Career
In 2015, Eggers made his directorial debut with horror film The Witch, based on his own script. The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2015. A24 Films acquired the film, and released it theatrically on February 19, 2016.
In July 2015, it was reported that a remake of the 1922 silent film Nosferatu, based on the Dracula mythology, would be written and directed by Eggers and produced by Jay Van Hoy and Lars Knudsen for Studio 8.
