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The Big Picture All eyes are on Osgood Perkins‘ critically acclaimed horror movie Longlegs, which is just around the corner. But next year is also shaping up to be another exciting one for the filmmaker as his upcoming supernatural horror film The Monkey is set to make its highly anticipated debut in theaters from NEON.
Based on the classic Stephen King short story of the same name, found in the book Skeleton Crew, The Monkey centers on twin brothers Hal and Bill, who discover their father’s old monkey toy in the attic. However, upon the discovery of the toy, a series of gruesome deaths begin happening around them, leading them to discard the monkey and move on with their lives.
Perkins serves as the director of the upcoming movie, which he also pens the screenplay for. The film stars Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wood, Christian Convery, Colin O’Brien, Rohan Campbell, and Sarah Levy. James Wan, who is best known for The Conjuring series, serves as a producer on the project through Atomic Monster with Michael Clear, alongside Jason Cloth and Dave Caplan of C2 Motion Picture Group.
‘The Monkey’ Will Be Inspired By Classic ‘80s Creature Features Close While Perkins is best known for creating dark and gritty horror atmospheres, which can be seen in his upcoming film Longlegs, slated to debut in theaters this summer, the director said that The Monkey will be radically different from his other films. In an interview with Bloody Disgusting, the filmmaker added that the movie will be tonally more like films, such as Creepshow and Gremlins.
The Monkey will haunt theaters on February 21, 2025. Check out the latest poster for the upcoming film below and stay tuned to Collider for further updates.
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