Nicolas Cage and Osgood Perkins are expanding the “Longlegs” universe with a second installment of the now-horror movie franchise.
Paramount Pictures picked up the rights to the mysterious new project after the serial killer thriller “Longlegs” was a massive hit for Neon in 2024. The R-rated film — about an FBI agent hunting a homicidal maniac after surviving an encounter with him as a child — grossed $128 million from a $10 million budget, establishing Perkins as a horror movie maestro and further solidifying Maika Monroe (“It Follows”) as a bona fide scream queen. Cage fans already knew the actor could play twisted roles well, but his demented performance as the Satan-worshipping killer still disturbed and delighted audiences.
Perkins will again write and direct the yet-to-be-titled movie — revealed on the 14th of the month (if you know, you know) — with Cage returning to star and produce. Details of the project are being kept under wraps.
Also producing the movie are Range Media Partners’ Brian Kavanaugh Jones; Perkins and Chris Ferguson, through their company Phobos; and Dave Caplan, under his C2 banner, which originated the rights to the property.
Perkins returns to the “Longlegs” universe after wrapping production on his next feature, “The Young People,” starring Nicole Kidman, Lola Tung and Nico Parker for Neon. His other “Longlegs” follow-ups, “The Monkey,” an adaptation of a short story by Stephen King, and “Keeper,” were also distributed by the indie studio. Perkins is represented by CAA, Untitled and attorney Jonathan Shikora of Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Feldman, Rogal, Shikora & Clark.
Cage is represented by WME, Stride Management and Patrick Knapp at GGSSC
The Hollywood Reporter first shared news of the developing project
