There was an aborted attempt at a release back in 2019 from a theatrical distributor (who wanted to blandly rename it All Rise, something that was thankfully reversed) but now itâs landing where many films with difficult journeys end up landing: Netflix, an overstuffed home that will at least give it the widest possible audience. Itâs one of the streamerâs more sombre films of late, as well as one of its most
directed, given that it was an acquisition rather than a true original, and will duly make a more distracting diversion for those who end up watching, a little gem hidden in the haystack.
Monster: Release time, date and cast for the film on Netflix confirmed
Fans are wondering about the release date and time for Netflix’s upcoming film ‘Monster’. We look into the release of the film.
The film originally premiered in 2018 at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2020 Netflix acquired distribution rights to
Monster. The film is directed by Anthony Mandler and based on a book by the same name by Walter Dean Myers.
The premise of
Monster follows the story of a young man named Steve Harmon who is a likeable, intelligent, young man. Harmon is charged with felony murder and sent to prison. As the film unfolds so does a complex legal battle that could alter his life forever.
‘Monster’ gets a belated Netflix showcase, but the cast is better than the movie
“Monster” represents a minor coup for Netflix, not as much due to the movie’s merits as who’s in it. More than three years after its festival run in 2018, the film arrives with a timely theme and a cast whose stock has soared in the intervening time including Kelvin Harrison Jr., Jharrel Jerome and John David Washington making this one for the time capsule if nothing else.
Adapted from the 1999 book by Walter Dean Myers, the film marks the feature debut of music video director Anthony Mandler, from a script by a trio of writers, among them Radha Blank, who made her directing debut last year with another Netflix acquisition, “The Forty-Year-Old Version.”
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