Robert Eggers
Aaron Taylor-Johnson Joins Robert Eggers‘ ’Nosferatu’
Aaron Taylor-Johnson has joined Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Emma Corrin and Willem Dafoe in Focus Features’ Nosferatu, written and directed by Robert Eggers (The Northman). Production has begun in Prague on the film, in which Skarsgård is set to play the titular vampire character in the reboot of the 1922 classic horror pic […]
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Bill Skarsgard, Lily-Rose Depp in Talks for Robert Eggers’ ‘Nosferatu’ Remake
Bill Skarsgard and Lily-Rose Depp are in talks to star in Robert Eggers’ long-gestating Nosferatu remake, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Skarsgard is set to play the titular vampire character in the reboot of the 1922 classic horror pic by German director F. W. Murnau, while Depp will also star. Eggers’ Nosferatu will retell […]
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How Underselling ‘The Northman’s’ Fantasy Proved to Be Its Biggest Box Office Battle
Blood, fire and fate. These three elements swirl about the films of Robert Eggers, as he borrows from the old in order to create something that feels novel, surprising in its authenticity and driven by a perspective that could only stem from modern times, but a voice that feels distinctly outside of it. Eggers’ latest […]
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Why This 12-Year-Old Actor Kept Role as Young Bruce Wayne in ‘The Batman’ a Secret From Classmates
Following the March release of Matt Reeves’ The Batman, some of Oscar Novak’s friends cornered him at school with a pressing question: Was that you on the big-screen? The 12-year-old admitted that, yes, it was him starring as a young Bruce Wayne in the Warner Bros. film, a confirmation that also revealed an occupation he’d […]
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‘The Northman’ Filmmaker Robert Eggers on Nailing Nude Battle Scene, Managing Epic Production
Standing front and center beneath the big screen inside Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre, Robert Eggers had an important message to share about The Northman. “I want to say that this is not a film by Robert Eggers,” said the filmmaker on Monday night ahead of the premiere as he was joined by actors Alexander Skarsgard, […]
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Alexander Skarsgard’s Ax-Throwing Skills Are a Work in Progress
Vikings and axes go hand in hand, so it might seem a safe bet that the star of Robert Eggers’ upcoming revenge thriller The Northman, Alexander Skarsgård (seen brandishing one on the poster and in various bloody axe-based rampages throughout the film), might be skilled with the weapon in real life. Not so fast. Focus […]
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Alexander Skarsgard Can’t Escape His Fate in ‘The Northman’ Trailer
A little over a week ahead of its theatrical release, Robert Eggers’ The Northman dropped a second official trailer with new footage of the film’s all-star cast that includes Alexander Skarsgard, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicole Kidman, Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe. “Fate has no mercy,” begins the nearly two-minute trailer as Skarsgard’s Amleth looks into a hut […]
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Alexander Skarsgard and Nicole Kidman in Robert Eggers’ ‘The Northman’: Film Review
Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy and Ethan Hawke also star in this big, bloody medieval Viking saga of fate, family and revenge.
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Alexander Skarsgard Seeks Revenge in ‘The Northman’ Trailer
“I will avenge you, Father. I will save you, Mother. I will kill you, Fjolnir.” Alexander Skarsgard repeats these phrases over and over again in the first trailer for Robert Eggers’ The Northman. Set at the turn of the 10th century in Iceland, the action-packed film from Focus Features follows a young Viking prince Amleth […]
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‘The Lighthouse,’ ‘The Witch’ and the Horror of Robert Eggers
'The Lighthouse' and 'The Witch' work as companion pieces, with each hiding a strange and supernatural light within its center.
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Toronto: Willem Dafoe Talks His Bushy Beard Look in ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ and ‘The Lighthouse’
Willem Dafoe discusses coming to the Toronto International Film Festival with two movies, 'The Lighthouse' and 'Motherless Brooklyn,' both of which feature the actor sporting a bushy beard.
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‘The Lighthouse’: Film Review | Cannes 2019
Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe star as 1890s Maine lighthouse keepers locked in a battle of wills as a storm rages inside and out in 'The Lighthouse,' the new chiller from ‘The Witch’ director Robert Eggers.
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