The horror film Werwulf, featuring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Lily-Rose Depp as werewolves

Discover *Werwulf*, the horror film starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Lily-Rose Depp. Plot, cast, release date

Werwulf, the plot of the movie

Werwulf is the horror movie coming out. The plot is set in 13th century England, where a mysterious creature, a werewolf (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) roams the countryside, while local folklore transforms into a terrifying reality for the village inhabitants. Taylor-Johnson plays the protagonist werewolf, and the cast also includes Jack Morris, Jan Bijvoet, Ritchi Edwards and Bodhi Rae Breathnach. It has not yet been revealed, but it will focus on the figure of.[stop]

Werwulf, the trailer of the movie

In the trailer screened at CinemaCon in Las Vegas there are numerous black and white shots, with images of mutilated corpses, desecrated graves and inhabitants terrorized by an invisible beast. Taylor-Johnson naked writhes and transforms into a werewolf, with saliva filling his mouth, whose teeth are now fangs. In the trailer the monstrous aspect in its entirety has not been shown.

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Werwulf, the cast of the movie

Aaron Taylor-Johnson has acted in 28 Years Later, Tenet and Bullet Train and Kraven The Hunter. Lily-Rose Depp has worked on Nosferatu, Voyagers and in the TV series The Idol (read the interview). Also present are Willem Dafoe, seen recently in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Poor Things!; Ralph Ineson.

Werwulf, the direction of the movie

The direction and screenplay are by Robert Eggers, who has already directed the same Nosferatu, The Lighthouse and The Northman. Also writing the script is Sjón, who has already written the screenplay for Dancer in the Dark and Lamb.

Werwulf, the production and release date of the movie

The production is by Focus Features and Maiden Voyage Pictures. Filming began in September 2025 at Sky Studios Elstree, in England, to also move to a village set up in Bourne Wood in Surrey, in Wales, in the Crychan Forest and in the North Crychan Forest - on the border between the Brecon Beacons and the Cambrian Mountains - in the Puzzlewood forest and near the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire. They concluded in January 2026, and the movie is released in American cinemas on December 25, 2026.