Focus Features released a trailer for Werwulf, a gothic horror film directed by Robert Eggers. The movie centers on a 13th-century English setting and follows a protagonist who undergoes a monstrous transformation. Aaron Taylor-Johnson headlines the cast in the lead role, while Lily-Rose Depp and Willem Dafoe provide supporting performances.
Dafoe’s character appears as a knight tasked with eliminating wolves from the countryside, declaring in the trailer that every wolf must die. Depp portrays the protagonist’s wife, who seeks assistance to break her husband’s curse, pleading with others to save him from his affliction. The trailer concludes with Taylor-Johnson’s character beginning his physical transformation as he looks skyward.
The three actors previously collaborated on Eggers’ Nosferatu, a vampire-themed horror film that debuted on Christmas Day 2024. That earlier project earned $180 million in worldwide box office revenue and received four Oscar nominations in technical categories. Werwulf follows a similar release strategy, scheduled for Christmas Day distribution.
Eggers directed the screenplay alongside Sjón, his collaborator on The Northman from 2022. Production credits include Eggers, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Garrett Bird, and Sjón as producers, with Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus, and Bernard Bellew listed as executive producers. Footage from the film was previously exhibited during Universal’s CinemaCon presentation in April, where industry representatives described it as Eggers’ most frightening work to date.
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