Nicolas Cage and Osgood Perkins are increasing the “Longlegs” universe with a second installment of the now-horror film franchise.
Paramount Photos picked up the rights to the mysterious new undertaking after the serial killer thriller “Longlegs” was an enormous hit for Neon in 2024. The R-rated movie — about an FBI agent looking a homicidal maniac after surviving an encounter with him as a toddler — grossed $128 million from a $10 million price range, establishing Perkins as a horror film maestro and additional solidifying Maika Monroe (“It Follows”) as a bona fide scream queen. Cage followers already knew the actor may play twisted roles properly, however his demented efficiency because the Devil-worshipping killer nonetheless disturbed and delighted audiences.
Perkins will once more write and direct the yet-to-be-titled film — revealed on the 14th of the month (if , ) — with Cage returning to star and produce. Particulars of the undertaking are being stored beneath wraps.
Additionally producing the film are Vary Media Companions’ Brian Kavanaugh Jones; Perkins and Chris Ferguson, by way of their firm Phobos; and Dave Caplan, beneath his C2 banner, which originated the rights to the property.
Perkins returns to the “Longlegs” universe after wrapping manufacturing on his subsequent function, “The Young People,” starring Nicole Kidman, Lola Tung and Nico Parker for Neon. His different “Longlegs” follow-ups, “The Monkey,” an adaptation of a brief story by Stephen King, and “Keeper,” had been additionally distributed by the indie studio. Perkins is represented by CAA, Untitled and lawyer Jonathan Shikora of Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Feldman, Rogal, Shikora & Clark.
Cage is represented by WME, Stride Administration and Patrick Knapp at GGSSC
The Hollywood Reporter first shared information of the growing undertaking
