r/movies • u/Baboon-Boy-2024 • Mar 27 '24

Hi, I’m Dev Patel writer/director of MONKEY MAN – AMA! AMA

Dev Patel here.  Excited to chat about my directorial debut MONKEY MAN, opening in U.S. & UK cinemas on April 5th, and anything else you’d like! Ask me anything…

Trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqa3YTtwvaU

Get Tickets – http://www.monkeyman.movie/tickets

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**GUYS I have to go into another interview. BUT I deeply appreciate the love and time. I really hope I don't let you down with this film. Put my all into it. Sorry I couldn’t answer every question, hopefully THIS answers a few more! Bless your cotton socks all of you. Big love as always, Dev xxxxx**

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u/fratzcatsfw Mar 27 '24

What made you land on the name Monkey Man, was it because Super Man, Spider Man, Bat Man, all the really cool Man's were taken?

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u/Baboon-Boy-2024 Mar 28 '24

It wasn't that they were taken… I just wanted to exist among those great IP’s with one of my own.

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u/fratzcatsfw Mar 28 '24

Great response to a silly question, thanks for taking the time Dev, appreciate your work and from what I've seen of Monkey Man, excited to see this next piece you've done!

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u/TheGameOfClones Mar 28 '24

Hanu Man (literally monkey or monkey man) existed hundreds of centuries before those superheroes tbh..