Monkey Man

 is an upcoming action thriller film directed by Dev Patel from a script is by Patel, Paul Angunawela, and John Collee. The film is partly inspired by the Hindu myth about the deity Hanuman who is half man, half monkey.

Netflix has acquired worldwide rights, with some exclusions, for Dev Patel’s directorial debut “Monkey Man.” The streamer is thought to have paid around $30 million for the film. Netflix has acquired world rights, excluding existing deals in Spain, Latin America, Iceland, Former Yugoslavia, Poland, Russia & Baltic States, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Pan-Asian PTV and China.

The film is a co-production between BRON Studios and Thunder Road Pictures, in association with Creative Wealth Media. It is produced by Patel, Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, Jomon Thomas, Samarth Sahni, Christine Haebler and Anjay Nagpal. Executive producers include Thunder Road’s Jonathan Fuhrman, BRON’s Aaron L. Gilbert, Creative Wealth’s Jason Cloth, BRON’s Steven Thibault and Natalya Pavchinskaya.

Cast and Characters

 * Dev Patel
 * Sharlto Copley
 * Sobhita Dhulipala
 * Sikandar Kher