Anya-Taylor Joymade a splash with her film debut inThe Witchin 2015, and now she’s reuniting with its director to get back into the horror game. In an interview withThe Los Angeles Times, theLast Night in Sohostar revealed that she is reuniting with directorRobert Eggerson a remake ofNosferatu, the 1922 silent horror film that loosely adaptedBram Stoker’s famous story ofDracula.
While it is not known what role Taylor-Joy will play in the reworking — or who else will be joining her — Eggers’ version of the horror classic has been a long time coming. First announced in 2015, just after the premiere ofThe Witchat Sundance Film Festival, the project has been in the works for upwards of six years, with a stop in the middle for Eggers to shootThe Lighthouse, the eerie black and white thriller starringRobert PattinsonandWillem Dafoe, as well asThe NorthmanstarringNicole Kidman, Dafoe, Taylor-Joy, andAlexander Skarsgård, which is currently in post-production.
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The unspecified role is just one in a handful of upcoming projects for Taylor-Joy, who is still riding the high of success from her role inThe Queen’s Gambiton Netflix, for which she was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series at this year’s Emmy Awards. The actress is also set to star inThe Menu, directed byMark Mylod, along withFuriosa, a prequel toMad Max: Fury Road, and the thrillerLaughter in the Dark.
“All my friends are always like, ‘What are you doing?!? Take … a … break,’” Taylor-Joy said to the L.A. Times, “But the roles are too good. I wouldn’t be able to deal with it if I didn’t say yes. I wouldn’t cope. I’d rather just go for it and do my best.”
Eggers’ remake ofNosferatuwouldn’t be the first to grace Hollywood, either.Nosferatuitself is technically a “remake” of Bram Stoker’sDracula, an unauthorized version of the tale that changed names and details to avoid legal repercussions, including morphing Count Dracula into Count Orlok. (Stoker’s estate still sued the filmmakers, and nearly every copy of the film was destroyed.)Werner Herzogalso produced a remake of the film, titledNosferatu the Vampyre, in 1979.
No other information about Eggers’ remake has been released, but fans can spot Taylor-Joy inThe Queen’s Gambit, currently streaming on Netflix, or inLast Night in Soho, Edgar Wright’s upcoming psychological horror film, out on October 29.
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