{"id":269511,"date":"2026-02-05T20:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/269511\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T20:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:17:10","slug":"michael-shannon-to-lead-doctor-caligaris-cabinet-of-wonders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/269511\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Shannon to Lead Doctor Caligari’s Cabinet of Wonders"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIconic horror classic \u201cThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari\u201d is getting a contemporary reimagining from the Dowdle Brothers, who have tapped Michael Shannon<\/a>, co-star of their Emmy-nominated \u201cWaco\u201d mini-series, to lead the project. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDoctor Caligari\u2019s Cabinet of Wonders\u201d will be directed by John Erick Dowdle<\/a> (\u201cNo Escape,\u201d \u201cAs Above So Below\u201d) from his own screenplay, alongside his brother and producing partner Drew Dowdle<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tAnton<\/a> is fully financing the film as well as handling worldwide rights at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin. CAA Media Finance will co-rep North American rights with Anton.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe mind-bending psychological horror will star Shannon (\u201cMan of Steel,\u201d \u201cNuremberg\u201d) as the titular villain, Doctor Caligari, a traveling mesmerist who journeys from town to town with a sleepwalker under his control, leaving a trail of grisly murders in their wake. When a young woman\u2019s boyfriend disappears mysteriously, she believes that the enigmatic Caligari is somehow responsible. The problem is \u2014 nobody believes her.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHaving worked with Michael Shannon on multiple projects, my brother and I have seen firsthand the unnerving intensity he can bring to even the simplest moments,\u201d said John Erick Dowdle. \u201cThe idea of seeing him play the horrifying Doctor Caligari became an obsession for us. The trust and creative shorthand we\u2019ve built together will allow us to push deeper and bolder as we reimagine this iconic German Expressionist classic for a modern audience. I couldn\u2019t be more excited to bring this nightmare to life with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tS\u00e9bastien Raybaud (\u201cVictorian Psycho,\u201d \u201cGreenland 2\u201d) and Brandt Wrightsman (\u201cGreenland 2\u201d) will produce for Anton, alongside Drew Dowdle for Brothers Dowdle Productions, and Stuart Manashil (\u201cHis House,\u201d \u201cPieces of a Woman\u201d). Principal photography will commence June 2026.<\/p>\n

\n\tRobert Wiene\u2019s original \u201cThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,\u201d a German silent film released in 1920, is widely considered to be the first true horror movie and the most famous example of German Expressionist cinema that heavily influenced the U.S. film noir period of the 1940s and 50s. <\/p>\n

\n\tOther upcoming projects for Anton include \u201cMy Darling California,\u201d the darkly comic crime thriller featuring Jessica Chastain, Josh Brolin, Chris Pine, Mikey Madison, Don Cheadle and Charles Melton and \u201cIn Love,\u201d an illuminating modern love story starring George Clooney and Annette Bening. It most recently announced the alien invasion thriller \u201cSoon You Will Be Gone and Possibly Eaten\u201d starring Sophie Wilde, for sales at EFM.<\/p>\n

\n\tShannon is represented by CAA and Range Media Partners, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes, Krintzman, Rubenstein, Kohner, Endlich, Goodell & Gellman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iconic horror classic \u201cThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari\u201d is getting a contemporary reimagining from the Dowdle Brothers, who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[53783,152939,156,152940,12608,409,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-269511","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-anton","9":"tag-drew-dowdle","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-john-erick-dowdle","12":"tag-michael-shannon","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-new-zealand","15":"tag-newzealand","16":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}