The Monkey is based on a King short story.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The new Stephen King horror movie The Monkey adds several names to the cast, including stars of the MCU and Lord of the Rings. King’s original short story, featured in his Skeleton Crew collection, concerns a cursed monkey toy whose discovery in an attic by a pair of brothers unleashes a series of mysterious deaths.
The latest King adaptation has now set several more cast members besides the previously-announced James, headed up by Tatiana Maslany of MCU show She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, along with Lord of the Rings' Elijah Wood. The movie's cast also adds Christian Convery , together with Colin O’Brien , Rohan Campbell and Sarah Levy .
The Monkey Is Trying The Same Timeline Trick As IT King’s original "The Monkey" story, set in the same Texas town Stu Redman of The Stand calls home, sees young boys named Dennis and Peter discovering the titular monkey in their uncle’s attic, after which it’s revealed that the cursed toy was responsible for killing everyone in their father Hal’s family when he was a boy.
Wan and Perkins’ new adaptation makes some tweaks to King’s story. This time around, the brothers, now named Hal and Bill and played as kids by newly-announced cast member Convery, find the monkey and try to destroy it. Years then pass, and the brothers grow apart. When the monkey returns to once again plague their family, the estranged twins must come together to finally end the terror.
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