Onesumore: Netflix Legal-Drama Movie ‘Monster’: Plot, Cast, Trailer & Netflix Release Date
Monster – Copyright. Bron Studios
Three years after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, Anthony Madler’s Monster will receive its worldwide release exclusively on Netflix in May 2021. We’ve got everything you need to know about the upcoming legal drama, including its plot, cast , its trailer and Netflix release date.
Monster is an upcoming Netflix Original legal drama film directed by Anthony Madler and based on the screenplay adapted by Radha Blank, Cole Whiley, and Janece Shaffer. Before Netflix acquired the distribution rights to Monster, the film still carried its original title All Rise. The title change to Monster corresponds to the novel whose script has been adapted.
Given the current social unrest in the United States, as we have seen with the Black Lives Matter movement, and the historic oppression of African Americans, the liberation of Monster on the world’s largest streaming platform will generate a lot of interest.
What is the Netflix release date for Monster?
It has been confirmed that Monster is slated for worldwide release on Netflix on Friday, May 7, 2021.
Monster premiered over three years ago when it premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Monster still bore the previous name of All stand up.
Who are the actors of Monster?
The full cast of Monster is as follows:
Role | Cast member | Where have I seen / heard them before? |
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Steve Harmon | Kelvin Harrison Jr. | Luce | Monsters and men | It comes at night |
Mrs. Harmon | Jennifer hudson | Dreamgirls | The Secret Life of Bees | Gender and city |
Mr. Harmon | Jeffrey Wright | Westworld | Tree | The Manchurian candidate |
Katherine o’brien | Jennifer ehle | Zero Dark Thirty | A quiet passion | Little men |
Leroy sawicki | Tim blake nelson | O brother, where are you | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Blades of grass |
TBA | Nasir “Nas” Jones | Belly | Blood Diamond | Big Momma’s House | |
William king | Rakim “A $ AP Rocky” Mayers | Dope | Zoolander | Divergent | |
Anthony Petrocelli | Paul Ben-Victor | Daredevil | Tombstone | Don Jon |
Richard “Bobo” Evans | John David Washington | BlacKkKlansman | Tenet | Malcolm and Marie |
Alexandra floyd | Mikey Madison | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Better things | The Addams Family |
Detective Karyl | Jonny coyne | Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life | Gangster Squad | Ma Rainey’s black background |
Renee pickford | Lovie simone | Handicrafts: the heritage | Greenleaf | Selah and the pikes |
Chronologically, Monster is the third Netflix Original for lead actor Kelvin Harrison Jr. after starring in Mud and Chicago Seven trials.
The liberation of Monster will be the fifth Netflix Original for Westworld actor Jeffrey Wright. He starred in the thriller Hold the dark and in Steven Soderbergh’s The laundery. Wright also lent his incredible voice to the wonderfully animated series. Green eggs and ham, and Netflix’s most popular adult animated comedy Bojack Horseman.
Prior to Monster, Oscar-winning actress and Grammy Award-winning artist Jennifer Hudson had only appeared in one Netflix Original, the Adam Sandler comedy. Sandy Wexler.

Jeffrey Wright and Jennifer Hudson in Monster – Copyright. Bron Studios
What is the runtime of Monster?
The legal drama has a relatively short duration of 98 minutes.
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