Robert Eggers is tackling another monster movie for his next film.Per The Hollywood Reporter, Eggers will directWerwulf, a werewolf horror project. Eggers has co-written the script with Sjn, the Icelandic screenwriter who worked on 2022s The Northman.Recommended VideosEggers will reteam with Focus Features, the distributor behind Nosferatu, to releaseWerwulfin North America on Christmas Day 2026. Eggers and Sjn will produce alongside Focus Features. Chris and Eleanor Columbus, who producedNosferatu, will executive produce Werwulf.Please enable Javascript to view this contentLittle is known about Werwulf besides its setting, which will reportedly be in 13th-century England. The period piece will also feature dialogue with translations and annotations for those uninitiated in Old English. Old English. Originally planned to be shot in black and white, THR reports that is no longer the case.Eggers is coming off the resounding success ofNosferatu. Serving as a remake of the 1922 German silent film,Nosferatufollows Thomas Hutter (Nicholas Hoult), a real estate agent tasked with traveling to Transylvania to sell a house to Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgrd). In reality, Orlok is Nosferatu, a demonic vampire infatuated with Hutters wife, Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp), and will wreak havoc until she submits to him.Released on December 25, 2024, Nosferatuearned $21.6 million for the three-day opening weekend and $40.8 million for the five-day window. Both figures are Eggers highest-grossing movies.Nosferatuhas made over $156.3 million worldwide to date.Nosferatuis now available for purchase on digital platforms.Werwulfwill be Eggers fifth feature film, behind 2024s Nosferatu, 2022s The Northman, 2019s The Lighthouse, and 2015s The Witch. Eggers has worked with Focus Features on all five.Editors Recommendations