Peacock loves a good TV series-revived-as-movie.
USA Network favorite “Monk” is the newest legacy show to get that treatment, with a new movie sequel titled “Mr.
Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie” ordered at the streamer.The film will see Tony Shalhoub return to the title role of San Francisco police detective Adrian Monk, which won him three Emmy Awards for Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series during the original show’s run.
Series creator Andy Breckman will write the streaming movie’s script; it will be directed by Randy Zisk, who also directed 35 episodes over the show’s run.According to the movie’s logline, Monk is returning “to solve one last, very personal case involving his beloved step-daughter Molly, a journalist preparing for her wedding.” In the original show, Molly (played by Alona Tal), only appeared in the very last episode, after Monk spent eight seasons
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