Osgood Perkins is working on a new Longlegs feature film, a follow-up to the filmmaker’s 2024 mystery horror thriller, with Nicolas Cage returning as both star and producer. The sequel has found a new home at Paramount Pictures, departing from original distributor Neon. Perkins will write, direct, and produce.

Also producing are Brian Kavanaugh Jones of Range Media, Chris Ferguson from Phobos (which Ferguson and Perkins co-own), and Dave Caplan of C2.

Though any plot details are being kept tightly under lock and key, sources emphasise that this upcoming Longlegs film won’t be a sequel, but rather something set in the same universe.

Longlegs starred Maika Monroe as an FBI agent with an aptitude for clairvoyance, investigating a series of murder-suicides in Oregon that appear connected to a serial killer nicknamed Longlegs. The latter was played by Cage, typically unhinged and with a copious number of prosthetics.

Longlegs established Osgood Perkins as a name horror filmmaker and became the highest-grossing independent film of the past decade, as well as Neon’s highest-grossing domestic outing. Perkins went on to direct The Monkey and Keeper. His next project, which recently wrapped production, is The Young People and stars Nicole Kidman, Lola Tung, and Nico Parker.

Stay tuned for more information on this Longlegs follow-up as we hear.