“Nosferatu” star Aaron Taylor-Johnson is ready to reunite with director Robert Eggers on his subsequent movie, “Werwulf,” set for a Christmas 2026 launch by Focus Options.
In “Nosferatu,” Taylor-Johnson performed Friedrich Harding, a rich shipbuilder who doesn’t heed Thomas and Ellen Hutter’s warnings that their German city has fallen underneath the curse of the vampire Rely Orlok till it’s too late.
Eggers co-wrote “Werwulf” with Icelandic author Sjon, with whom he wrote his 2022 Viking revenge story “The Northman.” The upcoming movie shall be set within the thirteenth century and could have Chris and Eleanor Columbus return as govt producers by their banner Maiden Voyage.
“Nosferatu” was a smash hit for Focus Options this previous winter with $181 million grossed worldwide, changing into the studio’s third highest grossing movie in historical past. “Werwulf” will hit theaters in 2026 as a possible R-rated gothic horror various to four-quadrant fare like Marvel’s “Avengers: Doomsday” and the DreamWorks animated legacyquel “Shrek 5.”
Taylor-Johnson most just lately starred in one other horror movie, Danny Boyle’s “28 Years Later” and is ready to reprise his function because the post-apocalyptic scavenger Jamie within the movie’s sequel, “The Bone Temple,” due out this January. He’s repped by WME, Brillstein and David Weber.
The casting was first reported by Nexus Level Information.
