Deadline reports that filming of The Monkey wrapped a week ago and the cast has been revealed.
Theo James (The White Lotus), Tatiana Maslany (She–Hulk: Attorney at Law), Elijah Wood (The Lord Of The Rings), Christian Convery (Sweet Tooth), Colin O’Brien (Wonka), Rohan Campbell (The Hardy Boys) and Sarah Levy (Schitt’s Creek).
In The Monkey twin brothers Hal and Bill discover their father’s old monkey toy in the attic. Theo James plays the twins in later years. Convery plays the younger twins.
Theo James will star in the movie version of King’s story The Monkey
The team behind the project includes James Wan who is producing with Michael Clear and Jason Cloth. The story has been adapted for the screen by Osgood Perkins who also will direct.
Talking about the film, Wan said:
“Stephen King is the godfather of the horror genre. He had a huge influence on me as a child and throughout my career, and it’s always been a dream to help bring one of his stories to life. The Monkey is a personal favorite, with its simple, iconic and incredibly marketable conceit. And I can’t imagine anyone better than a visionary and lifelong genre fan like Osgood to bring this to life.”
In the book Creepshow - The Illustrated Stephen King Movie Guide author Stephen Jones says that Frank Darabont is currently planning an official adaptation of King's story The Monkey, probably for cable TV.
The unofficial one that is referred to in the book is a movie called The Devil's Gift.