Neon released the first teaser trailer for Osgood Perkins‘ The Monkey, a horror thriller based on Stephen King‘s 1980 short story. In the film, Theo James plays twin brothers Hal and Bill.
Directed by Perkins, who penned the script, the film also stars James, Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wood, Christian Convery, Colin O’Brien, Rohan Campbell, and Sarah Levy.
Here’s the official synopsis for The Monkey:
Based on Stephen King‘s short story, ‘The Monkey’ follows twin brothers Bill and Hall (James), who find their father’s old money toy in their childhood home’s attic. Once a series of gruesome deaths begins, the brothers decide to throw the monkey away and move on with their lives, growing apart over the years. But when the mysterious deaths begin again, the brothers must reunite to find a way to destroy the monkey for good before it kills again.
Produced by James Wan and Michael Clear (M3GAN) under their production banner Atomic Monster, along with C2 Motion Picture Group’s Jason Cloth (Joker) and Dave Caplan (Babylon), Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Insidious) for Range, and Chris Ferguson (Child’s Play) for Odd Fellows. Executive producers include Fred Berger (La La Land) from Range, Peter Luo and Nancy Xu from Stars Collective, and John Friedberg (Greenland) from Black Bear. C2 served as the financier of the project.
Longlegs, the recently released film from Neon starring Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe, has received good reviews and is recognized as the highest-grossing indie horror movie in North America, surpassing A24’s Talk to Me.
Neon will release The Monkey in theaters in the United States on February 21, 2025.
