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England, 1305. A mute medieval peasant, haunted by childhood trauma, leads a quiet life raising a family on their farm, but with each full moon, he’s cursed to transform into a murderous werewolf. When a hunting party, charged by the king to cull the land of wolves, arrives and forces our man to join them, he struggles to conceal his transformations, all the while fighting to save his soul and his family’s fate from the evil that lurks within.

Now this is going to be extremely niche and possibly divisive but I feel like if anyone can give this the love and care it so deserves its Eggars

I'm Australian and I've been so so fascinated and endeared by the indigenous dreaming stories my whole life and I was blessed to live in an area that was steeped in traditional stories and has its own languages and folklore. That I would very much like to see Eggars work with first nations peoples to bring these stories to life with these local languages and histories

A story I've longed to see is the story of Minga Gulaga and her two sons Baranguba and Najanuga.

The story goes One day Gulaga and her two sons, Baranguba and Najanuga, were collecting food. When Baranguba asked if he could go fishing, Gulaga said, ‘No, you’re too young, you’re to stay next to me’.

As they walked along, Baranguba insisted that he go fishing. But Gulaga said, ‘No, no, you have to stay next to me, it’s not safe to go fishing by yourself’. But Baranguba snuck away. He made himself a canoe and he rowed out to sea, where a big wave came and washed him off the canoe ... He laid down in the water — and that’s where he still lives today.

When Najanuga, the younger son, saw this, he wanted to move away and set up his own camp. But Gulaga said, ‘No, you’re too young, you just sit here right next to me’.

So now she lies there, looking out at the sea at her older son, with her younger son right next to her, in arm’s reach.

I think it would make a good film and this would be true for alot of local cultures and traditional custodians.

So please share any local indigenous folklore stories that you think would make a good film :)

I recently read eggars interview with esquire and a few others.i can't remember the other ones.

But what I found interesting in my insomnia induced rabbit hole is the symbolism doesn't just pertain to the movie but it also leeches into the real world as any great filmmaker does.

The movie is leaning heavily into the religious lens in the interviews he mentioned that the movie delved into the historical and cultural influence that religion had in the dark ages and placed a fair amount of importance in telling this story through the eyes of a deeply religious society and in staying authentic and true to his vision and his authenticity he decided to release the film on one of the wholiest holidays in the Christian calendar December 25th.

But don't @ me with the whole of December is prime time for blockbusters i understand that. Why else would he decide to compete against box office heavyweights like Avengers Doomsday, Dune Pt 3.

if not to further deliver on the authenticity of his work.