Announced way back in 2016, David Lee Fisher was directing a new take on the horror classic Nosferatu, with Doug Jones (Hellboy, The Shape of Water) starring as Count Orlok.
Eight years later, the film finally has a title and release date.
Doug Jones stars as the titular Nosferatu in David Lee Fisher’s Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, a remix of the 1922 original with new actors, dialogue, sound, and musical score.
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror premieres October 18 on Apple TV+.
This movie is scene-for-scene the same story as the original silent film, but with a new cast and a green screen element for every frame of the movie. “What will be filled in that green screen is a digitally created backdrop from the original film,” Bloody Disgusting has been told.
Oh that’s interesting… So, it’s not the Willem Defoe version that’s coming out soon, then?
Ah, wondered why they didn’t mention an A-list star.
No, this has been sitting in the shelf for years with no-one interested in releasing it, not until a high profile version was in the pipeline. I bet some people will watch this and think “well this isn’t up to Robert Eggers’ usual standard!”
Crazy. Well, now’s a good time, since people are looking forward to the Defoe movie and will be clicking on it thinking that’s it! LOL.
Dougie Jones?
