Alexander Skarsgård To Star In Gothic Horror THE WOLF WILL TEAR YOUR IMMACULATE HANDS
Darla Contois and Pernilla August co-star in Nathalie Álvarez Mesén's sophomore feature.
Alexander Skarsgård (The Northman, Infinity Pool) is making a return to horror with a starring role in the (incredibly titled) The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands, the English-language debut of writer-director Nathalie Álvarez Mesén (Clara Sola).
In The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands, which was written by Mesén and Icelandic poet and screenwriter Sjón (The Northman, Robert Eggers' upcoming Werwulf), Skarsgård plays a British widower in the 1880s Pacific Northwest, who hires a Native American governess, educated in a Christian mission school, to teach his two daughters:
While preparing the eldest for an arranged marriage, a force within her begins to awaken, threatening everything she has been taught.
Also starring in the gothic horror are Indigenous Canadian actress Darla Contois (Little Bird), Bronte Carmichael (Star Wars: Andor, Christopher Robin) and the young Australian Lily La Torre (Run Rabbit Run), Forrest Goodluck (The Revenant, How to Blow Up a Pipeline) and Pernilla August (Star Wars, The Best Intentions).
Here's what Mesén had to say about the cast in an official statement:
“I feel incredibly lucky to work with a cast who dive into their roles with such generosity, playfulness, and openness. Collaborating with such a talented group of people from all around the world has been a privilege […] Darla embodies Isabel with visceral emotional depth, and Alexander portrays the father with a truth and volatility that ground the story. I can’t wait for the film to reach audiences!”
Sjón, who added “some dark Northern lyricism to Nathalie’s warm Latin American poetry“, adds:
“As someone who’s worked with myth and folk stories in novels, songs and screenplays, I was immediately fascinated by Nathalie’s command of bringing to the screen something as difficult as the shifting borders between the inner and outer reality of her film’s protagonist”
The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands is eyeing a release in May 2026. Stay tuned for updates.