Primate

Primate (2026)

Timing: 1:29 (89 min)

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Photo 78

Actors and characters

Release date

2026-01-01

Country

United States

Production

Paramount, Domain Entertainment, 18Hz Productions

Genre

Horror, Thriller

Budget

$21 000 000

Revenue

$41 235 665

Website

http://www.primatemovie.com

Director

Johannes Roberts

Actors

Johnny Sequoyah, Jessica Alexander, Troy Kotsur, Victoria Wyant, Gia Hunter, Benjamin Cheng, Charlie Mann, Tienne Simon, Miguel Hernando Torres Umba, Amina Abdi
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Scenario

Johannes Roberts, Ernest Riera

Producer

Walter Hamada, Bradley Pilz, John Hodges, Vicki Dee Rock, Pete Chiappetta, Andrew Lary, Anthony Tittanegro, Nathan Samdahl, Johannes Roberts

Operator

Stephen Murphy

Composer

Adrian Johnston

Artist

Audition

Jennifer L. Smith, Tricia Wood, Kharmel Cochrane

Editing

Peter Gvozdas, Matthew Moss
All team (104)

• Johannes Roberts admits that he was inspired by Stephen King's novel "Cujo" (1981) and its 1983 film adaptation. Roberts once noticed his mother's dog circling a pool. Emphasizing the difference between dogs and chimpanzees, Roberts described the film's concept as "truly unsettling" – dogs generally evoke sympathy in viewers, unlike chimpanzees.
• Troy Kotsur (who played Adam) later recounted that he specifically asked Johannes Roberts not to show him a mock-up of a disfigured corpse of one of the characters before filming began, so that his reaction to seeing it would be as genuine as possible.
• Troy Kotsur (he played Adam) recounted one incident that occurred immediately after filming wrapped. His character was covered in fake blood. At the end of the shooting day, he washed it off and headed to a restaurant, not noticing that his hands weren't completely clean. The waiter, seeing the bloodstains, asked in surprise what had happened.