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My choice for this year’s best thriller Is ... Monkey Man

Monkey Man

Release: 04/05/2024

Expires: 10/05/2024 12:00 AM

 

 Oscar^® nominee Dev Patel (Lion, Slumdog Millionaire) achieves an astonishing, tour-de-force feature directing debut with an action thriller about one man’s quest for vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and continue to systemically victimize the poor and powerless.

Inspired 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.

 

After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.

 

Packed with thrilling and spectacular fight and chase scenes, Monkey Man is directed by Dev Patel from his original story and his screenplay with Paul Angunawela and John Collee (Hotel Mumbai, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World).

 

The film’s international cast includes Sharlto Copley (District 9), Pitobash (Million Dollar Arm), Vipin Sharma (Hotel Mumbai), Sikandar Kher (Aarya), Adithi Kalkunte (Hotel Mumbai), Sobhita Dhulipala (Made in Heaven), Ashwini Kalsekar (Ek Tha Hero), Makarand Deshpande (RRR), Jatin Malik in his film debut, and Zakir Hussain (Duranga).

 

Monkey Man is produced by Dev Patel, Jomon Thomas p.g.a. (Hotel Mumbai, The Man Who Knew Infinity), Oscar^® winner Jordan Peele (Nope, Get Out), Win Rosenfeld (Candyman, Hunters series), Ian Cooper (Nope, Us), Basil Iwanyk (John Wick franchise, Sicario films) and Erica Lee p.g.a. (John Wick franchise, Silent Night), Christine Haebler (Shut In, Bones of Crows), Sam Sahni (associate producer The Wedding Guest, executive producer To Kill a Tiger) and Anjay Nagpal (executive producer of Bombshell, Greyhound). 

 

 

Serving as executive producers are Jonathan Fuhrman, Natalya Pavchinskaya, Jason Cloth, Suraj Maraboyina, Adam Somer, Aaron L. Gilbert, Andria Spring, Alison-Jane Roney and Steven Thibault.

 

Universal Pictures presents a Bron Studios production, a Thunder Road Films production, a Monkeypaw production, a Minor Realm production, a S’Ya Concept production, in association with WME Independent and Creative Wealth Media.

 

Genre: Action Thriller 

Cast: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash, Vipin Sharma, Sikandar Kher, Adithi Kalkunte, Sobhita Dhulipala, Ashwini Kalsekar, Makarand Deshpande, Jatin Malik and Zakir Hussain. 

Director: Dev Patel

Story by: Dev Patel

Screenplay by: Dev Patel and Paul Angunawela and John Collee 

Producers: Dev Patel, Jomon Thomas p.g.a., Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Ian Cooper, Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee p.g.a., Christine Haebler, Sam Sahni, Anjay Nagpal 

Executive Producers: Jonathan Fuhrman, Natalya Pavchinskaya, Jason Cloth, Suraj Maraboyina, Adam Somer, Aaron L. Gilbert, Andria Spring, Alison-Jane Roney, Steven Thibault

 

Disney/Pixar/Star War upcoming Films and Series Release Date

Heads up Disney/Pixar/Star War fans; below are current release dates for upcoming films and series from these studios. However, don’t rush to throw that bag of popcorn in the microwave, because these release will leave panting and restless.

The list:

·         Moana 2 the animated series airs on schedule for November 2024

·         Tron: Ares on October 10th, 2025

·         The Mandalorian & Grogu, on May 22nd, 2026. The movie is an expansion the series.

 However, will the series continue while we await the movie?

Din Djarin (The Mandalorian)

The Mandalorian, known to some as Din Djarin, is a battle-worn bounty hunter, making his way through a dangerous galaxy in an uncertain age. Reunited with Grogu, Djarin undertakes a new quest to reclaim a place in Mandalorian society as his scattered people unite to take a stand against the Imperial remnant.

 

 

Grogu

A mysterious child pursued by bounty hunters on behalf of Imperial interests, the foundling Grogu found protection with the Mandalorian Din Djarin. Through their adventures and journeys through the galaxy, young Grogu is honing remarkable abilities. Although he previously trained as a Jedi, Grogu has chosen to return to Din's side and continues to share his adventures as they take a stand against the Imperial remnant.

 

 

·         Toy Story 5 on June 19th, 2026

Fan made trailer

 

·         Moana  a live action movie opens on July 10th, 2026

Unrelated but of import:

 

Farewell to Funimation: Fan-Favorite Streaming Service Shuts Down as Crunchyroll Merger Is Completed

 

Over 60,000 Minutes of Anime Go Missing in U.S. After Crunchyroll Shuts Down Funimation

 

Follow "The Librarians: The Next Chapter" Only on The CW the Fall

 

This fall the CW Networks new series, The Librarians: The Next Chapter has a new team that team that protects the world by watching over some of its most dangerous artifacts. In the spin-off, Librarian Vikram Chamberlin (Callum McGowan) from the past gets stuck in our time and forms a new team when he accidentally unleashes magic into the world.

 

 The cast of ‘The Librarians: The Next Chapter’ are Callum McGowan, Olivia Morris, Bluey Robinson and Caroline Loncq join previously announced Jessica Green and guest star Christian Kane, who reprises his role as Jacob Stone.

According to Deadline:

McGowan will play Vikram Chamberlin, The Librarian. Vikram was THE Librarian in 1847.  A protean genius and swashbuckler, he broke the rules of The Library and accidentally transported himself to present-day Central Europe where he must lead a team of talented young people in securing magical artifacts from those who would abuse them.  The question is, will Vikram keep his oath to the Library (and his new team) or will he attempt to travel back to his own time where unfinished business – and his heart – remain.

Morris portrays Lysa Pascal, The Scientist. A brilliant polymath, Lysa holds advanced degrees in physics, mathematics, and engineering. Because of a childhood tragedy, she is obsessed with eliminating the unpredictable from life. Upon inheriting an ancient castle in Serbia, she comes into the orbit of Vikram and the Library. She joins his team to see if “magic” can be explained in scientific terms. There is also a deeper motive to her involvement…Vikram’s past may be the key to unraveling her own identity.

Robinson is Connor Green, The Historian. Having lost a career in academia after claiming that magic does exist in the world, Connor became a fringe figure, posting his findings on the internet to an audience of conspiracy freaks. In addition to an encyclopedic knowledge of history and all things supernatural, Connor is an extreme athlete and parkour expert, having trained himself to get into…and out of…the secretive corners of the paranormal world. Connor’s involvement with Vikram is his chance to prove that he was right. Unfortunately, he is now forsworn from ever telling anyone what he knows.

Loncq plays Elaine Astalot, The Caretaker. Elaine, a resident of Camelot in the days of King Arthur, is an immortal and caretaker of the Library. She has her hands full keeping Vikram and the rest of his team in their lanes, but never loses the keep-calm-and-carry-on attitude of a British landlady who’s pretty much seen it all in her fourteen centuries on the planet.”

 

Maggie Q Returns To Screen As Renée Ballard In Prime Video's ‘Bosch’ Spinoff Series

 

In the yet to be named series, the character of  Detective Renée Ballard (Maggie Q) is tasked with running the LAPD’s new cold-case unit, an underfunded and all-volunteer unit in Hawaii.  When Ballard uncovers a urge conspiracy during her investigations, she turns to her retired friend and ally, Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) for assistance. Stay tuned for future details.

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live -- Air Date

 

The latest AMC spinoff to The Walking Dead saga is 'The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live', a limited series in which estranged zombie warriors and lovers Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira) will reunite. Most of us fans were surprised when some years ago unknown agents swooshed a badly wounded Rick away in a helicopter. Of these agents, we could only hope they would heal him, and not make him into a creature worst than the zombies already hunting our battle worn heroes. Emotions were high back then, and we grieved his lost with Michonne and Carl (Chandler Riggs), and greatly feared for Judith Grimes (Cailey Fleming) the once infant girl that Michonne and the now dead half brother Carl cared for and protected since Rick went missing and thought truly dead, and hopefully not walking among the teaming dead.

Well, enough of my emotional rant ‘Rick is back’ and will rejoin his little band of zombie killers this Sunday, February 25, 2024 on the AMC cable channel and the AMC+ streaming network.