Focus Features continues the marketing campaign for the remake of the horror classic, Nosferatuby the screenwriter and director Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Northman).
The latest promotional material focuses on a glimpse of the co-star Lily-Rose Depp (The Idol, Silent Night) who appears to be in serious trouble with a bloody face. The image is available at the end of this note.
Depp plays Ellen Hutter, wife of real estate agent, Thomas, Nicholas Hoult (Warm Bodies, Renfield), con Bill Skarsgård (The Crow, Barbarian, It) playing Nosferatu/Count Orlock in this new version.
The rest of the cast is made up of Emma Corrin (The Crown, My Policeman), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Bullet Train, Nocturnal Animals), Simon McBurney (The Conjuring 2, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation), Ralph Ineson (The Witch, The Northman), y Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse, The Northman) as Professor Albin Eberthart Von Franz, vampire hunter.
SYNOPSIS NOSPHERE:
“In the new reimagining, Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a bewitched young woman (Lily-Rose Depp) in 19th-century Germany and the ancient Transylvanian vampire (Bill Skarsgard) who stalks her, bringing with him unspeakable horror.”
Eggers wrote and directed the remake, as well as producing it alongside Jeff Robinov, John Graham, Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus.
Previously, Eggers shared about his film:
“Yes, it's a scary movie. It's a horror movie. It's a gothic horror movie. And I think it's been a while since there's been a scary old-school gothic movie. And I think most audiences will find that to be the case.”
Eggers earned critical and audience acclaim with his debut feature, the independent horror film The Witch (2016), which is considered by many to be her favorite of the modern-day genre. In 2019 he presented his second feature film, the also acclaimed film The Lighthouse, while in 2022 it launched its thirdthe epic Viking revenge adventure, The Northman.
The original 1922 silent film and German horror classic was directed by German Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. Its script unofficially adapts the story from Bram Stoker's book, Draculaproviding audiences with an image that became iconic to film culture. In 1979, Werner Herzog directed another version of the classic.
Focus Features will distribute the film in the U.S. market, while Universal Pictures will distribute it in the international market. The Release date set for December 25, 2024.
New image (via Fandango):
Source: https://cine3.com/lily-rose-depp-en-nuevo-vistazo-al-remake-nosferatu-de-robert-eggers/
