Set to immerse cinemagoers in a meticulously detailed period setting once again, Werwulf — co-written by Eggers alongside Icelandic poet and The Northman scribe Sjón — is currently slated for release on Christmas Day 2026 stateside, meaning we'll likely see the movie hit British shores sometime in early 2027. In terms of what to expect from the movie however, beyond Eggers' now-customary era-accurate language and, presumably, a werewolf of some description, details on Werwulf are being kept firmly under wraps. So much so in fact that Taylor-Johnson and/or Depp could be just as likely to be seen howling at the moon in the movie as trying to hunt a lycanthropic beastie. The specific High Middle Age setting however does potentially give us some hints at possible directions Eggers may take, with this being the period of Gervase of Tilbury's infamous writings on seeing the men of England changing into wolves, of the lay of cursed nobleman Bisclavret, and of the Völsunga saga with its ulfheðnar — 'wolf-warriors' who donned the skins of wolves to spiritually and physically take on their attributes.

There has been something of a minor resurgence in werewolf movies hitting our screens in recent years, with the likes of Jim Cummings' The Wolf Of Snow Hollow, horror-comedy Werewolves Within, Marvel Studios' Werewolf By Night, and Leigh Whannell's Wolf Man all taking a walk on man's wilder side with varying degrees of success. Here's hoping that Eggers goes beast mode with Werwulf and that we don't end up with a howler on our hands, eh? (Sorry not sorry.)