Robert Eggers has dealt with witches and vampires, but now it looks like he has his eyes set on another classic movie monster.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Nosferatu director is now set to work on a werewolf movie. Dubbed Werwulf, the movie is set to take place in 13th century England. He’s also brought along Sjón to co-write the script with him; Sjón had previously collaborated with Eggers with The Northman. The movie is expected to have period accurate dialogue as well, which should be an interesting change when it comes to the usual take on Werewolves.
The movie is set to release in December of next year, so there’s plenty of time for Eggers and his crew to meet the deadline. After the success of Nosferatu in cinemas, a lot of people are excited to see what kind of special period spin Eggers has for a classic movie monster like the Werewolf.
Funnily enough, people are saying that Eggers is secretly making his own Dark Universe franchise, what with him working on all these classic movie monsters. The next thing you know he’ll also be making a movie based on The Mummy, The Invisible Man, Frankenstein, and Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde.
After the supposed box office failure of Northman, it’s great to see that Eggers still has some things to work on moving forward. Besides Werwulf, it’s said that he’s also locked down the helm for a sequel to Jim Henson’s Labyrinth. No doubt, it’s another big property for Eggers, but maybe this time he knows what he’s getting into.
Werwulf is set to release in theatres December 2026.
