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.

Continuing its relationship with filmmaker Robert Eggers, Focus Features will produce and finance his next film, "Werwulf," according to an insider with knowledge of the project. The film will be released in North America on Christmas Day,

Robert Eggers is biting into his next horror project. Eggers is reteaming with Focus Features for his next film "Werwulf," a werewolf horror feature that he will direct from a script he co-wrote with Sjón,