For the past few years, Robert Eggers has been planning to direct a new take on Nosferatu starring Anya Taylor-Joy, and it looks like that project is finally coming to life.
Well, a bit of a different iteration of that project, at least…
Deadline reports that Bill Skarsgard and Lily-Rose Depp have come on board the ship, with Robert Eggers planning to make Nosferatu as his next movie for Focus Features.
Bill Skarsgard will reportedly be playing Nosferatu/Count Orlock in the film!
As for Anya Taylor-Joy, it seems she’s now off the project.
Deadline’s report indicates, “In the new reimagining, the pic is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman (Depp) in 19th century Germany and the ancient Transylvanian vampire (Skarsgard) who stalks her, bringing untold horror with him.”
Eggers (The Witch, The Northman) is directing and he also wrote the script.
F.W. Murnau directed the original 1922 version of Nosferatu, while fellow German filmmaker Werner Herzog notably directed his own version of the classic tale back in 1979.
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The 1922 silent movie followed the vampire Count Orlok, who wants to buy a house in Germany and becomes enamored with the real-estate agent’s wife. It was an unofficial adaptation of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” which almost led to all copies being destroyed. Nevertheless, Nosferatu still endures after all these years, and it looks like he’ll soon return…
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