Unfortunately, the on-screen version of this jolly ape was already used in Toy Story 3, and Disney owns the copyright. Fortunately, Perkins was informed before production on The Monkey began.

The Monkey had to change toy from cymbals to a drum after Disney had trademark ownership due to Toy Story 3. The horror movie stars Theo James alongside Elijah Wood and other big names in the ...

The Monkey is based on Stephen King’s 1980 short story of the same name. The plot follows twin brothers Hal and Bill, played ...

But Perkins couldn’t have them because apparently Disney had copyrighted a monkey playing cymbals for “Toy Story 3.” “They own Darth Vader and they own the cymbals,” Perkins says.

The Monkey writer/director Osgood Perkins explains how his unique experience with people dying in weird ways funneled into ...

And "The Monkey," now in theaters, doesn't disappoint, even if it never quite reaches the horror heights.

because of [the toy monkey in] ‘Toy Story,’” Perkins explained. “It’s one of those things where a limitation becomes an opportunity. If you are making movies and you are not up for that ...

The film, adapted from a Stephen King short story, stars Theo James as twin brothers who battle for control of a randomly ...

The Monkey film takes creative liberties with King's story, changing characters, tone, and setting. The movie transforms a horror story into a black comedy with absurd and gory deaths. Both the ...

including one bad-intentioned toy monkey, not a cymbal-crasher as in King’s story but a drummer with a vengeance. Each time the monkey’s mechanical key is turned, someone — anyone ...

The Monkey brings Stephen King's nightmare to life with slow-burn horror.The Monkey, the monkey movie, horror movoe, the ...