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Robert Eggers’ “NOSFERATU” is back on track, with Bill Skarsgård starring

Friday, September 30, 2022 | News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

And there’s a female lead getting close to signing on as well.

Deadline reports that the long-mooted revival of NOSFERATU from writer/director Robert Eggers (THE WITCH, THE LIGHTHOUSE, THE NORTHMAN) has landed at Focus Features. Bill Skarsgård (pictured), the IT duo’s Pennywise currently on screens in BARBARIAN, will play the title role, and Lily-Rose Depp is currently in discussions to take the female lead. According to Deadline, “In the new reimagining, NOSFERATU is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman [Depp] in 19th-century Germany and the ancient Transylvanian vampire [Skarsgård] who stalks her, bringing untold horror with him.”

Eggers has long desired to put his own spin on F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent horror classic, which was previously and memorably remade by Werner Herzog with Klaus Kinski in the lead in 1979. He previously had it set up at Studio 8 in 2019 with his WITCH lead Anya Taylor-Joy and Harry Styles starring, but it was put on hold due to budget and scheduling issues. Skarsgård has been loosely attached to the project for some time, and when Taylor-Joy became too busy, Eggers selected Depp for the female lead. We’ll keep you posted on further updates!

Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold (RUE MORGUE's Head Writer) has been covering the world of horror cinema for over three decades, and in addition to his work for RUE MORGUE, he has been a longtime writer and editor for FANGORIA magazine and its website. He has also written for BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH, SCREAM, IndieWire.com, TIME OUT, DELIRIUM, MOVIEMAKER and others. He is the author of the AD NAUSEAM books (1984 Publishing) and THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO MONSTER MOVIES (FAB Press), and he has contributed documentaries, featurettes and liner notes to numerous Blu-rays, including the award-winning feature-length doc TWISTED TALE: THE UNMAKING OF "SPOOKIES" (Vinegar Syndrome).