Robert Eggers has put Werwulf in motion with its first official trailer, and the clip ends where the movie’s sell really starts: Aaron Taylor-Johnson transforming into a werewolf. The film arrives on Christmas Day, giving Eggers another holiday release after a run of historically rooted horror projects that has kept Focus Features in the mix.
The trailer also puts Lily-Rose Depp and Willem Dafoe in the frame, with the footage presented in a grainy 4:3 aspect ratio. That choice keeps the preview tight and stripped down, which fits the material far better than a glossy showcase would.
Eggers and Sjón
Robert Eggers wrote the script with Sjón, extending a collaboration that now sits inside a larger pattern: The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Northman, and Nosferatu all pointed in the same direction before Werwulf arrived. Nosferatu grossed around $181M worldwide, opened to $21.6M over 3 days, and reached $40.8M over 5 days, so the new trailer lands with clear commercial expectations attached.
Focus Features financed Werwulf and produced it alongside Eggers and Sjón, while Maiden Voyage’s Chris and Eleanor Columbus serve as executive producers. That lineup tells readers this is not a one-off genre swing but a continuation of a working relationship built around controlled-budget horror with recognizable names attached.
Nosferatu and Focus Features
Nosferatu also picked up five BAFTA awards nominations, including Best Cinematography, Costume Design, Original Score, and Production Design, plus four Oscar nominations, giving Eggers a recent awards track record to follow. Werwulf inherits that momentum even without an official synopsis, because the trailer and tagline are already doing the narrative work.
The tagline calls Werwulf “a harrowing tale of devotion, damnation, and the devil within,” but the absence of a released synopsis leaves the plot shape deliberately unrevealed. For now, the trailer supplies the sales pitch, the cast, and the release date; the rest of the story has been held back for the movie itself.
Christmas Day release
Werwulf is set to release on Christmas Day, which gives Eggers another high-profile launch point after Nosferatu. The practical takeaway is simple: the film has moved from anticipation to countdown, and the trailer now gives audiences their first real look at where Eggers is taking his horror run next.
