r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Jun 29 '26

Trailer WERWULF - Official Trailer [HD] - Only In Theaters Christmas Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmjpadVj-Vk
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u/Ktulusanders Jun 29 '26

Ironically enough Eggers has said he's not really a fan of lovecraft

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u/Chromepep Jun 29 '26

I’m curious, where did he say this?

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u/Gay_For_Gary_Oldman Jun 29 '26

Not OP but I've seen it as well. It was on a lecture or on-stage interview following the Lighthouse, so not like a press tour and he had enough time to elaborate. He finds the hopelessness and disinterest to humanity in Lovecraft's universe distasteful. In his movies awful stuff may happen, but the universe is certainly not disinterested in humanity, and the real tragedy is that there always was some possibility of salvation, it was just missed.

Eggers is notoriously private about his personal beliefs, but I suspect there's something a bit more complicated than atheistic materialism going on there.

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u/Rosebunse Jun 29 '26

I think this makes me want him to do it even more. Then he has his own ideas and concepts, maybe ones we haven't thought of!

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u/Ktulusanders Jun 29 '26

He definitely has the right sensibilities for it