Robert Eggers is experiencing some of the most high-profile success of his career right now. His latest film, Nosferatu, has not only received largely rave reviews, but also emerged as a surprise box office hit after grossing over $100 million worldwide in its first two weeks in theaters. The film is Eggers’ take on the iconic 1922 silent horror film of the same name, which is itself unofficially based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
Given his success with Nosferatu and his clear interest in classic horror stories, one could assume that Eggers might have plans to tackle another, similarly monumental horror property at some point in the future. Sure enough, in a recent interview with Curzon, Eggers revealed that he’s already tried writing his own adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Eggers says he was inspired to do so by the birth of his son, saying he felt an “unconscious urge” to try his hand at reinterpreting the beloved, timeless gothic novel.
Unlike Nosferatu, however, the filmmaker says he doesn’t intend to follow through on his Frankenstein adaptation. “I started to try to do Frankenstein, which after two weeks, I was like, ‘There’s no way I can do this, it’s impossible,'” he revealed. In the same interview, Eggers refrained from offering any insight into what his abandoned take on Frankenstein might have entailed, noting only that it “definitely sucked.”
Despite Eggers’ apparent struggles with the material, horror fans won’t have to wait long to see a new Frankenstein movie. Not only is director Maggie Gyllenhaal currently working on her own Frankenstein-adjacent film titled The Bride, but Pan’s Labyrinth filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has also directed his own Frankenstein adaptation starring Oscar Isaac as the movie’s titular mad scientist and Jacob Elordi as his unnatural creation. Both films are set to hit theaters this year.
Eggers, for his part, doesn’t seem too heartbroken over his failed Frankenstein adaptation. “Sometimes, you know you have a dud,” he told Curzon. “I’m super excited for Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein.”
Nosferatu is now playing in theaters.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?
YouTube is changing how its Home page works, giving viewers more control over what shows up there and making some of the app’s most-used sections easier to reach. Custom Feeds are now replacing the existing topic chips for eligible users, while YouTube is also testing a redesigned top bar on mobile that moves Subscriptions closer to the Home feed.
YouTube first started experimenting with Custom Feeds earlier this year, letting you type out what you wanted to watch and turning that request into its own stream of recommendations. Now, the feature is starting to look less like a side experiment and more like something YouTube actually wants people to use as part of their everyday Home page.