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Sikandar Kher, who can currently be seen starring in Dev Patel’s feature directorial debut Monkey Man, has signed with Zero Gravity Management. While Monkey Man is Kher’s first major international film, he has long been a household name in India, following a Filmfare Award nomination for Best Debut…

"I've felt that being called 'niche' is a compliment, actually,” Monkey Man star Sobhita Dhulipala tells Deadline. It is nighttime in India when we catch up with the star, and we are discussing a recent profile that dubbed her a “niche Indian actress.” "In India, there’s the conventional idea…

A busy holdover weekend for wide studio releases was led by the trio of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Kung Fu Panda 4 and Dune: Part Two. And, in a soaring performance, Hayao Miyazaki's Oscar winner The Boy and the Heron swooped into China helping the market set a new Qingming holiday…

SUNDAY AM: Even better than expected results for Legendary/Warner Bros’ Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire with a second weekend of $31.7M (-60%) after a second Saturday of $13.8M, +62% over Friday. The twosome are beating their chests to ten-day $135M total. In second, Universal’s Monkey Man kept…

Monkey Man was originally expected to stream on Netflix. But Jordan Peele gave Dev Patel’s feature directorial debut a different fate, and sent it to the big screen. The Slumdog Millionaire actor was aglow about Peele at the Los Angeles premiere of Monkey Man on Wednesday night at the TCL Chinese…

No dart gun, or First Omen, or Monkey Man will put Legendary/Warner Bros’ Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire to sleep this weekend. The pic, after an unexpected $80 million Easter weekend start, will continue to rumble with a 55%-60% second-weekend drop to between $32M-$36M. Through four days, the Adam…

Dev Patel made his feature film directorial debut with Monkey Man, leaving him with some lasting memories, including his breaking his hand. The Slumdog Millionaire made an appearance on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, where he recalled that the incident with his hand happened in the first…

SXSW organizers on Monday announced the Audience Award winners for the festival’s recently wrapped 31st edition. The list includes Tracie Laymon’s dramedy Bob Trevino Likes It, which prevailed in Narrative Feature Competition, and the action thriller Monkey Man marking Dev Patel’s directorial debut…

Dev Patel's Monkey Man draws from the ancient lore surrounding Hanuman, a revered figure in Hindu tradition symbolizing intellect, might, valor, fidelity and discipline — much like his character in this film who is the underdog savior of the broken and the…

Universal’s bender of a weekend continued past Oscars into Monday night with the enthusiastic SXSW premiere of Monkeypaw’s Monkey Man, the feature directing debut of Dev Patel, which blew the roof off Austin’s Paramount Theatre. SXSW isn’t known for giving standing ovations, but Patel — the movie’s…

South by Southwest’s 2024 edition just added some more star-studded movies in its second wave of programming including the highly anticipated Jordan Peele Monkeypaw production, Monkey Man, starring and directed by Dev Patel, the Sydney Sweeney nun movie Immaculate, the new Nicolas Cage horror movie Arcadia…

The action thriller Monkey Man, starring Dev Patel in his feature directing debut, is now getting a release via Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw and its deal at Universal. In more good news for exhibition, the movie will hit theaters on April 5. Monkey Man originally was set up at Netflix in 2021, but Peele…