Horror Robert Eggers Nosferatu

[The Lazarus Pit]

So ****ing hyped for this, I think Dafoe should be Bulwer/Van Helsing

 

[Jordan Elliot]

This is the first I’m hearing if this script. Any information on it? Did it evolve to become The Northman? Eggers doing a medieval knight film would be a dream come true.

Just that it would have involved Pattinson playing some kind of vain, wine drinking, cigar smoking character but also that he didn’t think it would have been challenging enough at the time.

 

[Marvolo]

This basically just backs that up, but nevertheless…

I wouldnt be making any plans for eastern Europe right now.

 

[Kane52630]

Happy 100 years to the original Nosferatu.

 

[Boom]

Hmm.

 

[Gothamsknight]

So Harry was supposed to play Nosferatu?

 

[Boom]

So Harry was supposed to play Nosferatu?

I assumed Jonathan Harker, but that probably means he was Nosferatu.

The wording of that article suggests filming was delayed, which is a major bummer.

 

[Deck Rickard]

I’m still a little confused by this. I mean, the original Nosferatu was really just Dracula with the names and some details changed. As great as Eggers is, I’m not sure there’s anything really new he can do with it. It sounds like he isn’t even sure as well. I don’t know.

 

[Gothamsknight]

 

[Boom]

It sounds like the project got shelved again. :/

 

[Arachnerd]

 

[DarkKnight88]

 

[Kev4000]

Hmm.

I am confused. Dont Worry Darling and My Policeman are completed. He has no other official project.
Is there a secret Marvel project he is needed to film?

 

[Boom]

I think it's conflicting schedules with his music touring.

 

[Boom]

Dude.

 

[Arachnerd]

I support his return to the role wholeheartedly. 100%. No hesitation.

Still need to know whether or not this movie will actually happen though.

 

[Pennywise]

Robert Eggers Says ‘Nosferatu’ Remake Has ‘Fallen Apart Twice,’ Clarifies Role Harry Styles Would’ve Played

Speaking to IndieWire’s Eric Kohn about his Viking epic, Eggers reveals that he is not sure if or when he’ll make “Nosferatu” and also dashed fans’ hopes of seeing Styles don vampire fangs.

“Dude, I don’t know,” Eggers said when asked about the status of the film. “It’s fallen apart twice. I’ve been trying to get the word out because the word did carry that Harry Styles was going to be in the movie. I just want to be clear that he was going to be Hutter and not Nosferatu himself. “

In F.W. Murnau’s original “Nosferatu,” itself a German take on Bram Stoker’s novel “Dracula,” Thomas Hutter is the human who encounters the titular vampire on a business trip and ultimately kills him. Styles vacated the role because of scheduling conflicts with his upcoming album, but even if he hadn’t, Eggers is not certain the film would have materialized. In fact, he said he worries that his remake of the expressionist silent film may be cursed.

“I’ve been trying so hard,” Eggers said of his attempts to make the film. “And I just wonder if Murnau’s ghost is telling me, like, you should stop.”

Eggers’ planned film would be the second notable remake of “Nosferatu.” The first was 1979’s “Nosferatu the Vampyre,” directed by none other than Werner Herzog. Eggers has some issues with that film, but he notes that Herzog’s German film pedigree made Herzog a more natural choice to remake the material than him.

“Herzog’s movie — for me, and I love Herzog, he’s one of my favorite directors — but I do feel like it is uneven,” Eggers said. “Love the score, love [Isabelle] Adjani, love [Klaus] Kinski, but, like front-lit night scenes, what? That’s just Herzog doing Herzog. But the best sequence of that movie, for me, is getting to the castle with Das Rheingold, and I don’t even know if it makes sense in the film even though it’s awesome. But at the same time because of German history and German cinema history, it was his right to do that film, and he needed to do that film. I don’t know. Maybe Murnau’s telling me I don’t have the right.”

 

[Marvolo]

Maybe dont try to shoot your film in the Czech Republic while Russia is waging a war against a neighboring country.

 

[Gothamsknight]

I really hope this movie comes to fruition. Ever since I heard rumors about it, I couldn't get it out of my head. Eggers is like the perfect person for this.

 

[Boom]

Robert Eggers Says ‘Nosferatu’ Remake Has ‘Fallen Apart Twice,’ Clarifies Role Harry Styles Would’ve Played

So it's definitely tabled again. Huge bummer. Curious what his next project will be then. He said he wants to keep it close to the chest for now, but it's apparently something smaller.

I am legit obsessed with the idea of him doing a medieval dragon movie. I'm gonna beg him the next time he does an AMA.

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

 

[Closerframe]

No!!!!!!!

 

[Boom]

To be clear, he said "Not at the moment."

Just sounds like it's on pause again, not that he abandoned it for good.

 

[Gothamsknight]

ugh I really hope it comes to fruition eventually. Very curious what he's gonna end up doing next.

 

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