The Monkey director Osgood Perkins won’t be swapping horror for a big superhero film anytime soon. More on the director’s comments below.
Don’t expect a videogame adaptation or an X-Men movie from Osgood Perkins. The director, who hit big with his 2024 serial killer thriller Longlegs, is currently on the press tour for his latest film, the “completely bananas” horror comedy The Monkey.
Variety asked the director if his career has changed after his newfound success and what would come next. Perkins, who likely knows every outlet wants to know if he’ll ever move to blockbuster filmmaking, gave a straight, uncomplicated answer.
“It’s changed everything and nothing,” the director told Variety. “It’s given me confidence, but it’s not like I’m going to run off and make a videogame movie or an X-Men movie. I don’t think anybody wants that.”
Perkins, who also has another horror film, Keeper, out later this year, went on to say we can expect more of what he’s known for, but of better quality.
“I’m just going to get better,” he said. “I’m going to learn how to do it more and get in better step with the other artists I collaborate with, who are great at their jobs. I’m learning every day and practice makes perfect.”
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Surely Perkins is looking forward to getting bigger budgets for his future endeavours, though?
“I don’t think a bigger budget is ever the answer to better,” Perkins said. “Very seldom does someone say, ‘God, that was amazing. We spent so much money and as a result, it turned out great!’ I think there’s a sweet spot, a middle ground.”
Amen to that. Perkins also teases that he’d like to do something along the lines of the 1982 anthology horror film Creepshow in the future. Separately, he adds that he isn’t particularly interested in making a TV series.
“I was raised in a very old school Hollywood household where, in the 70s and 80s, there was a real divide between TV and movie people,” he says. “Now it’s all one big jambalaya.”
We’d have to agree with Perkins on that. The director is prepping for the release of Keeper later this year, but there’s no news on what he’ll tackle next. We’ll keep you posted on that, though.
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