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Jordan Peele and Dev Patel are joining forces for the latter's directorial debut! Peele and Universal have come aboard to release Patel's directorial debut 'Monkey Man.' The completed action-thriller — which was previously set up at Netflix — will hit cinemas on April 4. Peele revealed the news on Friday when introducing the first official trailer.

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00:00There you are. You are a beast.

00:06Jordan Peele and Dev Patel are joining forces for the latter's directorial debut.

00:10Peele and Universal have come aboard to release Patel's latest film, Monkey Man.

00:15The completed action thriller, which was previously set up at Netflix, will hit cinemas on April 4th.

00:20Peele revealed the news on Friday when introducing the first official trailer.

00:24I am there, will not quiet your soul, my son.

00:30Don't call me son.

00:32Netflix had reportedly acquired rights to Monkey Man in spring of 2021 for around $30 million.

00:38But insiders say Peele had a chance to see the action thriller and believed it deserved its time to shine on the big screen.

00:44Patel not only directs, but stars as Kidd, an anonymous young man who scrapes a meager living in an underground fight club

00:51where night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash.

00:56Ultimately, he sets out on a quest for vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother

01:01and continue to systemically victimize the poor and powerless.

01:06Universal will market and distribute Monkey Man through its feature film deal with Peele's Monkey Pop banner,

01:11and the film has been described as similar to John Wick in Mumbai.

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