Nicolas Cage Set to Return to ‘Longlegs' Franchise with New Movie
Osgood Perkins will write and direct the follow-up, with Nicolas Cage returning as star and producer after the original film grossed $128 million worldwide.
- Paramount Pictures has secured rights to a new feature film set in the Longlegs universe, with filmmaker Osgood Perkins writing, directing, and producing. Nicolas Cage will return to star in and produce the upcoming movie.
- The original 2024 horror thriller Longlegs became a massive hit for distributor Neon, earning $128 million worldwide on a budget of less than $10 million and establishing Perkins as a prominent horror filmmaker.
- Neon reportedly stepped aside as the new project's scope exceeded company parameters. Producers Brian Kavanaugh Jones, Chris Ferguson, and Dave Caplan are leading the film.
- Skydance-Owned Paramount Pictures is prioritizing horror expansion, making this the new franchise home while relaunching Paranormal Activity with producers James Wan and Jason Blum.
- Perkins recently wrapped production on his next feature, The Young People, starring Nicole Kidman. Cage is set to star in Amazon Prime Video's Spider-Noir series, debuting in May.
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Nicolas Cage Returning for New ‘Longlegs’ Movie From Osgood Perkins
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, es…
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