Alexander Skarsgård to Star in Horror Movie "The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands"

Swedish-born Hollywood star Alexander Skarsgård, who hasn’t played in a Scandinavian feature in over a decade, is toplining the gothic horror movie “The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands,” to be delivered in May 2026.

The project is the English-language debut of Swedish-Costa-Rican writer-director Nathalie Álvarez Mesén.

Currently in production, “The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands” is Mesén’s sophomore feature after the multi-awarded “Clara Sola” which debuted at the 2021 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight and bowed in the U.S. via Oscilloscope.

Co-penned by Mesén with acclaimed Icelandic novelist, poet and screenwriter Sjón, credited for Skarsgård’s vehicle “The Northman” and the Cannes Un Certain Regard “Lamb,” “The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands” deepens Mesén’s “Signature blend of intimate character work and magic realism, expanding it into a darker, more haunting period world,” said an official statement.

In a challenging new role for Skarsgård, currently making a splash on screens in Harry Lighton’s “Pillion,” the Golden Globe winning actor 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,” runs the logline.

Indigenous Canadian actress Darla Contois, winner of a Canadian Screen Award for the drama series “Little Bird,” has landed the role of the governess, while the two daughters are played by British actress Bronte Carmichael (“Star Wars: Andor,” “Christopher Robin”) and the young Australian Lily La Torre (“Run Rabbit Run”).

Rounded out the cast are Native American actor Forrest Goodluck (“The Revenant,” “How to Blow Up a Pipeline”) and Swedish star actress Pernilla August (“Star Wars”, “The Best Intentions”).

Completing the stellar creative team are some of Europe’s biggest heads of department: French cinematographer Hélène Louvart (“La Chimera,” “Pina”), Belgian editor and regular Dardenne brothers collaborator Marie-Hélène Dozo (“Young Ahmed,” “Six Days in Spring”), Swedish production designer Lina Nordqvist (“Holy Spider,” “Borg Vs McEnroe”) and Icelandic costume designer Margrét Einarsdóttir (“Lamb,” “King & Conqueror”).

“The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands” marks a major milestone for producer Nima Yousefi, CEO of Sweden’s prestige boutique outfit Hobab, credited for the Venice Horizons winner “Paradise Burning” and co-producer of the 2025 Oscar nominated “The Apprentice”.

The Swedish release will be handled by leading arthouse banner TriArt, while international distribution will soon be unveiled, said Yousefi .