Focus Features Debuts Trailer for Robert Eggers’ Werwulf
Focus Features has released the official trailer for Werwulf, the upcoming period Gothic horror film directed by Robert Eggers.
The movie, which has not yet been rated by the Motion Picture Association (MPA), will open in theaters on December 25, 2026.
Directed by Robert Eggers from a script by Eggers and Sjón, Werwulf stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Willem Dafoe, and Lily-Rose Depp.
The film is officially described as follows: “Do not dread the darkness. Embrace it. Witness Robert Eggers’ most visceral and haunting experience yet. Focus Features presents Werwulf, a harrowing tale of devotion, damnation and the devil within.”
The producers include Robert Eggers, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Garrett Bird, and Sjón. The executive producers are Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus, and Bernard Bellew.
Eggers is best known for writing and directing the films The Witch (2015), The Lighthouse (2019), The Northman (2022), and Nosferatu (2024). Dafoe starred in The Lighthouse, The Northman, and Nosferatu, the latter of which also starred Lily-Rose Depp and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
