Whereas he enjoys the success of his newest film, the difference of Stephen King’s quick story The Monkey, Osgood “Oz” Perkins nonetheless finds the time to share his scorching takes. The director went on a fast Q&A with followers who had been wanting to know a bit extra concerning the visionary director and his distinctive horror profession. Nonetheless, opening up the ground to questions from the general public is all the time going to throw a couple of curveballs, and a kind of was the query whether or not Perkins can be thinking about directing a film within the James Bond franchise.
By way of a session on Reddit, Perkins took the mic to reply a number of questions on his profession, his inspirations, and… directing James Bond? A consumer referred to as jokermobile333 requested Perkins the next query: “Are you open to directing a bond film/trilogy? In that case, who would you forged as your model of bond?” For probably the most half, the query stays unanswered on the subject of who he may case, as a result of he brutally responded:
“No as a result of f*ck Jeff Bezos.”

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Perkins clearly is in the identical boad as many different followers of the Bond franchise, and isn’t notably pleased with Amazon MGM Studios snatching away the rights to the tremendous spy. It wasn’t low cost, however Amazon mastermind Jeff Bezos went all in on the gamble to amass one of the vital beloved movie franchises of all time. Curiously, a couple of hours after the acquisition was introduced, Bezos requested an important query of all on social media: “Who’d you choose as the following James Bond?”
The director of Longlegs, The Blackcoat’s Daughter and I Am the Fairly Factor That Lives within the Home joins hundreds of thousands of James Bond followers whose outcry was heard all around the globe when the announcement was made. The franchise had beforehand been steered by tough instances and clean by producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson for a few years, they usually had been liable for a few of the finest entries within the universe created by writer Ian Fleming within the Fifties. However now, they’re out, and with Amazon MGM Studios now having full inventive management, many individuals are bracing themselves for an enormous overhaul and loads of pointless spinoffs.
Osgood Perkins Additionally Shared Some Non-Bond Ideas
After his transient second pondering the way forward for the Bond franchise, Perkins additionally answered a couple of different fascinating questions on his motion pictures. For instance, he shared the record of his favourite pictures from his motion pictures:
“The opening shot of LONGLEGS from the automobile approaching. The younger witch elevating her arms in GRETEL AND HANSEL. Kat lifting rose by her hair to chop her head off in THE BLACKCOAT’S DAUGHTER. The priest saying ‘oh f*ck’ in THE MONKEY. The opening smeary shot of the ghost in I AM THE PRETTY THING THAT LIVES IN THE HOUSE.”
He additionally made it very clear that Nicolas Cage’s singing in Longlegs was the actor’s resolution: “within the script it says ‘he sings…’ after which I had one of many biggest film stars of all time do no matter he desires.” When requested about his movie heroes, the actor/director replies with a bunch of names and titles that embody Stanley Kubrick, Saul Bass, Shelley Duvall, David Lynch, Vertigo, Goodfellas, and Moonlight, amongst others.
Supply: Reddit

The Monkey
- Launch Date
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February 19, 2025
- Runtime
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98 Minutes
- Director
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Osgood Perkins
- Writers
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Osgood Perkins
- Producers
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John Rickard, Natalia Safran, Ali Jazayeri, Chris Ferguson, Fred Berger, Giuliana Bertuzzi, James Wan, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, John Friedberg, Jason Fabric, David Gendron, Michael Clear, Jesse Savath, Peter Luo, Dave Caplan