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How Did Monkey Man Swing From Netflix to Universal?


A timeline of the Dev Patel passion project’s many delays and production troubles, and the rumors about why Netflix dropped it.

March 12, 2021: Deadline also reveals the movie’s supporting cast: Hollywood actor Sharlto Copley ( District 9) and Indian stars Sobhita Dhulipala ( Made in Heaven), Sikander Kher ( Woodstock Villa), and Pitobash Tripathy ( Million Dollar Arm). July 2023: By this point in the year, talent agency CAA (which represents both Patel and Thunder Road) has begun shopping Monkey Man as a sales title, according to a source in the world of film-festival programming. March 31, 2024: Monkey Man ’s planned April 19 theatrical release in India — a date that appeared on ticketing websites but was intended as a “placeholder,” according to a Universal spokesperson — is delayed, Bollywood Hungama reports.

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