Due to Robert Eggers’ vampire movie “Nosferatu” and Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance,” horror had a surprisingly sturdy displaying on the 2025 Oscar nominations. However as an alternative of resting on his laurels and high-fiving Invoice Skarsgård for delivering a gruesomely contemporary tackle the horror icon Depend Orlok, Eggers has already set his sights on a brand new film, the excellently-named thirteenth century werewolf story “Werwulf.” Oh, and if that wasn’t sufficient to maintain him working for some time, Deadline studies that he is additionally now closed a cope with TriStar footage to co-write and direct a sequel to “Labyrinth.”
The unique 1986 “Labyrinth” is a marvel. The Jim Henson film rolls out wonderful sights and sounds because it tells us about Sarah’s (Jennifer Connelly) quest to retrieve her brother (Toby Froud) from the clutches of Jareth the Goblin King (David Bowie, utilizing each little bit of his appeal whereas sporting the tightest tights identified to man). It is a creature fest, musical, fantasy movie, and a bona fide basic — and since Eggers has made a profession out of taking legends and giving them his personal customized therapy, the top outcomes of this venture ought to be fascinating to see.
There is not any phrase on exactly once we can anticipate to see the movie. Nonetheless, Eggers continues to be engaged on the script together with his “The Northman” and “Werwulf” co-writer Sjón (“Dancer within the Darkish,” “Lamb”), and “Werwulf” is up subsequent for him, so “Labyrinth” followers undoubtedly should not begin holding their breath fairly but.
Labyrinth is new floor for Eggers, however he has the instruments to ship greatness
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Discussions of “Labyrinth 2” have been happening for whereas, and filmmakers like Fede Álvarez (“Do not Breathe,” “Alien: Romulus”) to Scott Derrickson (“Sinister,” “Physician Unusual”) have been within the combine to direct at varied factors. Towards this background, Robert Eggers may not appear to be such an odd option to helm the venture, since he is hardly the primary individual hailing from a horror background to be hooked up to the venture.
Implausible as it might be, the unique “Labyrinth” is something however tame, and the numerous horror-adjacent administrators who’ve been circling the venture appear to indicate that there is not any indication to dilute the sequel in any approach, both. Regardless of the tonal variations between the unique film and far of Eggers’ work, he may very well be an excellent option to recapture or reshape the unique movie’s extra whimsical components. Whereas his films have a fame as dour, somber affairs, the outlandish interactions between Robert Pattinson’s Winslow and Willem Dafoe’s Wake in “The Lighthouse” (2019) function a surprisingly excessive variety of comedic moments amidst the darkness. Ought to Eggers be prepared to embrace this facet of his filmmaking — as the truth that he is embraced the venture in any respect definitely appears to indicate — followers might be in for an entire new facet of the celebrated writer-director.