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“WATCHER’s” Maika Monroe joins Nicolas Cage in horror film “LONGLEGS”

Monday, February 6, 2023 | News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

Cage is a serial slayer in the movie currently shooting in Vancouver.

Variety reports that Maika Monroe of WATCHER and IT FOLLOWS has come aboard LONGLEGS, the new chiller from writer/director Osgood Perkins (THE BLACKCOAT’S DAUGHTER, GRETEL & HANSEL). Cage is also a producer on the project through his Saturn Films; according to the trade, “In LONGLEGS, FBI Agent Lee Harker (Monroe) is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer (Cage). As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer and must race against time to stop him before he claims the lives of another innocent family.”

C2 Motion Picture Group is producing and fully financing the movie, with Black Bear International beginning international sales this month at Berlin’s European Film Market.

Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold (RUE MORGUE's Head Writer) has been covering the world of horror cinema for over three decades, and in addition to his work for RUE MORGUE, he has been a longtime writer and editor for FANGORIA magazine and its website. He has also written for BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH, SCREAM, IndieWire.com, TIME OUT, DELIRIUM, MOVIEMAKER and others. He is the author of the AD NAUSEAM books (1984 Publishing) and THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO MONSTER MOVIES (FAB Press), and he has contributed documentaries, featurettes and liner notes to numerous Blu-rays, including the award-winning feature-length doc TWISTED TALE: THE UNMAKING OF "SPOOKIES" (Vinegar Syndrome).