus Features after the phenomenal success of Nosferatu becoming the studio’s second highest grossing movie stateside with $90.5M behind Downton Abbey, and that is with the new genre movie Werwulf.

Robert Eggers is reteaming with Focus Features for 'Werwulf,' a 13th century set werewolf movie releasing in 2026.

As reported by THR, the film will be set in the 13th century (in true Eggers style, hewing as close to the reality of the period as possible), with Eggers directing from a screenp