Gilbert, Mike Jackson, and Edward Tyler Nahem. Monster was produced by Tonya Lewis Lee, Nikki Silver, Aaron L. Mandler adapted the novel from a script written by Radha Blank, Cole Wiley, and Janece Shaffer. Monster is a 2018 American legal drama film directed by Anthony Mandler, from a screenplay by Radha Blank, Cole Wiley, and Janece Shaffer, based on the novel of the same name by Walter Dean Myers. The film’s cast also includes Jennifer Hudson as Steve’s mother and Jeffrey Wright as his father, along with Jharrel Jerome, Jennifer Ehle, Rakim Mayers, Nasir “ Nas” Jones, Tim Blake Nelson, and John David Washington. I’ll call it what the lady who is the prosecutor called me. I’ll write it down in the notebook they let me keep. The novel, released in 1999, was a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, as well as a nominee for the Coretta Scott King Award for Authors. By: Walter Dean Myers The film will be the story of my life. Wiley, Janece Shaffer (Novel: Walter Dean.

When Steve is suddenly convicted of felony murder, what follows is a complex legal battle and a race to save him from spending the rest of his life in prison. Monster is a film directed by Anthony Mandler with Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Steve Harmon, a 17-year-old honor student, photographer, and film buff who lives with his family in Harlem and attends an elite high school. The film first premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, and it’s finally getting a wide release on Netflix’s streaming platform on May 7th. Netflix has released the first trailer for Monster, the Anthony Mandler-directed legal drama based on the novel of the same name by Walter Dean Myers.

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