The filmmaker Osgood Perkins The horror project premieres in theaters this week Keeperhis third collaboration with NEONand is already fully involved in his fourth partnership with the studio.
We talk about The Young Peoplewhich with filming underway in Vancouverannounces the signing of the Oscar winner, Nicole Kidman (Babygirl) (via Deadline).
Kidman joins a cast led by Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black), in his third collaboration with Perkins, after having starred The Monkeyand the aforementioned Keeper, Lola Tung (The Summer I Turned Pretty), Nico Parker (How To Train Your Dragon, The Last of Us), Brendan Hines (Chicago Med), Cush Jumbo (The Good Fight), Heather Graham (Boogie Nights), Johnny Knoxville (Jackass), Lexi Minetree (Broken), y Lily Collias (Roofman).
Although plot details are being kept under wraps, it has been reported that The film focuses on two friends from school, one of which begins to display worrying behavior. Perkins is the writer and director.
The study describes it as: “A Bad Trip by Osgood Perkins”. Let us remember that Keeper They promote it as “The Dark Journey of Osgood Perkins”.
NEON will be in charge of distributing the film in theaters in the United States, in addition to representing the project for sale in the international market at the American Film Market (AFM) that starts this week in Bevery Hills, CA.
NEON is co-financing the feature film with Lyrical Media.
The producers are Perkins, Chris Fergusony Brian Kavanaugh-Jones.
This is the first project resulting from the first option agreement between Neon, Perkins and their production company Phobosand the latest collaboration between Perkins and NEON following the 2024 horror hit, Longlegs (the highest-grossing independent film of that year with $75 million in the United States), The Monkeywhich achieved Neon's second-best opening at the box office this year, and Keeperwhich opens in theaters this Friday.
As part of the first-look deal, Perkins launched the production company Phobos, which he runs alongside Ferguson. NEON is home to Perkins' projects, which he and Ferguson will produce. This will also allow Perkins and Ferguson to produce films by other filmmakers for NEON, which will release the projects theatrically in the United States and represent international rights. The Young People was announced last August.
In Mexico, NEON projects are often distributed by Diamond Films. It is currently unknown if this will be the case with The Young People.
The five-time Oscar nominee and always busy work schedule, Kidman, has already completed filming the Amazon Prime Video series, Shoeand the one in the sequel Practical Magic 2. Some of his most recent film projects include A Family Affair, Babygirly Holland. On the small screen we see her in the second season of Nine Perfect Strangers, Lionessy The Perfect Couple.
Among his most notable works in the horror genre is the box office and critical success, The Others.
Source: https://cine3.com/nicole-kidman-thriller-terror-the-young-people-osgood-perkins-neon/
