Since late last year, Robert Eggers has been gradually adding stars to his incoming lineup. remake Nosferatu he will write and direct. Bill Skarsgård and Lily Rose-Depp joined him first, followed by Nicholas Hoult recent willem dafoewho worked with Eggers on last year’s northerners.
Focus announced via a press release that the film will also feature last year’s star Aaron Taylor-Johnson bullet train and (finally) hunter kravenHe is joined by Ralph Ineson and Simon McBurney; Ineson plays the titular Green Knight in the 2021 fantasy film, while McBurney Currently starring as Runyan Millworthy on Prime Video Carnival line. As for who they are playing Nosferatu, All three actors’ roles are currently under wraps.
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In the same release, Focus also announced that the film is currently in production in Prague. Skarsgård will play the titular vampire and Rose will play Ellen Hunter. This will be the second film in a series of short films based on his previous work; northerners It is mainly based on the legend of Amlaith written by the Danish historian Saxogrammaticus. (The legend of Grammaticus also inspired Shakespeare. village.)
Over the years, Eggers has made it clear that he wants to remake the 1922 horror film, which itself is loosely based on Bram Stoker’s DraculaThe earliest storylines describe his take on the material as “a reimagining…a Gothic tale of a haunted young woman in 19th-century Germany and the ancient Transylvanians who stalk her The obsession between sub-vampires brought him endless fear.”
release date Nosferatu A remake has yet to be given.
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