Dev Patel’s ‘Monkey Man’ Sets Peacock Premiere Date

Peacock announced on Monday morning that Oscar nominee Dev Patel‘s directorial debut, the action thriller Monkey Man, will begin streaming on the platform on June 14.

The film comes to the platform after a run in theaters via Universal Pictures that saw it gross over $34 million worldwide, having world premiered to critical acclaim at South by Southwest.

Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, an icon embodying strength and courage, the revenge flick stars Patel as a man with no name, scarred by a brutal childhood, who ekes out a meager living in underground fighting rings. But when he finds a way to rise up and infiltrate his city’s corrupt elite, he kicks off an explosive campaign for retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him as a boy. Channeling the rage of the poor and powerless, an unexpected hero emerges.

Patel conceived the original story for Monkey Man, penning the script with Paul Angunawela and John Collee (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World). Those starring alongside him include Sharlto Copley (Hardcore Henry 9), Sobhita Dhulipala (The Night Manager), Vipin Sharma (Hotel Mumbai), Sikandar Kher (24: India) and Pitobash Tripathi (Million Dollar Arm).

In addition to Patel, producers included Jomon Thomas, Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Ian Cooper, Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Christine Haebler, Sam Sahni and Anjay Nagpal. The executive producers are Jason Cloth, Suraj Maraboyina, Adam Somer, Aaron L. Gilbert, Andria Spring, Alison-Jane Roney, Steven Thibault, Jonathan Fuhrman and Natalya Pavchinskaya.