The Director of ‘Longlegs’ Made a Stephen King Movie

Osgood Perkins, James Wan, and Stephen King are partnering on a single film. Would a “dream team” of horror greats technically be considered a nightmare team? Whatever you want to call them, that’s the trio coming together for The Monkey. The film is based on one of Stephen King’s most famous short stories, which was originally … Read more

Stephen King adaptation from James Wan and Osgood Perkins is deliberately comedic

Director Osgood Perkins is making his adaptation of Stephen King’s The Monkey, produced by James Wan, deliberately comedic 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 … Read more

Giancarlo Esposito thought Stephen King did a brilliant job directing

Giancarlo Esposito felt Stephen King did a brilliant job directing his only movie, the 1986 cult classic Maximum Overdrive Stephen King has written hundreds of short stories and more than sixty novels, but he has only directed one movie: the goofball 1986 film Maximum Overdrive (watch it HERE). King has avoided directing ever since and star Emilio Estevez has said … Read more

Stephen King’s The Monkey set for February 2025 release

Neon has scheduled a February 2025 release for the Stephen King adaptation, coming from director Osgood Perkins and producer James Wan 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 … Read more

Treasure Stars Stephen Fry & Lena Dunham

ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke to Treasure stars Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry about the emotional comedy-drama. Bleecker Street’s film focuses on a father and daughter traveling to Poland for the first time since the father survived the Holocaust. The Julia von Heinz-directed film is now playing nationwide. “A father-daughter road trip set in 1990s Poland, Treasure follows Ruth … Read more

Stephen King adaptation The Monkey picked up by Neon

The feature-length adaptation of Stephen King’s short story The Monkey will be distributed by Neon sometime in 2025. Buyers at the Cannes Market were going bananas for Stephen King adaptation The Monkey, with the bidding war eventually being won out by Neon. While no financial details were made available, Deadline reports that the studio is … Read more

Stephen Curry Developing an NBA Comedy Movie

According to The Hollywood Reporter, NBA superstar Stephen Curry is currently developing a coming-of-age basketball comedy titled Trick Shot, with The Wizards of Waverly Place vet David Henrie attached to serve as a producer. “We’re excited to continue Unanimous Media’s storytelling in sports with Trick Shot, a fun and spirited project that brings us back … Read more

Stephen King’s The Dead Zone Set for New Movie Adaptation

Lionsgate is reportedly interested in setting up a new adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dead Zone with producer Roy Lee. Return of The Dead Zone Lionsgate already has previous with the book, having produced the USA television series adaptation starring Anthony Michael Hall in partnership with Paramount Television. Roy Lee is shopping the idea around, … Read more