“A smart, likeable, 17-year-old film student from Harlem sees his world turned upside down when he's charged with a murder. We follow his dramatic journey through a complex legal battle.”
The Sundance drama Monster, directed by Anthony Mandler, is based on the 1999 young adult novel of the same name by Walter Dean Myers, which received many awards, including the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. Originally premiering at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, Monster was first picked up by Entertainment Studios before Netflix nabbed the rights late last year and added it to their promise of a new movie every week in 2021.
Monster will be available to stream on Netflix May 7th. Watch the official trailer below.