The Get Out and Nope director is a producer on the action film \u2013\u00a0which is Patel’s directorial debut. <\/p>
Dev Patel\u2019s new action film, Monkey Man \u2013 which is now showing in UK cinemas \u2013 has received rave reviews from critics, but it didn\u2019t have the easiest journey to the big screen.<\/p>\n
Having originally been acquired by Netflix<\/a>, the film was briefly dropped by the streamer and looked destined for a small, straight-to-streaming release \u2013 until Get Out and Nope<\/a> director Jordan Peele saw it and instantly decided it deserved theatrical distribution.<\/p>\n Peele came on board as a producer through his company Monkeypaw Productions and persuaded Universal to acquire the film, and in an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com<\/a>, he explained why he felt the film needed a big screen release.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, you know, the easy answer for why this was perfect for Monkey<\/span>paw Productions is it just felt like the type of film that I would, as a younger person \u2013 or now \u2013 I would go with a bunch of my friends, and we would be really loud in the theatre,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd that, to me, is like\u2026 that\u2019s why I love the theatre. I love a theatrical experience that brings an audience together, you\u2019re in a room with a bunch of strangers.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cAnd here, you\u2019re invited to all be one character, you know? In this case, it\u2019s [Patel\u2019s] character, Kid. And we can go through that journey together.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s uniting, and when the audience gets to cheer\u2026 it\u2019s just one of my favourite feelings in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n