Netflix Legal-Drama Movie ‘Monster’: Plot, Cast, Trailer & Netflix Release Date

Three years after making its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, Anthony Madler’s Monster will receive its global release exclusively on Netflix in May 2021. The entire plot and cast of the legal drama are available to you, as well as a trailer and release date.

Anthony Madler will direct Monster, a Netflix Original legal-drama movie. It is based on Radha Blank's screenplay, Cole Whiley and Janece Shaffer. Before Netflix acquired the distribution rights for Monster, the movie was still called All Rise. Monster's title change is in keeping with the original screenplay.

Given the current social unrest in the USA as we’ve seen with the Black Lives Matter movement, and the historic oppression of African-Americans the release of Monster on the world’s largest streaming platform will spark lots of interest.

What is the Netflix release day for Monster?

Monster will be released worldwide on Netflix Friday, May 7, 2021, according to confirmed sources.

Monster premiered its first time over three years ago at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Monster was then known as All Rise.

Is there a plot to Monster?

Steve Harmon, a charming and friendly Harlem student of film, is accused of murder and faces a complicated legal battle to either be incarcerated for the rest his life or have his name removed.

What are the Monster cast members?

Here's the complete Monster cast:

After previously appearing in Mudbound, The Trials of the Chicago Seven and The Trials of the Chicago Seven, Monster is Kelvin Harrison Jr.'s third Netflix Original.

Monster is the fifth Netflix Original by Westworld actor Jeffrey Wright. He has starred in the thriller Hold the Dark and in Steven Soderbergh’s The Laundromat. Wright also lent his incredible voice to the wonderfully animated series Green Eggs and Ham, and Netflix’s most popular adult-animated comedy Bojack Horseman.

Prior to Monster, Academy Award-winning actress and Grammy Award-winning artist Jennifer Hudson had only starred in one NetflixOriginal, that being Adam Sandler’s comedy Sandy Wexler.

Jeffrey Wright and Jennifer Hudson in Monster – Copyright. Bron Studios

How long does Monster take to run?

This legal drama runs for 98 minutes.

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