Stephen King’s ‘The Monkey’ Teaser Previews Osgood Perkins and James Wan Film
Hot off the current success of Longlegs, writer and director Osgood Perkins has already completed his next horror movie, an adaptation of the Stephen King short story The Monkey, produced by James Wan, and today brings our first look in a bloody official teaser trailer.
Osgood Perkins (The Blackcoat’s Daughter, Gretel & Hansel, this year’s Longlegs) wrote the screenplay and directed the feature film adaptation..
Theo James (Underworld: Awakening) stars, along with Elijah Wood, Tatiana Maslany, Laura Mennell, Christian Convery, Sarah Levy, Colin O’Brien, and Rohan Campbell (Halloween Ends).
The story follows twin brothers Bill and Hall (both played by James in the film), who find their father’s old money toy in their childhood home’s attic. When a series of gruesome deaths begin, 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.
The original short story “The Monkey” was published in King’s 1885 collection Skeleton Crew.
The Monkey will be released in theaters on February 21, 2025, from Neon, the distributor of this year’s Immaculate, Longlegs, and Cuckoo.
You can watch the official teaser trailer and see the first promo art below.
