Robert Eggers made The Witch in the forests of Ontario. He made The Northman in the volcanic landscapes of Iceland and Ireland. He made Nosferatu across the castles and studio lots of Prague. For Werwulf – set in 13th-century England, spoken in Middle English, described by Eggers as “the darkest thing I’ve ever written, by far” – he built temporary medieval farmsteads on Dartmoor, filmed in the oldest forests he could find, and committed to restoring the land within six months of wrapping.
Werwulf is written by Eggers and Sjón, his co-writer on The Northman. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Willem Dafoe, Lily-Rose Depp and Ralph Ineson star – all reuniting with Eggers after Nosferatu. Bodhi Rae Breathnach joins the cast.
A mysterious creature stalks a foggy countryside. Local folklore becomes terrifying reality. The villagers are not prepared.
Principal photography began on September 8, 2025, and ran approximately eleven weeks on Dartmoor and across the wider UK shoot before wrapping in late January 2026.
In autumn 2025, Dartmoor became the principal filming location. The Dartmoor National Park Authority’s development management committee gave permission for two temporary movie sets to be created – one near Widecombe in the Moor and one near Postbridge. The land north of Sharp Tor, Assycombe Hill and Fernworthy Forest was approved for temporary medieval-style buildings and farmsteads – erected solely for this production and required to be removed, with the land returned to its former condition, within six months of the crew finishing.
The committee was told the crew would be in Dartmoor for eleven weeks.
Local walker Alan Ford spotted large set structures on the moor, including a cross-shaped prop and a temporary film compound, reached by a temporary aluminium track laid from the B3357 Ashburton to Two Bridges road. In November, Taylor-Johnson was seen on set in Dartmoor. Eggers later named Dartmoor himself when Esquire asked where he had shot.
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In late November 2025, filming moved to Bourne Wood near Farnham in Surrey – the coniferous woodland that has served as a filming location since the opening battle of Gladiator in 1999, and has since hosted Wonder Woman, The Old Guard and The Witcher. The Werwulf production built a village set in the wood. First set photos from Bourne Wood showed Lily-Rose Depp in medieval garb, dramatically transformed – a scar across her face, period costume, virtually unrecognisable. Taylor-Johnson was photographed alongside her.
In early December, the production moved to the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire – one of England’s ancient forests, straddling the border between England and Wales.
Dafoe confirmed early in production that filming would take place in Wales. Eggers told Esquire that there are forests in the south of England but that “some of the most spectacular ones are in Wales.” The production filmed in Crychan Forest – a large conifer plantation in Powys, mid-Wales, on the edge of the Brecon Beacons.
The production was based at Sky Studios Elstree – the major studio complex in Hertfordshire. The studio’s soundstages provided the controlled interiors for the medieval environments that Eggers and Lathrop built.
Werwulf opens on December 25, 2026.
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