Robert Eggers, the horror visionary behind movies like The Witch and 2024’s finest vampire film, Nosferatu, has revealed the rationale why all his movies are historic items that do not happen in present instances. Contemplating his movies have been largely acclaimed, it isn’t as a result of he hasn’t had the chance. Eggers is simply not due to what they suggest.
The director spoke to Rotten Tomatoes lately about Nosferatu, and the dialog drifted to his admirable catalog of movies. RT simply reduce to the chase and requested Eggers if he can be curious about making modern movies. Per his agency reply:
“The thought of getting to {photograph} a automobile makes me ailing. And the thought of photographing a cellphone is simply demise. And to make a recent story it’s important to {photograph} a cellphone — it is simply how life is — so no.”
The interviewer additionally requested Eggers in regards to the “ceiling,” which means how near fashionable instances he was prepared to go along with his films, and though he was extra open when answering, it is clear that the director of movies like The Lighthouse is simply not curious about imagining issues and tales in fashionable instances:
“I’d go doubtlessly to 1950 however earlier than World Battle II is extra inviting for my creativeness.”
Up to now, his 4 movies, Nosferatu, The Northman, The Lighthouse, and The Witch, are historic horror items that require manufacturing designers to return in time with the intention to authentically depict how issues occurred tons of of years in the past. His most bold method, The Northman, takes place in Scandinavian time within the yr 895. That is three digits.
What Is Robert Eggers Doing Subsequent After ‘Nosferatu’?
Recent off the success of his vampire epic, Nosferatu, Eggers is not planning to cease making distinctive horror movies. Certain, his newest movie nonetheless has to go over the award season (now we have our fingers crossed that horror will get some much-earned recognition this yr), however there’s already some information about what Eggers could possibly be doing subsequent after Nosferatu.
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One of many initiatives by Eggers that was lately confirmed is Werewulf, a totally unique tackle a werewolf film that the director will make with Focus Options, the identical distributors of Nosferatu. Eggers will crew up with Sjón, his co-writer on The Northman, for a interval piece that’ll take viewers to Thirteenth-century England and can function dialogues in Previous English. Absolutely, we’ll want some subtitles for this. There’s nonetheless nothing confirmed in regards to the casting, but it surely’s cheap to count on some acquainted Eggers collaborators (Willem Dafoe as a werewolf, please).
Subsequent, Eggers is rumored to be engaged on a contemporary sequel to Labyrinth, Jim Henson’s 1986 musical fantasy starring Jennifer Connelly. The director has reportedly struck a cope with TriStar Footage, and the movie will likely be produced by Chris Columbus alongside his daughter, Eleanor, who has labored beforehand with Eggers on Nosferatu. Whether or not Eggers makes a Labyrinth sequel or not, now we have two questions: 1) Will Jennifer Connelly be again? 2) If the sequel takes place in fashionable instances, would not that break Eggers’ rule of not making modern movies? Solely time will inform, we suppose.
Nosferatu
- Launch Date
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December 25, 2024
- Runtime
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132 Minutes