Nicole Kidman has joined the cast of The Young People, the latest feature film from prolific and rising horror hitmaker Osgood Perkins (Long Legs, The Monkey) and his fourth with Neon.
Kidman adds Oscar-winning fame to an already buzzy cast, led by Laura Tung (How to Train Yourself) and Nico Parker (How to Train Your Dragon), along with an ensemble that includes Brendan Hynes (The Tick), Kush Jumbo (The Good Wife), Heather Graham (Drugstore Cowboy), Johnny Knoxville (Jackass), and Lexi Maintree. ” (“Elle”), Lily Kollias (“The Good One”), and Tatiana Maslany (“Orphan Black”).
Neon will release “The Young People” theatrically in the United States and represents the film’s international sales rights, as well as co-financing with Lyrical Media. Producers include Perkins and partner Chris Ferguson of production company Phobos and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones of Range. Plot details are currently not disclosed.
“The Young People” is the first project in a first-look deal that Neon signed with Perkins and Phobos earlier this year. The film is the latest collaboration following the success of “Long Legs,” which became the highest-grossing independent film of 2024 with $75 million at the domestic box office, and “The Monkey,” which gave Neon its second-best opening weekend. Neon will release Perkins’ next film, The Keeper, on November 14th.
Kidman, who has “Scarpetta” on Prime Video and “Margo’s Got Money Trouble” on Apple TV+, is no stranger to the genre, but is perhaps best known in the horror world for her 2001 blockbuster “The Others.” The film, in which Kidman plays a mother who battles supernatural forces with her two children in an old English mansion, is widely regarded as one of the greatest horror films of all time, grossing more than $210 million worldwide and earning Kidman both a BAFTA and a Golden Globe nomination.
Kidman is repped by CAA, Media Talent, The Lede Company and JTWAMM.
