Threats of his Dracula feature, Robert Eggers gets ready to bring the folklore of werewolves to the big screen.
IndieWire has learned that the “Nosferatu” writer will reunite with Focus Features for his next title, “Werewolf.” The Hollywood Reporter first announced the project, which is described as a werewolf horror film set in 13th century England. As THR noted, Eggers originally planned to shoot the film in black and white, but it will now be in color.
Eggers wrote the script together with his “Normannen” writer Sjón. Like “Nosferatu,” “Werwulf” will get a holiday release; the film premieres on Christmas Day 2026.
Focus Features is producing and financing. Both Eggers and Sjón will produce alongside Focus Features, with Maiden Voyage’s Chris and Eleanor Columbus executive producing. Eggers has been working with his “Werwulf” executive producers Chris Columbus and his daughter Eleanor’s company, Maiden Voyage, since “The Witch.” Supporting first- and second-time filmmakers, Maiden Voyage joined “The Witch” in post-production; since then, Eggers has done credited his longtime collaborator Columbus for influencing his directorial eye.
Eggers and Focus have collaborated on all of his films, including the A24 films “The Witch” and “The Lighthouse.”
“Nosferatu” has become Focus Features’ second highest grossing film state aside from “Downton Abbey,” with a $90.5 million gross.
Eggers made his directorial debut in 2016 with “The Witch” before directing “The Lighthouse” in 2019, “The Northman” in 2022 and “Nosferatu” in 2024.
“‘The Witch’, proud of it, but I was frustrated that I couldn’t get what was in my head onto the screen. ‘The Lighthouse’ was a perfect springboard where I felt I could do that. And ‘The Norseman’ , because the scope and scale was so huge, it was more difficult for me to do the same,” says Eggers told IndieWire about his career so far. “It was a beast, a big learning experience, I’ve said this before, after doing ‘The Northman’ I finally felt like I know how to direct a movie, like I’m not trying to convince people that I know how to directing a movie. I’m not one to have that many ideas and just hope it works. It gave me the tools to finally feel confident as a director, so it was nice to go into ‘Nosferatu’ with that feeling.”
