The first reactions to The Monkey have been nothing short of positive, and the upcoming film has received the stamp of approval from Stephen King himself.“You’ve never seen anything like The Monkey,” King wrote on Threads. “It’s batshit insane. As someone who has indulged in batshit...
Fast-forward 25 years and the monkey resurfaces, threatening the adult twins (both expertly played by Theo James) and Hal’s teenage son, Petey (Colin O’Brien). In the town of Casco, in King’s beloved state of Maine, the monkey’s powers wreak havoc on a series of unsuspecting peop...
io9: The Monkey makes a strong case that there’s always a new way to approach a Stephen King adaptation. How does it feel to be a part of that long tradition and what do you think makes The Monkey unique from the rest? Perkins: I think it fits in with Creepshow and Misery as ...
There have of course been plenty of Stephen King film adaptations with a great deal of levity, including Stand By Me or Misery, but The Monkey is straight up, front-to-back gallows humor comedy. But as Perkins tells us, he found the kernel of absurdity in the original story via the ...
“Calling someone ‘son of a whore,’ and it's all one word, is a very Stephen King word,” he says. “'Son of a whore' is said by a few of the characters at various times. It's nasty, but also funny. One of the first things a character says to the monkey is ‘son of a...
THE MONKEY Directed by Osgood Perkins. Written by Perkins, based on the short story by Stephen King. Starring Theo James, Christian Convery, Colin O’Brien, Tatiana Maslany, Danica Dreyer, Adam Scott, Nicco Del Rio. At AMC Boston Common, Landmark Kendall Square, Alamo Drafthouse Seapor...
The Life of Chuck Release Date: June 6th, 2025 Mike Flanagan takes a detour from the macabre with this adaptation of a uniquely structured Stephen King novella that unravels a seemingly ordinary accountant’s world. Written and directed by Mike Flanagan The Life of Chuck is an adaptation of th...
The Life of Chuck Release Date: June 6th, 2025 Mike Flanagan takes a detour from the macabre with this adaptation of a uniquely structured Stephen King novella that unravels a seemingly ordinary accountant’s world. Written and directed by Mike Flanagan The Life of Chuck is an adaptation of th...
Back in March, we heard that production had wrapped on the Stephen King adaptation The Monkey, which is coming our way from the team of producer / genre regular James Wan and director Osgood Perkins, whose credits include The Blackcoat’s Daughter (a.k.a. February), I Am the Pretty Thi...
改編自Stephen King1980 年短篇小說《猴子》、溫子仁監製最新超自然恐怖電影《THE MONKEY》繼上回釋出限制級前導預告之後,今番正式發佈最新限制級預告。 《THE MONKEY》由金獎製片公司NEON發行,並由《長腿 Longlegs》導演 Osgood Perkins 執導與撰寫劇本,而本作改編自 Stephen King 1980 年出品的短篇小說《猴子》。