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.

Eggers cowrote the script with his “The Northman” scribe Sjón. Like “Nosferatu,” “Werwulf” will be getting a holiday release; the film is set to premiere Christmas Day 2026.

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,

Celebrated modern horror filmmaker Robert Eggers will be moving from vampires to werewolves with his next movie.

However, if there’s another thing we know Eggers loves, it’s meticulous historical research, which will again come into play for Werwulf. Sources tell THR that “the story is set in 13th century England” and the script “features dialogue that was true to the time period and has translations and annotations for those uninitiated in Old English.

Continuing its relationship with filmmaker Robert Eggers, Focus Features will produce and finance his next film, "Werwulf."

Eggers, whose Nosferatu has grossed nearly $156 million worldwide after debuting in last year’s not-usually-macabre Christmas window, will reportedly follow up his vampire redux with another straight-faced horror movie: Werewulf,

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.