Theo James is fresh off his popular turn on The White Lotus Season 2 and will tackle a new horror adaptation from horror producer James Wan.
Deadline reports James will lead the horror movie The Monkey, based on the short story by Stephen King. Osgood Perkins will helm the feature. Wan produces with Atomic Monster partner Michael Clear and C2 Motion Picture Group’s Jason Cloth & Dave Caplan.
The Monkey follows twin brothers Hal and Bill, who discover their father’s old monkey toy in the attic; a series of gruesome deaths starts occurring all around them. 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 takes the lives of everyone close to them.
Wan tells Deadline: “Stephen King is the godfather of the horror genre. He had a huge influence on me as a child and throughout my career, and it’s always been a dream to help bring one of his stories to life. The Monkey is a personal favorite, with its simple, iconic, and incredibly marketable conceit. And I can’t imagine anyone better than a visionary and lifelong genre fan like Osgood to bring this to life.”
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Per Deadline, “Black Bear International is launching the project ahead of the Cannes market” and additional casting is underway.
