Perkins never stops working, it seems, as he’s already got an adaptation of Stephen King’s 1980 short story ready to hit theaters.
It’s Cannes season, and along with advanced screenings of upcoming movies, studios are looking at what films to buy for domestic or international distribution. One of the films on the market during the festival is The Monkey, which found a US distributor in Neon.
Directed by Osgood Perkins and produced by horror giant James Wan, Deadline reported the film was locked in a “multi-buyer tug of war” after a new promo played on the Croisette street. Neon ultimately won with a seven-figure deal, and reunites the studio with Perkins, who the studio appears to be all-in on.
