Paramount Sets 'Longlegs' Sequel with Cage for Jan 14, 2028
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- Paramount set Osgood Perkins' untitled 'Longlegs' movie starring Nicolas Cage for January 14, 2028, an MLK weekend slot where the studio's recent openings include Scream (2022, $33.8M) and Mean Girls (2024, $33.6M), with its all-time MLK record held by Cloverfield (2008, $46.1M).
- Nicolas Cage and Perkins are among the project's producers alongside Brian Kavanaugh Jones, Chris Ferguson, and Dave Caplan, with the plot kept under wraps and only one other film — an untitled Disney release — currently dated against it.
- Neon released the first 'Longlegs' in July 2024 to the distributor's best domestic debut ever at $22.4M, with the film ultimately cuming $74.3M domestic and $127.9M worldwide off a $10M production budget financed by Caplan's C2.
- Neon's marketing campaign for the original 'Longlegs,' credited with turning the film into a cult hit, cost in the high single-digit millions — a comparatively modest spend relative to the title's $127.9M global gross.
Why it matters: Paramount is betting on Perkins and Cage to repeat Neon's low-budget breakout on a studio scale, and the MLK weekend slot signals confidence: the studio's own recent history shows the frame opening horror and counter-programming titles to $33M+, giving a horror-tinged 'Longlegs' follow-up a plausible $30M+ runway. The move also positions Paramount as the first major studio to attach its name to a Neon-originated horror IP at a moment when prestige horror is one of the genre's most reliable theatrical plays.
