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Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Apr 14Paramount Secures New Longlegs Universe Film With Nicolas Cage and Osgood Perkins
33 articles · Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Apr 14
- Paramount Pictures has acquired the rights to a new film set in the Longlegs universe, with Nicolas Cage returning to star and produce.
- Osgood Perkins, who wrote and directed the original 2024 hit, will also write, direct, and produce the new project alongside Cage.
- The film is not a direct sequel but expands the Longlegs universe, following the original's critical and commercial success for Neon.
Will a major studio budget dilute the unsettling horror that made the original 'Longlegs' a cult hit? Is 'Longlegs' the key to Paramount's new horror empire after its massive Warner Bros. merger? With his character's fate sealed, how can Nicolas Cage's killer return to haunt the 'Longlegs' universe? Could new union AI protections change how horror movies are made, starting with this 'Longlegs' follow-up? Did indie studio Neon make a massive mistake by letting its hit horror franchise 'Longlegs' go? Without its original hero, who will now stand against the chilling evil introduced in 'Longlegs'?