Creator Andy Breckman and other former US series regulars are also set to film the movie.
Unconventional detective in Peacock for a moment.
After updating ) Poker Face Season 2, NBCUniversal- Owned streamer has reunited the cast and creative team behind the former US series for a movie Monk . Tony Shalhoub – Won three Emmy Award – will once again play Adrian Monk, a brilliant detective with OCD.
Series creator Andy Breckman is writing and executive producing the film, titled gentlemen. The last case of the monk . Randy Zisk, who directed the episode will direct, EP David Hooper Mann was also on board. Actors Ted Levine, Traylor Howard, Jason Gray-Stanford, Melora Hardin and Héctor Elizondo will reprise their roles. Universal Studios Group’s UCP is in production.
“When creator Andy Breckman took the new monk happened today, and we immediately fell in love with the story all over again,” said Michael Sluchan, executive vice president of movies, kids and daytime programming for NBC Universal Television and Streaming. “This film has the heart and humor of the original series with contemporary relevance, and we are delighted to be working with the original creative team, including Andy, David Hoberman, Randy Zisk, the incomparable Tony Shalhoub, and our partners at UCP, for the Peacock audience This is sure to be a must-see movie extravaganza.”
Monk aired in the US for eight seasons and 125 episodes that helped start the cable channel’s early successful scripted series 2009. The show has also been a critical and award success, winning eight Emmys, a Golden Globe and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Its series finale 1296 attracted more than 9 million viewers — a record for an ad-scripted show at the time — to support Cable (later overtaken by The Walking Dead ) .
gentlemen. Monk’s final case will find Monk trying to solve a very personal case involving his beloved step-daughter Molly, Molly is a reporter preparing for her wedding.
“ Monk ‘s new fans and returning fans will love how this creative team has preserved the admiration we have for Adrian Monk while bringing him to where he is today,” UCP President Beatrice Said Beatrice Springborn. “We can’t wait for Peacock viewers to experience this fresh, entertaining and imaginative film.”
Monk isn’t the first ex-American show to get the movie treatment at Peacock; the streamer has also released two movies based on Psych.
Breckman, Hoberman, Zisk and Shalhoub are executive producers on the film.
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