Osgood Perkins returns with The Monkey
In 2025, Stephen King fans will still have the opportunity to discover a new adaptation of one of his works. It will be about the movie The Monkeybased on his story The Monkeypublished in 1980. The feature film will make us follow the story of two brothers forced to reconcile to stop an evil toy having belonged to them, which causes a series of deaths, each more atrocious than the previous one.
In addition to being based on a book by the man considered by many to be the master of horror, The Monkey was produced by a specialist in such films: James Wan. And it was written and directed by Osgood Perkins. The latter has already hit hard this year Long legswhich was the biggest theatrical success for an independent horror film in the last decade.
The first excerpt of the film sets the tone
The Monkey so he has solid arguments to please him. The Stephen King-James Wan-Osgood Perkins trio has something interesting for horror film fans, who are undoubtedly eager to discover the new proposal of the filmmaker behind Long legs. And to increase the anticipation around the feature film even further, Osgood Perkins has just revealed an exclusive excerpt from his film (visible at the top of the article).
The excerpt in question takes us to follow a woman woken up in the middle of the night by a strange noise. The latter gets out of bed armed with a gun and explores her house to discover its origin. But she knows it a series of misadventures that will lead her to a horrible death. However, the scene is cut just before we see his death. Osgood Perkins then appears on the screen to explain that we will have to go to the cinema to see the sequel. A way to preview your feature film.
The film will be released in February
The Monkey will be released in just under two months. It will arrive in theaters in France February 19, 2025. And we can note that other adaptations of Stephen King’s works are expected for the same year.
Directed by Edgar Wright and Glen Powell, a new version of The running man will be released in cinemas on November 19, 2025 in France. Directed by Mike Flanagan, The Life of Chuck It is also expected to be released in 2025. It will be revealed on May 30th in North America. What does it mean should arrive in French cinemas May 28, 2025.
Source: Cine Serie
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