Tony Shalhoub will return as Detective Monk Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie, New original movie Ordered by the Peacock. The project comes from the original creative team for the USA series, including creator/executive producer/writer Andy Brickman, executive producer David Hoberman, and executive producer/director Randy Zisk.
According to the official log, the film sees Shalhoub’s Adrian Monk—a former San Francisco detective with obsessive-compulsive disorder—resuming work to solve “one final and deeply personal case involving his beloved daughter Molly, a journalist preparing for her wedding.” In addition to the original Shalhoub monks Stars Traylor Howard, Jason Gray Stanford, Melora Hardin, and Hector Elizondo will return for the film.
New and returning fans monks “I’m going to love how this creative team has been able to preserve everything we admire about Adrian Monk while bringing it to the present,” said Beatrice Springbourne, Global Head of Content Production, Beatrice Springbourne, in a statement. “We can’t wait for Peacock viewers to experience this fresh, fun and imaginative movie.”
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This isn’t the first time Peacock has looked to an older NBC Universal-owned series for new original content. Since its launch, the service has so far released two original films that reunite the cast Psychologicaland the series Bel AirAn exciting reboot of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Airis currently in the midst of its second season.
monks It originally ran on USA for eight seasons from 2002 to 2009. The show won eight Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, while Shalhoub won three Emmy Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series. In 2020, the cast reunited for Peacock’s display variety at home, Reprise their roles to show how each character fared during the pandemic. All eight seasons of the original series are now streaming on the platform.
