Robert Eggers ready for ‘Labyrinth’ sequel at Sony

It’s been a big week for Robert Eggers.

One day after Focus Features announced Werwulfof which he will make his next film in the wake of Nosferatuwe learn that the filmmaker has concluded his agreement to write and direct a new Labyrinth film for TriStar Pictures.

The news follows the unveiling of the 2025 Oscar nominations, including four for Eggers’ hit vampire film in the Cinematography, Costume Design, Production Design and Makeup & Hairstyling categories.

Route details for Eggers Labyrinth are under wraps, but we’re told the film is a sequel rather than a remake of Jim Henson’s 1986 classic. Eggers is writing the screenplay with Sjón, his collaborator on the 2022 action Viking The Northerner and with whom he also works Werwulf. Chris and Eleanor Columbus will produce alongside Lisa Henson, with Brian Henson serving as executive producer.

A beloved musical fantasy starring a young Jennifer Connelly and the late David Bowie, Labyrinth follows 16-year-old Sarah as she navigates a vast supernatural maze to save her little brother, Toby (Toby Froud), whom she inadvertently wished to take to the kingdom of the Goblin King Jareth (Bowie). Throughout her journey, Sarah encounters a variety of magical creatures and challenges that test her resolve and maturity.

Upon its theatrical release through TriStar, the original underperformed, grossing only about $34 million against a reported budget of $25 million and doing better overseas than domestically . Still, the film earned Hugo Award and BBAFTA Film Award nominations and is now considered a cult classic. Among its most memorable features is the innovative puppetry that emerged for Jim Henson’s Creature Shop project. In recent decades, the film’s popularity has spawned novels and comic books, video games, ongoing screenings, and even an annual fan masked ball, considered one of the largest in the world. world.

Efforts to obtain a Labyrinth field monitoring has been underway since at least 2017, with Doctor StrangeScott Derrickson recently signed on to direct an earlier incarnation from a script by Maggie Levin.

Still playing in theaters, Eggers’ version of the gothic vampire tale Nosferatu is the highest-grossing film of his career, having surpassed $156 million worldwide since Christmas Day. Approaching its eighth weekend at the box office and recently released on PVOD, the film is also Focus Features’ second highest-grossing title in the United States behind Downton Abbey. This is the fourth film by the famous genre filmmaker, after The witch And The lighthouse for A24 and The Northerner for focusing.

Eggers’ plot Werwulf has not been disclosed, but the title gives a good idea. Produced and financed by Focus Features, the film is set to debut in North American theaters on Christmas Day 2026. Eggers and Sjón will produce alongside Focus, with Maiden Voyage’s Chris and Eleanor Columbus serving as executive producers.

Eggers is repped by WME and Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz. The news of his attachment to Labyrinth was first reported by Jeff Sneider of The InSneider.