Robert Eggers Wants To Do ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Because Things Got “So Dark” After ‘Werwulf’, Joking: “So, I’ll Do Something About Two Teenagers Killing Themselves”

SPOILER ALERT for anyone who skipped freshman English! Robert Eggers is teasing his take on William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. During a post-screening Q&A for his latest macabre title Werwulf, premiering Christmas Day, the auteur joked that the famously tragic conclusion of Shakespeare’s 16th century romance would be a welcome “break” from his usual horror […]