The Longlegs filmmaker speaks to GQ about his gory new Stephen King adaptation, casting Theo James as terrorised twins, and how his personal experience with death allowed him to find its funny side

Directed by Osgood Perkins, The Monkey is set to conclude its theatrical run with a respectable haul, but it's falling vastly short of Longlegs.

This dual role feels like the perfect role for allowing Theo James to simultaneously play to type and subvert expectations. The start of Theo James’ career is best summed up by his role in the often forgotten dystopian series Divergent,

The Monkey writer/director Osgood Perkins explains how his unique experience with people dying in weird ways funneled into his feel-good horror movie.

Neon’s marketing magic strikes again, but Osgood Perkins’ ‘The Monkey’ proves why horror-comedy remains a graveyard of lofty intentions

Osgood Perkins delivers a horror film far different from “Longlegs” (2024) in the form of “The Monkey” (2025).

Osgood Perkins helmed The Monkey, based on Stephen King's short story, starring Theo James, Tatiana Maslani and Christian Convery, was released in theatres today. The horror-comedy features Theo in dual roles as twin brothers Hal and Bill,

Theo James is back in Osgood Perkins' latest offering - The Monkey. This new thriller-comedy film is about a haunted toy monkey that kills people for no good reason.

Theo James has wanted to work with writer and director Osgood Perkins — and to make a horror movie — for a long time.

The Monkey” serves as a cathartic examination of Director Osgood “Oz”  Perkins’ fascination with mortality—its genesis and omnipresence. Hot off the heels of the smashing financial success of “Longlegs,

Based on Stephen King’s short story, The Monkey narrates the story of twin brothers Bill and Hal (Christian Convery), who find their father’s antique monkey toy, and after that, we see a series of gruesome deaths around them, which are not only unusual but also freak and weird to another level.

Osgood Perkins explained why he will never direct a James Bond film because of IP owner and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.