{"id":119628,"date":"2024-01-27T15:51:20","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T15:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/27\/netflix-loses-monkey-man-starring-dev-patel-to-universal-pictures\/"},"modified":"2024-01-27T15:51:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T15:51:20","slug":"netflix-loses-monkey-man-starring-dev-patel-to-universal-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/27\/netflix-loses-monkey-man-starring-dev-patel-to-universal-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Loses &#8216;Monkey Man&#8217; Starring Dev Patel to Universal Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_519819\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-dominant-color=\"200104\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #200104;\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-519819\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-519819 size-full\" title=\"Monkey Man No Longer With Netflix\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Monkey Man No Longer With Netflix\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/monkey-man-no-longer-with-netflix-jpg.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/monkey-man-no-longer-with-netflix-480x270.webp 480w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/monkey-man-no-longer-with-netflix-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/monkey-man-no-longer-with-netflix-943x530.webp 943w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/monkey-man-no-longer-with-netflix-1280x720.webp 1280w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/monkey-man-no-longer-with-netflix-jpg.webp\"\/><noscript><img data-dominant-color=\"200104\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #200104;\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-519819\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-519819 size-full\" title=\"Monkey Man No Longer With Netflix\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/monkey-man-no-longer-with-netflix-jpg.webp\" alt=\"Monkey Man No Longer With Netflix\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/monkey-man-no-longer-with-netflix-jpg.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/monkey-man-no-longer-with-netflix-480x270.webp 480w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/monkey-man-no-longer-with-netflix-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/monkey-man-no-longer-with-netflix-943x530.webp 943w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/monkey-man-no-longer-with-netflix-1280x720.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-519819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picture: Universal Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>In a shocker, <em>Monkey Man<\/em>, initially set to launch on Netflix, has switched distributors and can now be releasing with Universal Pictures and getting a full theatrical launch.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/news\/dev-patels-netflix-movie-monkey-man-everything-we-know-so-far-08-2023\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full preview of the film<\/a>, which continues to be (principally) related, apart from Netflix\u2019s lack of involvement now, we spoke about how the film confronted a number of delays on Netflix. It was initially included in Netflix\u2019s 2022 slate reveal, however as that 12 months went on, the film was yanked from the lineup. When the 2023 film lineup was revealed, Monkey Man was notably absent. This was additionally the case for Halle Berry\u2019s<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/news\/netflix-scraps-release-of-halle-berry-movie-the-mothership\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> The Mothership<\/a>,<\/em> which we\u2019ve realized has been scrapped totally.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix initially acquired the film again in 2021 for a reported $30 million. It was filmed for a interval of 4 months between December 2020 and February 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Fast ahead to in the present day, and Universal Pictures has introduced it\u2019ll be the house of the characteristic movie, which has already wrapped filming and is eying an April fifth, 2024, theatrical run with it releasing below Jordan Peele\u2019s banner, Monkeypaw Productions.<\/p>\n<p>Dev Patel directs and stars within the action-thriller that\u2019s been in comparison with John Wick, with Sharlto Copley, Pitobash, Vipin Sharma, and Sikander Kher additionally within the forged.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the synopsis for the upcoming film:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"jsx-3649800006 \">\u201cInspired by the legend of Hanuman, an icon embodying strength and courage, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Why the change within the distributor? We\u2019re nonetheless ready for an official motive, nevertheless it seems like Netflix dropped it sooner or later. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/jordan-peele-joins-dev-patel-monkey-man-1235807960\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">THR experiences<\/a>, \u201cInsiders say Peele had a chance to see the movie, and was so taken with Patel\u2019s vision that he believed it deserved a theatrical release.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"g8zxiB5Qhsc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Monkey Man | Official Trailer\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g8zxiB5Qhsc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The theatrical distribution applies to the United States and the United Kingdom. It\u2019s price noting Netflix would nonetheless stream the film in 2028 within the United States below an output cope with Universal Pictures.<\/p>\n<p>This continues to be a shock, on condition that we just lately noticed <em>Monkey Man<\/em> given a tough R ranking from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmratings.com\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">US ranking board<\/a> with Netflix nonetheless connected because the distributor for the challenge.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_519821\" style=\"width: 664px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-dominant-color=\"e3e7eb\" data-has-transparency=\"true\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e3e7eb;\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-519821\" class=\"has-transparency wp-image-519821 size-full\" title=\"Monkey Man Rated With Netflix\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Monkey Man Rated With Netflix\" width=\"654\" height=\"165\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/monkey-man-rated-with-netflix.png\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" data-dominant-color=\"e3e7eb\" data-has-transparency=\"true\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e3e7eb;\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-519821\" class=\"has-transparency wp-image-519821 size-full\" title=\"Monkey Man Rated With Netflix\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/monkey-man-rated-with-netflix.png\" alt=\"Monkey Man Rated With Netflix\" width=\"654\" height=\"165\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-519821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Film ranking for Monkey Man<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>We have reached out to Netflix to get their story on what occurred to the discharge of <em>Monkey Man<\/em>, nevertheless it seems like an enormous loss on the Netflix Film entrance, particularly judging from early social media reactions.<\/p>\n<p>Are you upset <em>Monkey Man<\/em> gained\u2019t be coming to Netflix? Let us know within the feedback.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Picture: Universal Pictures In a shocker, Monkey Man, initially set to launch on Netflix, has switched distributors and can now be releasing with Universal Pictures and getting a full theatrical launch.\u00a0 In our full preview of the film, which continues to be (principally) related, apart from Netflix\u2019s lack of involvement now, we spoke about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-119628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-netflix"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}