In just over the month, the remake of the horror classic will be released in theaters Nosferatu from the screenwriter and director Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Northman), y Focus Features.
This new version stars Bill Skarsgård as Nosferatu/Count Orlock, and something that we had been speculating for a few months now has official confirmation, and that is that the marketing campaign for the remake will not reveal Skarsgård's characterization until the film's premiere in theaters on December 25, 2024.
According to reports from EW:
“Only when audiences arrive in theaters on opening day this Christmas will they be able to see the result of all the hair, makeup and prosthetics.”
EW compares what happened to the marketing of the acclaimed horror thriller Longlegs from NEON, which hid the result of Nicolas Cage's physical appearance.
Skarsgård tells EW:
“I think the best way to discover Orlok is through the movie for the first time. The film also works based on that. “He lives in the shadows for a long time and that gives clues to the character's revelation as the film progresses.”
The co-star, Willem Dafoe (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, The Lighthouse)who plays vampire hunter Professor Albin Eberthart Von Franz, joins in saying:
“The only thing that I thought was really cool and felt really novel is that he looks like he could have been from Romania, rather than affable English or something. It had a look that was based on historical accuracy and folk tradition.”
EW also shared new images of the cast that you find at the end of this note.
The rest of the cast is made up Lily-Rose Depp (The Idol, Silent Night), Nicholas Hoult (The Menu, Renfield), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kraven the Hunter, Nocturnal Animals), Emma Corrin (The Crown, My Policeman), Simon McBurney (The Conjuring 2, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation), y Ralph Ineson (The Witch, The Northman).
SYNOPSIS:
“In the new reinvention, Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman (Lily-Rose Depp) in 19th century Germany and the ancient vampire of Transylvania (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.
Eggers earned critical and audience recognition with his debut feature, the independent horror film The Witch (2016), which is classified by many as their favorite of the modern times genre. In 2019 he presented his second feature film, the also acclaimed film The Lighthouse, while in 2022 he launched his thirdthe epic Viking revenge adventure, The Northman.
The original 1922 silent film and German horror classic was directed by German director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. His script unofficially adapts the story of Bram Stroker's book, Draculaproviding the audience with an image that became an icon for cinematographic culture. In 1979, Werner Herzog directed another version of the classic.
Nosferatu premieres December 25, 2024 in theaters from the United States via Focus Features, and January 1 in Mexico and the rest of Latin America via Universal Pictures.
New glimpses:
Source: https://cine3.com/marketing-nosferatu-transformacion-bill-skarsgard-secreta/
