This page was last updated with news about The Monkey on 3/28/25
Release Date - February 21st 2025.
Director - Osgood Perkins
Cast - Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wood, Christian Convery, Colin O’Brien, Rohan Campbell, and Sarah Levy.
Director - Osgood Perkins
Cast - Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wood, Christian Convery, Colin O’Brien, Rohan Campbell, and Sarah Levy.
The Monkey Gets Digital Streaming Release Date
If you didn't manage to watch The Monkey at the theater, you will be pleased to know the film is apparently heading to digital platforms to stream from April 4th, 2025, which will no doubt include Amazon Prime and Apple among others.
The Monkey Numbers So Far
Since its release on February 21st, The Monkey has taken in a total of $59 million worldwide from its estimated $11 million budget, which is pretty good numbers, but still pales in comparison to Longlegs which took over $125 million worldwide.
But profit is profit, right?
Why Does The Monkey Play a Drum?
Horror director Osgood Perkins had to make a big change while adapting Stephen King’s short story The Monkey into a movie, and all because of Disney.
The original 1980 story features a creepy toy monkey that plays cymbals when wound up, signaling someone’s death, but in Perkins’ film, the monkey plays a drum instead.
Why the change?
Perkins says it’s because Disney owns the rights to the cymbal-playing monkey design, thanks to Toy Story 3, so he had to switch it up.
Instead of seeing it as a setback, Perkins embraced it.
He told GamesRadar
“When I was given the assignment, the producer said, ‘Oh, by the way, Disney owns the cymbals, because of [the toy monkey in] Toy Story,'”
“So it [couldn’t] be cymbals… It’s one of those things where a limitation becomes an opportunity. If you’re making movies and you’re not up for that adage, then you’re in real trouble!
‘I was like, ‘Hey, that’s awesome. The drum is better.’ The drum is like a marching drum. It’s like, ‘Drum roll, please!’ before something happens. That’s better than cymbals. So thanks, Disney. I prefer it!”
Stephen King Gives 'The Monkey' His Approval
The legend that is Stephen King recently took to Threads to give his seal of approval for 'The Monkey', and it is a very I am trying not to get too hyped for as I have made that mistake before, but I really can't help myself right now.
Especially after being disappointed with Neon's first effort of the year, 'Presence'.
But Stephen King had this to say on 'The Monkey'
You've never seen anything like THE MONKEY. It's bats*** insane. As someone who has indulged in bats***tery from time to time, I say that with admiration.
New Trailer Releases
A new trailer has today been released for 'The Monkey' which you can watch below.
Osgood Perkins Speaks About Differences Beteween 'Longlegs' and 'The Monkey'
In an interview with the excellent Empire magazine, The Monkey director Osgood Perkins spoke about the differences between his last film Longlegs and his new one, and he had this to say.
I honestly feel fucking great about [how different The Monkey is from Longlegs]. I can’t think of another morbidly surreal horror comedy that’s also heartwarming and redemptive and stars a bona-fide movie hunk. That’s the best news I can offer to people who liked Longlegs — we make all kinds. Why would anyone want to be fed the same meal every day?If you’re going for comedy then you’re going for extremes. Not subtlety. We are guilty of putting far more blood in our human bodies than is really in a human body. When someone explodes in this movie — and a couple of people do — there’s a lot of mess... All the death set-pieces were hard to do. They all have a Rube Goldbergian connectivity — this happens, then this happens, then this happens..
'The Monkey' Rated R
It has been revealed that The Monkey has been rated “R” this week for “Strong bloody violent content, gore, language throughout, and some sexual references.”
We will also have a new trailer dropping this Wednesday apparently on 8th January, which I will post on this page that hopefully will show a bit more of what to expect from the film, but hopefully not too much!
A Festive Gift from Osgood Perkins
The Monkey director Osgood Perkins posted a Christmas Day video featuring new footage and clips from the film, and if you haven't watched it yet, you can see it below.
Four New Images Released
Four new images have been released for The Monkey, which you can see below.
First Official Poster and 2nd Trailer Releases
An Official first poster for The Monkey has released, and it's a pretty cool one, and guess what, we have had our 2nd teaser trailer as well.
You can watch the first trailer towards the bottom of the page as well.
The Monkey Trailer Released - Set for February 21st 2025 Release Date
Hot on the heels of releasing a teaser trailer for Presence and the release of Cuckoo, Neon has released another teaser trailer, this time for The Monkey, the latest film by Osgood Perkins, who previously worked with them on Longlegs.
The Monkey is based on Stephen King’s short story of the same name, and will star Theo James, with James Wan producing.
The films plot is about twin brothers Hal and Bill who find their father’s old monkey toy in the attic and after a series of brutal deaths start happening around them, the brothers decide to get rid of the monkey and go their separate ways, drifting apart over time.
When the strange deaths start up again, the brothers have to come back together to find a way to destroy the monkey for good before it kills everyone they care about.
The film will also stars Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wood, Christian Convery, Colin O’Brien, Rohan Campbell, and Sarah Levy.
The Monkey is set to be released in theaters on February 21st 2025. [The Monkey on IMDB]
Are you looking forward to watching this one?