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As anticipation grows for Osgood Perkins’ Long Legs, with word of mouth spreading about how dark, brooding, and terrifying the Nicolas Cage-starring feature film is, attention is beginning to gravitate toward his next project, the Stephen King adaptation The Monkey.
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The filmmaker’s adaptation of King’s short horror stories featured in Skeleton Crew is set to be his next feature film. It stars Theo James (White Lotus), Tatiana Maslany (She-Hulk: The Attorney at Large) and Elijah Wood (Maniac). In an interview with Bloody Disgusting’s Boo Crew, Perkins previewed what to expect, which is, of course, unexpected: “It’s a story that’s like Misery, Creepshow, Gremlins and [An American Werewolf in London]”It’s nothing like ‘Long Legs.’ I think if you’re making a movie about toy monkeys, you can do it seriously. But a lot of King’s work has a goofy, nostalgic feel to it. So I tried to make a movie that had a bit of a late ’80s, ’90s feel. It’s like Robert Zemeckis took a bit of LSD and made a Stephen King movie about toy monkeys.”
The director has teamed up with Neon (who also have Long Legs in theaters) and James Wan’s Atomic Monster for a boundary-pushing horror primer of sorts. “For me, it’s a movie that, ideally, kids and their parents would want to go see together,” Perkins continued. “People explode, people explode. It’s very over-the-top, but it’s very funny. It’s a father-son redemption, very moving, very nostalgic, very Stephen King.”
“The Monkey” will be released in theaters on February 21, 2025. “Long Legs” will be released on July 12.
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