The Monkey Director Says Stephen King Adaptation Is a Comedy, and He’ll Have a Small Role in It

Director Osgood Perkins says his adaptation of Stephen King’s The Monkey is likely to be funnier than some followers anticipated.

IGN lately talked to Perkins about his upcoming movie Longlegs (you possibly can learn the total interview subsequent week) and through our chat, we requested him if he would ever tackle extra lighthearted motion pictures once more, or if he is all-in on horror now. Though Perkins is making a reputation for himself in horror as a director, The Monkey will see the filmmaker seem in entrance of the digital camera for just a few “enjoyable” scenes.

“[My] subsequent film known as Stephen King’s The Monkey, and it is a comedy,” Perkins defined. “I’ll play the asshole uncle who adopts the children, and I’ve a pair scenes and it is enjoyable.”

Most of Perkins’ time is spent behind the digital camera in terms of Longlegs and The Monkey, however he’s been on-screen for quite a lot of different tasks. You can catch him within the early moments of Jordan Peele’s Nope, however he additionally exhibits up in Legally Blonde, Six Degrees of Separation, Star Trek (2009), and extra. Of course, he jokes there’s all the time an opportunity he may lower himself out of The Monkey earlier than it premieres, “however up to now, I’m in it.”

Neon introduced final week that The Monkey will clap its means into theaters come February 21, 2025. Included in its announcement was a creepy poster in addition to the reveal that horror icon James Wan is hooked up as a producer. In an interview with Bloody Disgusting, Perkins described his adaptation as such: “It’s sorta like, if Robert Zemeckis had identical to a LITTLE little bit of acid and made a Stephen King image a few monkey toy.” He additionally referred to as it “the film that youngsters and their dad and mom wanna go see collectively.”

The Monkey’s solid consists of actors like Theo James (The Divergent Series, The Gentlemen), Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings, Yellowjackets), Tatiana Maslany (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Orphan Black), Rohan Campbell (Halloween Ends, The Hardy Boys), and Sarah Levy (Schitt’s Creek, SurrealEstate). For extra, you possibly can learn our Longlegs evaluate, the place we gave the thriller, which hits theaters on July 12, a 7/10. Look ahead to our full interview with Perkins whereas we look forward to his subsequent movie to launch early subsequent yr.

Lex Briscuso contributed to this report.

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