Neon announces 'The Young People', a new terror project with Osgood Perkins

NEON y Osgood Perkins They prepare their fourth collaboration of horror cinema.

The study announced The Young Peoplewith a script and direction of Perkins, and starring Lola Tung (The Summer I Turned Pretty) y Nico parks (How to Train Your Dragon), According to THR reports.

The project will be Neon's fourth collaboration with Perkins, after having made the acclaimed Longlegs (2024), The Monkey (2025), and next to be released Keeper (2025), with cinemas planned for November 14.

Besides, The Young People It is the first film of a first option agreement between Neon and Perkins.

Neon Cofinance The project with Lyrical Media, and Perkins produces together with Chris Ferguson and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones.

As part of the First Vista Agreement, Perkins launched a new production company called Phobos, which manages with Ferguson. Neon houses Perkins projects, which he and Ferguson will produce. This will also allow Perkins and Ferguson to produce films from other filmmakers for Neon, which will premiere the projects in cinemas in the United States and represent international rights.

The plot of the film remains secret. The production is scheduled for this fall in Vancouver.

Neon will be in charge of the distribution of the film in US cinemas and will begin promoting the project to international buyers at the Toronto Film Festival (Tiff), which will take place from September 4 to 14.

In Mexico, Neon projects are often distributed by Diamond Films. We do not know if this will be the case with The Young People.

Other Tung credits, in addition to the series The Summer I Turned Prettyinclude the horror movie close to release, Forbidden Fruits Directed by Meredith Alloway.

Parker for its part, ended the filming of Poetic Licensethe debut as director of Maude Apatow. Previously it was part of the first season of The Last of Us HBO, Live-Action of Dumboscience fiction Reminescence sharing screen with your mother Thandiwe Newton, and the most recent delivery of Bridget Jones entitled Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.