Thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we have a series of first-look photos to share with you for Tony Shalhoub’s upcoming Monk revival movie, Mr. Monk’s Last Case.
In the story, “When Molly’s fiancé is murdered, Monk devotes himself to solving the case, once again throwing himself into a mystery with a deeply personal connection to his own life.” Creator Andy Breckman offered some additional insight on the story, saying:
“When people ask me what the original series was about, I always say it was about loss. It was Monk dealing with the loss of his beloved wife, Trudy. And that, of course, we solved in the series finale. But the movie presents Monk with an equally emotional challenge that he has to step up and address. We found a way to raise the stakes yet again for this poor guy.”
When talking about other elements of the film, it’s explained that Monk spent a few months at the peak of the pandemic in a hazmat suit.” Breckman teases, “There are one or two mini flashbacks in the movie” and one of them will be a pandemic flashback.
The movie also introduces a new villain, Rick Eden (James Purefoy), described as “an egotistical billionaire obsessed with becoming the first civilian to orbit the Earth. If that sounds a lot like some contemporary figures, that’s by design.”
Breckman talks about Monk going up against this new foe saying: “The best stories are ones where Monk is going up against someone very, very powerful, very strong, and very dismissive of him — someone that underestimates Monk from the beginning. In this world, there’s no one more powerful than these Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos type of characters. In this case, the James Purefoy character is building a rocket. He’s sending himself into space.”
Monk isn’t the only character making a return to the film as the photos confirm we’ll be seeing Leland Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine), Randy Disher (Jason Gray-Stanford), and Natalie Teeger (Traylor Howard). They’re all back!
Check out the first photos from Mr. Monk’s Last Case below and the the movie is set to premiere on Peacock on December 8th. Are you excited to see a new Monk story!?
