That said, as someone who has followed Eggers from the very beginning of his brief yet incredible career up to this point, I have some thoughts about his upcoming horror movie as

Robert Eggers is reteaming with Focus Features for his next film 'Werwulf,' a werewolf horror feature that he co-wrote.

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.

Frank Grillo’s Werewolves dropped late last year, and Leigh Whannel’s Wolf Man recently landed on the 2025 movie schedule; it’s clear the subgenre is on the rise. Now, master of historical horror Robert Eggers is taking a stab at lycanthropy.

Robert Eggers' next movie will take him to 13th-century England and feature a werewolf instead of a vampire. Should we welcome back the Dark Universe?

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. Pic which he co-wrote with The Northman ‘s Sjón is getting a Christmas Day 2026 release in North America.

The director has only made movies set in the past, but he has chosen wildly different settings for each project.

Eggers’ Nosferatu, a remake of 1922’s Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, was a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake. The film earned four Oscar nominations.