“It’s a kids' movie that’s rated R,” says Osgood Perkins.
What does an R-rated kids' movie look like?
“The Monkeyis likeRobert Zemeckison ecstasy or something,” Perkins tellsEntertainment Weeklyin an interview for his current filmLonglegs.
Theo James and Tatiana Maslany star in the movie adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘The Monkey’.Getty(2)
“It’s a very playful comedy with a lot of really excessive gore, language.
Strange deaths start occurring all around them, prompting the brothers to throw the toy away.
They grow apart in the years since but are forced to reunite as adults when the deaths begin anew.
Theo James on Netflix’s ‘The Gentlemen’.netflix
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“I wanted to embrace the humor of Stephen King,” he explains.
I mean, he’s the most significant writer…ever?
In any genre, prolifically, just in terms of impact.
So it’s time to really honor the dude.
I really made a movie that I hoped he would like.”
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Neon will releaseThe Monkeyon Feb. 21, 2025.
First,Longlegs, starringMaika Monroeas an F.B.I.
He explains how it “couldn’t be more of a different movie” to The Monkey.
“He was this thing that was coming in and out of shops with the ring of a bell.
You’d see the guy and then he’d leave.
He was kind of uneasy about being on people’s properties.
These things start to coagulate into a shape and then it starts to talk.”
Read more from Perkins aboutLonglegs.
