Maika Monroe as Lee Harker standing in front of a board of clues in Longlegs
The Big Picture Stephen King fans heads up, we finally have an update about the upcoming movie adaptation of his short story The Monkey. The feature first announced last year is being helmed by Longlegs director Osgood Perkins and is produced by horror master James Wan, hyping up fans for another thrilling horror adaptation. While most details about the project are being kept tightly under wraps, recently director Perkins teased that the feature will be “very funny and very nostalgic.
‘The Monkey’ Is a Different Kind of Movie From 'Longlegs' Speaking to Bloody Disgusting, the Longlegs director revealed that the tone of the feature is more like “Misery or Creepshow or Gremlins or American Werewolf.” Adding, “It couldn’t be LESS like Longlegs.” He further elaborated: When compared to his latest release, Longlegs starring Nicolas Cage, Perkins adds “The success we’ve had with Longlegs has been astonishing and The Monkey being a COMPLETELY different movie, a COMPLETELY different movie in every possible way, is really exciting to me to see what’s gonna happen.” The director notes that The Monkey will be a feature “that kids and their parents wanna go see together.” Further teasing, “People blow up, people explode; it’s very extreme but it’s very funny.
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