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Every awards season, movie fans and aspiring pundits across the country become obsessed with the ever-coveted Academy Awards. The longstanding awards show has long been considered the holy grail of the film industry and can often feel like an all-encompassing part of the discourse, particularly around the four acting categories. In the lead-up to Oscar Sunday, many of us debate who will win, and once the ceremony comes and goes, there are still debates over who should have won.

Amidst this hubbub, it's important to remember that the Oscars are but a modicum of what represents the best performances in film. In fact, several of the best actors working today have never been given the honor of an Oscar despite years of treasured performances. The disparity between what Oscar voters love and what history remembers has always been a widening gap, but we can guarantee these 15 omissions from the winner's circle are particularly egregious.

Malaysian powerhouse Astro Shaw has joined forces with Sympatico, the newly minted production label from Double Vision’s Min Lim and Argo Films’ Richard Johns, as the outfit commences production on its debut feature “Mojo.”

The romantic comedy, which began lensing this week in Malaysia’s picturesque Perlis region, marks a significant milestone in cross-cultural collaboration between Southeast Asian and British filmmaking talents.

Indonesian heartthrob Adipati Dolken (“Shadow Strays”) makes his Malaysian film debut as Adi, starring opposite local sensation Mimi Lana (“The Experts”) in this tale of urban ambition meeting rural charm – with a social media-famous bovine thrown into the mix. The story follows Adi, a corporate climber at Moo Magic Farms who turns a distinctive cow named Mojo into a viral sensation while pursuing aggressive rural farm acquisitions. His plans take an unexpected turn when he encounters a resistant farming community and its determined inhabitants, including Ayu (Lana...

In the vast world of the entertainment industry, several actors have portrayed blood-thirsty, menacing beings called Vampires. Among them is Ian Somerhalder, whose role as Damon Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries has made him a global superstar and a fan favorite. His impeccable portrayal of the brooding and reckless Salvatore brother has continued to amaze fans even today, making them revisit the world of Mystic Falls over and over again.

The Vampire Diaries | Credit: The CW

Given the great job he did in bringing Damon to life, one can’t help but wonder what other pop culture-famous Vampires he took inspiration from. While he did have a few inspirations, the actor, however, refused to see Robert Pattinson’s Twilight movies.

The reason why Ian Somerhalder did not watch Robert Pattinson’s Twilight movies Robert Pattinson in The Twilight Saga | Credit: Summit Entertainment

The Twilight films are some of the biggest supernatural movies of all time,...

It’s almost the Oscars season, and the list of nominations is already out—and we are shocked to know that Willem Dafoe has once again been snubbed for the nth time! The veteran actor starred in Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu as Prof. Albin Eberhart Von Franz, and the disregard for his exceptional performance by the Academy voters is truly a massive crime.

Willem Dafoe in Nosferatu / Credits: Focus Features

With a career spanning over four decades, he has proven his versatility in various roles and genres, mainly portraying diverse characters in mainstream and arthouse movies. In fact, he has experience working on a previous Nosferatu film which he got an Oscar nod.

Willem Dafoe was massively snubbed by the Oscars again

Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu received an impressive four Oscar nominations at the 97th Academy Awards, including Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling. The...

Nosferatu is making waves on the list of the highest-grossing horror movies of all time as it climbs above a classic franchise. Robert Eggers' 2024 horror reimagining of the influential 1922 silent horror of the same name serves as an adaptation of the Dracula story. The Nosferatu cast features Bill Skarsgård in the titular role as Count Orlok, alongside Lily-Rose Depp, Willem Dafoe, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nicholas Hoult, and Emma Corrin. The movie was released December 25 in the United States and recently passed a significant box office milestone.

Willem Dafoe starred in the 2000 independent film Shadow of the Vampire, a fictionalized account of the making of Nosferatu.

Per The Numbers, Nosferatu has climbed into the top 50 highest-grossing horror movies of all time. It has well exceeded the $100 million mark at the worldwide box office, posting a gross (to date) of $136.1 million. The film is sitting at #46 on the list of top 100 All Time...

Whenever Hollywood needs someone to play an eccentric character, they call upon the great Mads Mikkelsen. His entire filmography is filled with some of the most bizarre and interesting characters in the film industry. While Jürgen Voller and Galen Erso are poor examples of the same, things start to get more interesting when Le Chiffre and Hannibal Lecter are brought into the conversation.

Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal Lecter in Hannibal | Credit: NBC

His work in NBC’s Hannibal has brought him the most attention for playing characters who don’t fit into the black-and-white mold of morality. The romanticization of cannibalism done in the film perfectly fits with Mikkelsen’s portrayal of Lecter, causing him to be cast in similar roles throughout his career.

Interestingly enough, the actor almost played the role of another romanticized villain recently. However, one cannot help but wonder if he would have been the right person for the role.

Daniel Day-Lewis as Count Dracula? In another world, director Robert Eggers' "Nosferatu" could've given us just that.

"Nosferatu" evokes images of silent movie actor Max Shreck in a bald cap and pointed ears as he played the vampire Count Orlok. But in Eggers' new "Nosferatu," Orlok actor Bill Skarsgård looks nothing like that — or himself, even.

Similar to Skarsgård's performance as Pennywise in "It," he totally submits himself over to the character, disappearing behind make-up and (in "Nosferatu") an echo effect on his voice. I agree wholeheartedly with /Film's Chris Evangelista that when you watch Skarsgård's Orlok, you don't feel as if you're seeing a performance, but a true evil walking on screen. In that way, it's the most fully inhabited villain performance I can recall since Heath Ledger's Joker in "The Dark Knight."

Now, this can all sound like a backhanded compliment, treating Skarsgård as a mere stand-in...

In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week: a trio of music videos directed by E. Elias Merhige. Several famous directors have tackled remakes of Nosferatu, most noticeably Werner Herzog, and now Robbert Eggers. But one re-adaptation of Nosferatu, called Shadow of the Vampire, flew kind of under the radar. Its director is E. Elias Merhige, who has had an erratic but interesting career, starting out with the avant-garde arthouse-horror Begotten; following it up with the aforementioned film about Nosferatu-portrayer Max Schreck being a real-life vampire; making the interesting serial killer thriller Suspect Zero, and then continuing the work in the Begotten-trilogy by finishing it with the shorts Din of Celestial Birds and Polia...

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A carriage approaches Orlok’s castle in director Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu, a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features / © 2024 Focus Features LLC

Before Bela Lugosi created the image of an elegant Dracula in Todd Browning’s film Dracula, F.W. Murnau made the brilliant silent film Nosferatu, the first film adaptation of Bram Stoker’s eerie novel. Stoker’s estate refused to let the legendary German director use the book’s title but Murnau made the film anyway, renaming the vampire Count Orlok and re-setting the latter part of the story in Germany rather than England. Director Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is an outstanding film that both honors and recreates Murnau’s great classic, while also adding a modern horror edge as well.

Fans of Murnau’s incredible silent horror film will delight in Eggers’ new Nosferatu, which faithfully recreates several of the striking scenes in the original. Nosferatu is visually astounding,...

Note: This article contains spoilers for every version of “Nosferatu” and several “Dracula” films.

If Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu” is your first introduction to the lesser-known vampire tale, you may be surprised how similar it is to Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.”

This vamp (played by Bill Skarsgård) also lives in a castle in remote Eastern Europe and travels to London by boat, with nearly all the same story beats as in the 1897 novel. But F. W. Murnau’s silent movie changed a few details, including character names, to avoid copyright infringement: Count Dracula is now named Count Orlok, Jonathan Harker becomes Thomas Hutter, etc.

Despite these slight alterations, Stoker’s heirs easily spotted the striking resemblance and sued. A court found in favor of the Stoker estate and ordered all copies of the film to be destroyed.

Fortunately for film and horror buffs, several copies were saved and the seminal silent...

Bill Skarsgård may be the latest actor to terrify audiences as Count Orlok, but this year’s Nosferatu remake almost cast one of three other famous actors before him. Based on the 1992 silent film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, this latest reinterpretation sees Skarsgård assume the role first played by German film star Max Schreck. However, before being offered the role of the film’s titular vampire, Skarsgård had originally auditioned for and been offered Nicholas Hoult’s role of Thomas Hutter.

Speaking with Swedish film site Moviezine, Skarsgård explained that in the movie’s earliest incarnations, director Robert Eggers was considering several well-known actors to play Count Orlok. In addition to mentioning Daniel Day-Lewis and Mads Mikkelsen, Skarsgård also revealed that his co-star Willem Dafoe was also slated to play him before landing the role of Professor Albin Eberhart Von Franz. Check out a translation of his comments below:...

This article contains mild spoilers for "Nosferatu."

There is much within Robert Eggers' film "Nosferatu" that is to be expected. If you're familiar with the prior cinematic incarnations of Dracula, vampire movies in general, Eggers' filmography, or some combination of all three, then you're not necessarily going to be surprised by everything in the film. There's a lot of bloodletting, a palpable sense of dread, an authenticity of time and place, and a psychosexual relationship between the vampire Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård) and his victims — all aspects that foreknowledge of vampire movies and Eggers' work should prepare you for.

However, part of the joy that comes with following the work of a true auteur is seeing how much they can still surprise you, even as they remain true to their quirks and proclivities. "Nosferatu" is as undeniably Eggers' film as it is a quintessential vampire movie, and yet it's honestly...

With the arrival of Robert Eggers' "Nosferatu," we can say one thing for certain: Bill Skarsgård is really good at stepping into the roles of iconic horror movie monsters. Skarsgård has seemingly pulled off this minor miracle twice, with stunning results both times. In 2017's "It," Skarsgård slathered on some greasepaint to play Pennywise the Dancing Clown (a role he's reprising in the upcoming Max series "Welcome to Derry"), the malevolent shape-shifter prone to hanging out in sewers and chowing down on kids. It was no small feat. While 2017's "It" was the first feature adaptation of Stephen King's tome of terror, it wasn't the first time the material had made it to the screen. Back in 1990, "It" was adapted into a TV miniseries, and featured the legendary Tim Curry as Pennywise. When word broke that "It" was being adapted again, fans of the miniseries all seemed to share...

Director E. Elias Merhige’s Shadow Of The Vampire, a sly and meta interpretation of F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu, poses a question: When is a traditional adaptation of a famous story not enough?

It’s still a pertinent question, almost 25 years after that film’s release. Given that the film...

Nosferatu star Willem Dafoe is reflecting on his own Count Orlok performance from the 2000 movie Shadow of the Vampire. The upcoming remake, directed by Robert Eggers, who collaborated with Dafoe on The Lighthouse and The Northman, depicts a nightmarish encounter with the eponymous vampire. In the film, Dafoe portrays Professor Albin Eberhart Von Franz, a source of authority regarding Count Orlok. However, the Nosferatu star famously played a version of this mysterious Transylvanian monster in E. Elias Merhige’s Oscar-nominated Shadow of the Vampire, an imaginary tale of Max Schreck (Dafoe) during the original Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror.

Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, ahead of the Nosferatu premiere, Dafoe looked back on his Count Orlok portrayal. He expressed a fondness for Shadow of the Vampire and explained how makeup can impact a performance by allowing an actor to see themselves in character. Read some of his comments below:

That was a wonderful experience.

A longstanding and well respected Hollywood staple, Willem Dafoe is one of modern cinema's most prominent success stories. A frequent collaborator with acclaimed filmmakers like Wes Anderson, Robert Eggers, and Yorgos Lanthimos, Dafoe's best movies have earned him four Academy Award nominations to date across the course of a long and storied career, with the actor featuring across virtually every genre of film imaginable. However, while Dafoe's career may be thriving, the same cannot be said for many of his film characters.

Much like The Lord of the Rings' star Sean Bean, the actor's dramatic charges have an unfortunate habit of dying before the credits roll, often in comically brutal fashion. Dafoe is more than aware of the status quo when it comes to his characters' frequent movie deaths, admitting in an interview with Empire magazine that he loves watching his characters bite the dust onscreen. Accordingly, with a host of options to choose from,...

Cap's back — and this time he's seeing red! Red Hulk, that is. Yes, Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson and Harrison Ford's Hulked out President Thaddeus Ross form the word-exclusive cover of our stacked Captain America: Brave New World issue — which has us diving deep into the McU's 35th film, looking back on 2024's cinematic highlights, and talking to the stars and filmmakers behind your next must-see movies.

This month's issue hits newsstands on Thursday 19 December — and you can pre-order your copy online here. But for now, read on for a look inside its pages.

Captain America: Brave New World

On your left! After four years away, Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson is bringing his take on Marvel's star-spangled man to the big screen in Captain America: Brave New World. Here, Empire heads undercover to talk to Mackie, co-star Harrison Ford, director Julius Onah, and more about Red Hulks, returning Leaders,...

Sometimes books are mega hits and get turned into movies that take off. There’s just something that captures the zeitgeist and it’s destined to be. Harry Potter came out of nowhere and then turned into a franchise of books, video games, Lego sets, and of course movies. Other times, authors release something that will undoubtedly get picked up as the track record for success is already there. This is the Stephen King special or even Michael Crichton when he was still active. Adaptations can come from cases of re-adaptations like Dracula, Frankenstein, and other classics that get recycled over and over again, especially of they fall into the public domain. There’s the rare case, though, that an unknown author has a manuscript pop and movie studios jump at the chance to create something new. The journey and strange tale of the author of Bird Box falls under that last category.

Nosferatu director Robert Eggers has already made it clear that we will not get a proper look at his new take on the titular vampire (played by It star Bill Skarsgård) until we're actually watching the horror remake, but a lot of critics have now seen the film, and some of the reviews contain some fairly in-depth descriptions of Count Orlok.

The vampire that was introduced in F.W. Murnau's original 1922 classic (played by Max Schreck) had a very distinctive look that will go down as one of the most iconic and influential monster designs of all time. Eggers' version does reportedly retain some elements of Schreck's ghoulish visage, but it sounds like some significant changes have been made.

If you'd rather know as little as possible about this new take on Count Orlok going in, spoilers follow.

Several reviews reference the new "Zombie Pirate" creature design, but Variety's is probably the most detailed.

With the reverential early-horror tribute that is “Nosferatu,” Robert Eggers has crafted more than just a remake, but somehow less than a fully satisfying filmgoing experience. Visually striking as it is, with compositions that rival great Flemish paintings, the obsessive director’s somber retelling of F.W. Murnau’s expressionistic vampire movie is commendably faithful to the 1922 silent film and more accessible than “The Lighthouse” and “The Witch,” yet eerily drained of life.

In re-creating what came before, Eggers is mindful of Murnau’s distinctive style, but is too gifted simply to mimic. Instead, the meticulously detail-oriented director offers his take on the classic, treating nearly every frame as a work of art unto itself, while further embellishing the story’s Romantic aspects — which might have succeeded, if not for the cast. “Nosferatu” builds to a tragic finale, but is weighed down by pretentious dialogue, somnolent pacing and weak performances, especially...

The latest film from The Witch, The Lighthouse, and The Northman writer/director Robert Eggers‘ is a remake of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent classic Nosferatu (watch it Here), and Focus Features will be giving the film “a prime holiday season release” when they bring it to theatres on Wednesday, December 25th. Anticipation levels are high for this one, so we have decided to put together a list of Everything We Know about this version of Nosferatu:

Plot

Nosferatu tells a familiar story. An unofficial adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the original Nosferatu has the following synopsis: In this highly influential silent horror film, the mysterious Count Orlok (Max Schreck) summons Thomas Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim) to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen (Greta Schroeder). After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle,...

If there’s one horror genre that gets the blood pumping in this particular gore-hound; it’s vampires! Ever since the German silent classic, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, bared its teeth way back in 1922, I’ve been obsessed with the genre. And no, you cheeky undead humanoid creatures, I’m not old enough to have caught that movie way back when. I can’t even remember where I first caught the sight of Max Schreck as Count Orlok, but it left a lasting impression. Ever since, I’ve gorged on human blood, figuratively speaking of course, with everything from The Lost Boys, Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Let the Right One In, to more action oriented series like Blade and Underworld. Plus many, many more. The small screen has also had its fair share of awesome vampire action, with the countless TV re-imaginings of Dracula, the sex and claret...

The career trajectory of character actor extraordinaire Willem Dafoe is one of the more unusual among contemporary Hollywood stars. From his early days of being routinely cast as a heavy, Dafoe worked his way through the system thanks to the sheer force of his talent, finally being cast as leads, often portraying in detail such real-life figures as actor Max Schreck, artist Vincent Van Gogh and even Jesus Christ.

Among Dafoe’s early bad guy roles were as biker gang leaders in both Kathryn Bigelow‘s “The Loveless” and Walter Hill‘s “Streets of Fire.” But his performance as kindly Sgt. Elias in Oliver Stone‘s “Platoon” changed all that, resulting in his first Academy Award nomination. Three more Oscar nominations followed, and Dafoe has also earned three Golden Globe nominations and four noms from the Screen Actors Guild.

In 2024, he brought three more great performances to life with “Kinds of Kindness,...

The vampire subgenre in horror is greatly beloved and has a long history, meaning it's inevitable that general audiences have missed a few fun films throughout the years. While vampire movies aren't as popular anymore, releasing back-to-back as seen in previous years, the 2000s was an especially popular decade for bloodsucking creatures.

Great vampire films had already been around, but following the success of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV show starting in 1997, films centered around the fanged species were everywhere. The 2000s is home to underrated vampire films, some more accomplished than others, that don't get as much love as the decade's heavy hitters. Well-versed vampire fans are likely to know films like Daybreakers and Shadow of the Vampire, but casual moviegoers often miss these films.

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Vampire films are one of the oldest genres of horror movies to grace the silver screen, and it's no surprise why. A good vampire flick can be addictive and fantastical, leaving the audience wanting more from the mystical underworld in the story. Over time, vampire films grew in versatility, from the seriousness of Francis Ford Coppola's Gothic hit, Bram Stoker's Dracula, to the angsty vampire romance of the Twilight series.

As pop culture's obsession with vampires grows with Hollywood, many underrated vampire films can fly under the radar. Though less popular than some of the bigger vampire classics and series, many of these hidden gems bring something fresh and unique to Hollywood's fascination with these monsters. For example, films like Queen of the Damned expand upon the mythology of Interview with the Vampire, and Nosferatu introduces audiences to the Dracula-alternative, German depiction of vampires.

You have such a beautiful neck…and as it seems, Robert Eggers’ latest, Nosferatu, is living its mark on audiences. That might feel like a pun, but this film might be contending for one of the best of the year.

With just three films to his name so far, Robert Eggers quickly solidified himself as one of the premiere horror directors out there — and one isn’t even close to being in that genre: The Northman. However, Eggers might be heading towards the Oscars stage with Nosferatu, as it is earning some serious praise early on. Check out some of the initial reactions from social media, starting off with our very own Jimmy O’s take:

Our own @jimmytotheo says @Nosferatu is a stunning work of gothic horror. Beautiful performances throughout, however Lily-Rose Depp is simply luminous and Bill Skarsgard brings terror to the screen yet wraps it all in a layered character.

With The Last Voyage of the Demeter now on home video, Dracula is once again on everyone’s mind. In it, Javier Botet plays a horrific version of the count that’s far removed from the recent, classic-style version played by Nicolas Cage in Renfield. How will he stack up against some of the best versions of the fanged Count? First, we must come up with our list of the Best Dracula Actors!

C​hristian Camargo – Penny Dreadful (2016)

W​hile Universal was trying to figure out how to create their Dark Universe, over on Showtime, Penny Dreadful was already doing a fantastic job beating them to the punch. The series pulled together literary versions of Frankenstein’s monster, the wolfman, Dorian Gray, and eventually Dracula himself. Christian Camargo played Dr. Alexander Sweet in Season Three, who begins to seduce Eva Green’s Vanessa Ives. It is revealed later that this doctor is,...

For over 100 years now, Nosferatu has been the ultimate cinematic vampire – or, ‘vampyr’, if you want to go really old-school – story. The crooked shadow of Fw Murnau's 1922 film still looms large over the genre, later reimagined by Werner Herzog in his 1979 Nosferatu. Even the making of Nosferatu still has its fangs in people, as fictionalised in 2000’s Shadow Of The Vampire, in which Willem Dafoe’s Max Schrek – the actor who played Count Orlok – turns out to actually be a vampire. All of which to say, Robert Eggers has big shoes to fill with his 2024 take on Nosferatu – conjuring a full-blooded vision of the classic story in all its gothic terror.

When it came to finding real-life locations befitting an ancient vampire’s lair, it was impossible not to reconnect with Nosferatu history. The gatehouse and courtyard of Count Orlok’s gaff in Eggers film was shot at Pernštejn...

Over his four decades in Hollywood, Willem Dafoe has become, and continues to be, one of the most versatile actors ever. Whether blazing through an independent arthouse career or turning up in a major box-office hit, his ability to embody an endless variety of characters has won him fans and widespread acclaim. From historical dramas, psychological thrillers, or fantasy films: he can move effortlessly from starring roles to incredible supporting performances in some of the best films of all time. His distinctive looks and haunting aura make him one of the most recognizable and enduring faces in cinema today.

Dafoe has been nominated for four Academy Awards and has won a plethora of other accolades for his roles in films such as Platoon, Shadow of the Vampire, and The Florida Project. Known for giving some of the most intense acting performances, whether hes playing a tortured US soldier in Vietnam,...

“Nosferatu” is coming.

The new retelling of the F.W. Murnau classic, written and directed by Robert Eggers, arrives in theaters on Christmas Day. And the brand-new trailer for the historical horror epic, which stars Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson and Willem Dafoe, has flown in through an open window. Watch it below.

In “Nosferatu,” which was initially a loose retelling of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” changed just enough to skirt any copyright challenges, Depp plays a young woman who comes under the thrall of a supernatural evil (Skarsgård). Dafoe, who starred in “Shadow of the Vampire,” a fictionalized retelling of the making of “Nosferatu,” appears as the Van Helsing stand-in Prof. Albin Eberhart Von Franz. Hoult is Depp’s put-upon love interest.

“Nosferatu” has long been Eggers’ passion project, with the adaptation originally announced back in 2015. Eggers had initially cast Anya Taylor-Joy, reuniting...

The original “Nosferatu,” from all the way back in 1921, is scary. The German expressionist silent film, directed by early Hollywood filmmaker F.W. Murnau, is well-paced and shot with many shadows and sharp angles, producing a menacing effect. Plus, Max Schreck, as the lead Count Orlok, is just eerie and scary in the role. Enough so that a movie, “Shadow of the Vampire,” was made as a fictitious account of Schrek’s wild behavior on set.

Continue reading ‘Nosferatu’ Trailer: Robert Eggers’ Gothic Horror Remake Arrives December 25 at The Playlist.

Exclusive: Jane Goodall is one of the world’s most renowned conservationists and foremost experts on chimpanzees. Her life’s work has been spreading knowledge about animals and the natural world, challenging what was historically a male-dominated scientific establishment along the way. Goodall’s work has drawn her admiration and respect from all corners, including from Leonardo DiCaprio, with whom she is an executive producer on upcoming film Howl.

The live-action movie will tell the story of a dog and wolf’s joint battle for survival. It is the first picture from Promethean Pictures, the label created by Argo Films’ Richard Johns and E. Elias Merhige (Shadow of the Vampire). Merhige is directing from Christopher Monger’s (Temple Grandin) screenplay

Goodall fully understands the power of film to change how people interact with the natural world. Much of her early work, dating back to her time in Tanzania in the 1960s,...

Exclusive: Argo Films will coproduce the movie adaptation of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ star Johannes Radebe’s memoir ‘JoJo: Finally Home’.

Richard Johns’ Argo joins Anthony Kimble’s Arrested Industries and Helena Spring Films on production duty as work on the project ramps up.

South African Radebe is a professional dancer on Strictly Come Dancing on the BBC in the UK and will feature in the upcoming season. His memoir is a UK bestseller and the paperback edition launches today. It recounts Redebe’s rags to ballroom tale.

Deadline revealed earlier this year the memoir was getting the movie treatment and that Radebe will choreograph dance numbers in the film. There is no news yet on who will play him on screen. The pic’s working title is Finally Home.

Johns brings years of producer experience to affairs. He launched Argo in 2022 and his first project under the banner was Academy...

“Mojo,” a rom-com film whose cast of oddball characters includes a cow who has gone viral, has been set as the first feature to emerge from Sympatico, a U.K.-Malaysia coproduction venture that launched last year.

The film is to be directed by Min Lim, who also heads operations at Sympatico. She already has significant writing, directing and live venue producing experience, with credits that include executive producing the multi-season Asian adaptation of “The Bridge,” showrunner and director on the multi-award-winning Malaysian adaptation of the ITV/Sundance drama “Liar,” and as co-director of the reboot of the popular Malaysian sitcom “Kopitiam.”

The story of an ambitious city boy who finds love and meaning in simple, rural life “Mojo” is scripted by Honey Ahmad. Director Zahir Omar is onboard as creative consultant. The film is a coproduction between Sympatico and a Mocha Chai Laboratories and Mocha Chai’s Michelle Chang...

He is coming.

That’s the ominous refrain throughout the first trailer for “Nosferatu,” writer-director Robert Eggers’ forthcoming take on the classic vampire tale.

And he has not arrived yet – the teaser builds anticipation by not revealing the monster, Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård). Instead, characters talk about him and show how his malign power still influences them from a distance. It’s an eerie trailer that showcases Eggers’ gift for creating a terrifying atmosphere.

Focus Features describes the film as “a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.”

“Nosferatu” is a retelling of F.W. Murnau’s legendary 1922 silent film of the same name, which is itself a German Expressionist take on “Dracula.” It is the second remake of “Nosferatu,” after Werner Herzog’s 1979 film “Nosferatu the Vampyre.”

In addition to Skarsgård and Dafoe, the film...

Willem Dafoe stars in Robert Eggers' Nosferatu, portraying a mortal character, but isn't his first Nosferatu movie. Dafoe played a fictionalized version of Max Schreck as Nosferatu in Shadow of the Vampire. Dafoe's character in Eggers' Nosferatu is expected to play a role similar to Dracula's Van Helsing, but with some changes.

Robert Eggers Nosferatu counts on the talents of Willem Dafoe, but, surprisingly, this isnt Dafoe's first Nosferatu movie. Continuing the current trend of remakes in the horror genre is Robert Eggers Nosferatu, based on the 1922 German Expressionist vampire movie by F. W. Murnau, which, in turn, is an unofficial adaptation of Bram Stokers Dracula. Eggers Nosferatu is described as a Gothic tale of love, obsession, and blood between a mortal woman and a vampire, though not much has been revealed about its plot and how it could differ from the original movie.

Eggers Nosferatu tells the story of...

Nicholas Hoult stars as Thomas Hutter in director Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu, a Focus Features release. Credit: Aidan Monaghan / © 2024 Focus Features LLC

Focus Features has released this first teaser for the highly anticipated Nosferatu.

Starring Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney and Willem Dafoe, Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

The German silent horror film released in 1922 was notable for being the earliest surviving film adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula and for its technically novel and effective cinematography. Directed by German Expressionist filmmaker F.W. Murnau from a screenplay by Henrik Galeen, Nosferatu is known for its haunting vampire imagery, made possible in part by the state-of-the-art film tricks of cinematographers Fritz Arno Wagner and Günther Krampf, and for an eerie performance...

The teaser for Robert Eggers’ new film, ‘Nosferatu,’ dropped today, and the featured cast is stacked with an impressive list of talent. Eggers, who first hit the scene with the sinister 2015 film ‘The VVitch,’ has made a name for himself as a director who uses period-specific style to transport audiences to unfamiliar territories, from a desolate lighthouse in Nova Scotia to the brutal countryside of 10th century Iceland. But its the grounded performances from his talented casts that truly make Eggers’ films so memorable. If you’ve checked out the ‘Nosferatu’ teaser and the cast seemed familiar, IMDb is here to help you remember where you’ve seen these talented actors before.

Lily-Rose Depp

Lily-Rose Depp was most recently seen on Max’s short-lived drama series “The Idol,” where she played a pop star struggling back into the limelight with the help of a notorious nightclub owner. The actress stars in ‘Nosferatu’ as Ellen Hutter, the innocent object of the vampire’s desire.

Nicholas Hoult

‘Nosferatu’ isn’t the first time Nicholas Hoult has explored the realms of the undead. The talented British actor was the title role in the 2023 horror-comedy ‘Renfield,’ starred as a mute-but-caring zombie in ‘Warm Bodies,’ and played a key role as the half-life war boy Nux in ‘Mad Max: Fury Road.’ Now, he’ll step into the role of Thomas Hutter, husband to the afflicted Ellen Hutter played by Lily-Rose Depp.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s Friedrich Harding is a ship merchant, which is likely a reinvention of the character played by Georg H. Schnell in the 1922 silent film version of ‘Nosferatu.’ If the actor seems familiar, it may be from his performance as Brian Tyree Henry’s twin brother Tangerine in last year’s action flick ‘Bullet Train,’ his supporting role as Pietro Maximoff in multiple Marvel movies, or his recent turn as a self-absorbed film star in ‘The Fall Guy.’

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe is no stranger to playing vampires. The Academy Award-nominated actor starred in 2000’s ‘Shadow of the Vampire’ where he portrayed Max Schreck, the actor who played Nosferatu in the original silent film. You probably recognize Dafoe from some of his most famous 100+ acting credits, including last year’s ‘Poor Things’ and his two previous collaborations with Robert Eggers, ‘The Lighthouse’ and ‘The Northman.’

Ralph Ineson

The unmistakable deep voice of Ralph Ineson can be heard warning us that “he is coming.” The BAFTA Award nominee starred as Anya Taylor-Joy’s father in Robert Eggers’ first film, ‘The VVitch’ and lent his talents to the title role in A24’s ‘The Green Knight.’ You may have seen him this year as a priest on a mission in ‘The First Omen.’ In ‘Nosferatu,’ the actor will play Dr. Wilhelm Sievers, a role we can only assume will have to deal with the aftermath of the vampire’s attacks.

Bill Skarsgård

Although he is only shown as a silhouette in the trailer, Bill Skarsgård is set to star as the vampire Count Orlok, whose hunger for Ellen Hutter drives the story. Skarsgård has a history with the horror genre, playing Pennywise the clown in the two-part remake of ‘It’ and delivering a memorably unsettling performance in the indie hit ‘Barbarian.’ The Swedish actor’s horror bona fides continue to expand this year, as he takes on the role of Eric Draven in the remake of ‘The Crow.’

Emma Corrin

Also starring in ‘Nosferatu’ is Emma Corrin, known for her roles in Netflix’s “The Crown” as Princess Diana, as Darby Hart in “A Murder at the End of the World,” and in just a few weeks she’ll hit the big screen alongside Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine.’ In ‘Nosferatu,’ she’ll play Anna Harding, wife to Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s Friedrich Harding and likely friend to Lily-Rose Depp’s Ellen Hutter.

Watch the teaser for ‘Nosferatu’ on IMDb...

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Film

Best Actor

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Best Actress

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Best Supporting Actor

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How did you come to know our lord and savior, Count Orlok? If you're of a certain age, your first exposure might have come from the "SpongeBob SquarePants" episode "Graveyard Shift," in which the rascally vampire kept secretly flickering the lights during the night shift at the Krusty Krab. Or maybe you watched "Shadow of the Vampire," E. Elias Merhige's darkly comedic 2000 fictional account about the making of F.W. Murnau's 1922 German Expressionist classic "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror." Or perhaps you even saw Murnau's unauthorized "Dracula" adaptation itself or Werner Herzog's 1979 remake "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (which did away with any pretenses and just referred to Orlok as Count Dracula).

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