 The film is set to be produced by Jay Van Hoy and Lars Knudsen for Studio 8.In November 2016, Eggers expressed surprise that the "Nosferatu" remake was going to be his second film, saying, "It feels ugly and blasphemous and egomaniacal and disgusting for a filmmaker in my place to do "Nosferatu" next.I was really planning on waiting a while, but that's how fate shook out."