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Robert Eggers To Write And Direct The Remake Of Nosferatu

Robert Eggers, writer and director of the acclaimed film The Witch, is set to make a new film based on the 1922 silent masterpiece Nosferatu. The first vampire to ever be depicted on film will return to the silver screen via Eggers’ new version of the black and white classic. Jay Van Hoy and Lars Knudsen will serve as producers according to Deadline. There has been no release date announced. Eggers has another project to complete ahead of Nosferatu, a miniseries recounting the rise and fall of Russia’s mystic Rasputin. Eggers is also slatted to write and direct an upcoming medieval film titled The Knight, which Hoy and Knudsen are also producing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 27, 2016
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‘Nosferatu’ Is Rising For A New Remake

F.W. Murnau’s 1922’s vampire film ‘Nosferatu’ has long been considered a true classic. According to Variety, Studio 8 has acquired the rights to the film with the intent of remaking it. Robert Eggers, who wrote the script for the 2015 film ‘The Witch’, will pen the new version of ‘Nosferatu’. ‘Nosferatu’ follows Count Orlok, a vampire, who fains interest in a new residence with his heart set on the agent’s wife. At this time the new film remains untitled and the release date unknown.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 29, 2015
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‘Nosferatu’ Director’s Grave Robbed And His Head Stollen

Imagine, if you will, a silent grave yard on a dark night. A body hunched over a freshly opened grave, surrounded by lit candles. The villain breaking through into a casket and sneaking off in the night with the skull underneath their arm. It sounds like a scene out of a horror movie doesn’t it? For the family of director F.W. Murnau, it is a grim reality. F.W. Murnau, the director of the famous silent film ‘Nosferatu’, as well as the award winning film ‘Sunrise’ and ‘Faust’, died in 1931 in a car crash at the age of 42. He was buried in Stahnsdorf, just outside of Berlin. Early Tuesday morning someone violated what was meant to be Murnau’s final resting place in his family’s burial plot. At this time there is no clue to who carried out the horrid theft. I sincerely hope the skull finds it’s way back to the cemetery and I truly hope that Murnau’s spirit

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 15, 2015

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Robert Eggers To Write And Direct The Remake Of Nosferatu

Robert Eggers, writer and director of the acclaimed film The Witch, is set to make a new film based on the 1922 silent masterpiece Nosferatu. The first vampire to ever be depicted on film will return to the silver screen via Eggers’ new version of the black and white classic. Jay Van Hoy and Lars Knudsen will serve as producers according to Deadline. There has been no release date announced. Eggers has another project to complete ahead of Nosferatu, a miniseries recounting the rise and fall of Russia’s mystic Rasputin. Eggers is also slatted to write and direct an upcoming medieval film titled The Knight, which Hoy and Knudsen are also producing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 27, 2016
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‘Nosferatu’ Is Rising For A New Remake

F.W. Murnau’s 1922’s vampire film ‘Nosferatu’ has long been considered a true classic. According to Variety, Studio 8 has acquired the rights to the film with the intent of remaking it. Robert Eggers, who wrote the script for the 2015 film ‘The Witch’, will pen the new version of ‘Nosferatu’. ‘Nosferatu’ follows Count Orlok, a vampire, who fains interest in a new residence with his heart set on the agent’s wife. At this time the new film remains untitled and the release date unknown.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 29, 2015
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‘Nosferatu’ Director’s Grave Robbed And His Head Stollen

Imagine, if you will, a silent grave yard on a dark night. A body hunched over a freshly opened grave, surrounded by lit candles. The villain breaking through into a casket and sneaking off in the night with the skull underneath their arm. It sounds like a scene out of a horror movie doesn’t it? For the family of director F.W. Murnau, it is a grim reality. F.W. Murnau, the director of the famous silent film ‘Nosferatu’, as well as the award winning film ‘Sunrise’ and ‘Faust’, died in 1931 in a car crash at the age of 42. He was buried in Stahnsdorf, just outside of Berlin. Early Tuesday morning someone violated what was meant to be Murnau’s final resting place in his family’s burial plot. At this time there is no clue to who carried out the horrid theft. I sincerely hope the skull finds it’s way back to the cemetery and I truly hope that Murnau’s spirit

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 15, 2015