We can’t wait for Netflix to share it with the world and are hoping it helps viewers to recognise injustice in all of its forms. Gilbert added: “We are proud to work alongside such talented storytellers like Anthony Mandler and the incredible teams at ToniK and Get Lifted, to help bring this timely and important book to life. We can’t imagine a better home for M onster and hope this film helps shine a light on social justice issues throughout our country.” Our partnership with ToniK and Bron was incredible and we’re so happy to be back in business with our frequent partner Netflix. Monster is a story about young sixteen-year. Walter Dean Myers does that through his novel, Monster.
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Jackson said: “We’re so proud of this film and the work Anthony did to bring this book to life. (The script comprises most of the novels text, interspersed with brief journal entries.) As the trial progresses, Steve alternately chronicles the courtroom. Many authors convey powerful, civil messages through novels. Lewis Lee commented: “We at ToniK are thrilled to have brought Walter Dean Myers’ National Book Award and Michael L Printz award-winning work to screen and are so pleased to partner once again with Netflix to showcase this important story to the world.” The project was produced by Tonya Lewis Lee, Nikki Silver, Aaron L Gilbert, Mike Jackson and Edward Tyler Nahem. The ensemble cast includes Kelvin Harrison Jr in the title role, Jennifer Hudson, Jeffrey Wright, Jharrel Jerome, Tim Blake Nelson, and John David Washington.īron Studios, ToniK Productions and Get Lifted Film Co produced in association with Charlevoix, Red Crown and Creative Wealth Media. This engaging historical novel is based on the true story of the meteoric rise of an immensely talented young black dancer, William Henry Lane, who influenced today’s tap, jazz, and step dancing. Monster is a multi-award-winning, provocative coming-of-age. A Novel (2015) Walter Dean Myers’s last novel, delivers a gripping story based on the life of a real dancer known as Master Juba, who lived in the nineteenth century. With a screenplay by Radha Blank, Colen C Wiley and Janece Shaffer, the film centres on a 17-year-old honour student from Harlem who is charged with murder and thrown into a legal battle that could land him in prison for the rest of his life. Walter Dean Myers novel Monster is about a sixteen-year-old African American male named Steve, a teenager who may or may not be guilty of being an accomplice to a homicide, but whose depiction by. A stunning graphic novel adaptation of Walter Dean Myerss New York Times bestseller Monster.
Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to social justice drama M onster, which premiered in competition at the 2018 Sundance festival.īased on the award-winning novel of the same name by Walter Dean Myers, Monster is the feature debut of commercial and music video director Anthony Mandler.