Robert Eggers' Nosferatu, starring Nicholas Hoult and Lily-Rose Depp, gets festive release date
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Jordan Peele’s next outing, which has yet to be titled, will land in theaters on the same day. As it stands, the films will share cinema screens withDisney’s live-action Lion King follow-up Mufasa and Sonic the Hedgehog 3, which are both coming out on December 20.
“The audacious filmmaking of Robert Eggers is always a gift for fans, and we can promise that his Nosferatu is planning quite the Christmas feast,” Focus Features chairman Peter Kujawski said in a statement shared withDeadline.
Inspired by the 1922 silent film of the same name, Eggers' Nosferatu will explore the obsession between a haunted young woman and the devilish bloodsucker infatuated with her, which leads to all sorts of untold terrors. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Simon McBurney round out the supporting cast, alongside Eggers' frequent collaborators Ralph Ineson (The Witch) and Willem Dafoe (The Northman).
“Rob [Eggers] has wanted to make Nosferatu since he was eight years old and he did a play of it as well when he was in high school, so it’s been a passion project of his for a long time,” Hoult previously told theInside Total Film podcast, while promoting Dracula-based horror-comedyRenfieldback in April.
“Honestly, I wasn’t looking to go back into the vampire world again, but his style and tone are just so completely the opposite of this film, and I’m such a fan of his work that I’m excited to be in his world and watching him and learning from him. I think the film could be really special, so I’m excited for people to see it.”
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