I haven’t seen the first trailer for Robert Eggers’ upcoming Werwulf, but going by this second one it looks like the film is going to be The Vvitch but furrier, and with more teeth.
Yes everyone’s favourite lycan lovely is about to hit the big screen again, which also reanimates the age old question (if you’re more pedant than peasant, anyway): Werwulf to rhyme with Herewulf, Werwulf to rhyme with Therewulf, or Werwulf to rhyme with Herwulf (though that last one is probably for Cilla Black only, to be fair).
Werwulf probably won’t help us answer that, partly because the dialogue is Middle English and partly because the characters’ lives look so grim in 14th century England I doubt they have time for luxury beliefs about pronunciation.
Wewulf is described as “a harrowing tale of devotion, damnation and the devil within”.
Scroll down for the trailer and images.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Man. Credit: Rory Mulvey / © 2026 FOCUS FEATURES LLC
Watch the Werewulf trailer now (age restricted, sorry kids. Go and dig out your parents’ ex-Blockbuster rental copy of American Werewolf In London and STAY AWAY FROM THE MOORS!):
Werwulf is in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 1 January 2027. The film stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Willem Dafoe, Lily-Rose Depp, Ralph Ineson and Kate Dickie. It is directed by Robert Eggars and written by Robert Eggers and Sjón.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as Man and Lily-Rose Depp as Woman. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features / © 2026 FOCUS FEATURES LLC
Willem Dafoe stars as Old Hunter. Credit: Rory Mulvey / © 2026 FOCUS FEATURES LLC
Director Robert Eggers on set. Credit: Rory Mulvey / © 2026 FOCUS FEATURES LLC