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Based on | Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen |
Developed by | Bill Lawrence |
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Music by | Waz & Jamie Jackson |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 3 |
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Running time | 45–57 minutes |
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Network | Apple TV+ |
Release | August 14, 2024 – present |
Bad Monkey is an American black crime comedy drama television series developed and executive produced by Bill Lawrence. [1] A co-production between Warner Bros. Television, Two Soups Productions and Doozer Productions, it is based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Carl Hiaasen. The series is led by Vince Vaughn, Michelle Monaghan, Jodie Turner-Smith, Meredith Hagner, Rob Delaney, Natalie Martinez, L. Scott Caldwell, Ronald Peet, and John Ortiz. Ashley Nichole-Black, Victor Turpin, Charlotte Lawrence and Alex Moffat also star in recurring roles. Bad Monkey premiered on August 14, 2024, on Apple TV+.
Andrew Yancy is a former police detective who has been reduced to conducting restaurant inspections in Southern Florida. A severed arm found by a tourist pulls Yancy into the world of greed and corruption that decimates the land and environment in both Florida and the Bahamas.
In addition, Crystal the Monkey cos-stars as Driggs.
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No. | Title | Directed by | Written by [1] | Original release date [10] | Prod. code |
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1 | "The Floating-Human-Body-Parts Capital of America" | Marcos Siega | Teleplay by : Bill Lawrence | August 14, 2024 | T82.10301 |
2 | "A Hundred Bucks Says You Won't" | Erica Dunton | Adam Sztykiel & Ellie Knaus | August 14, 2024 | T82.10302 |
3 | "Nobody Said He Was Alvin Einstein" | Erica Dunton | Matt Tarses | August 21, 2024 | T82.10303 |
4 | "Nothing's Wrong With It, I Just Don't Need It Anymore" [11] | Marcos Siega | Annie Mebane | August 28, 2024 | TBA |
5 | TBA | TBA | Brian C Brown | September 4, 2024 | TBA |
6 | TBA | TBA | Milla Bell-Hart | September 11, 2024 | TBA |
7 | TBA | TBA | Ashley Nicole Black | September 18, 2024 | TBA |
8 | TBA | TBA | Michael C. Martin | September 25, 2024 | TBA |
9 | TBA | TBA | Matt Tarses | October 2, 2024 | TBA |
10 | TBA | TBA | Bill Lawrence & Matt Tarses | October 9, 2024 | TBA |
In December 2018, Bill Lawrence's Doozer Productions signed an eight-figure five-year overall deal with Warner Bros. Television. [12] In August 2021, the two studios announced the development of Bad Monkey, a 10-episode drama series based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Carl Hiaasen, with Vince Vaughn starring and Apple TV+ distributing. [2] In December 2021, Michelle Monaghan, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Meredith Hagner joined the cast. [5] In January 2022, Ana Villafañe, Rob Delaney, Ahmed Elhaj, Arturo Luis Soria, and Alex Moffat were added to the cast. [4] [7] In March 2022, Natalie Martinez was cast as a series regular to replace Villafañe because, according to Deadline Hollywood , "the character had been written older than Villafañe's age, leading to the decision to replace her." [6] In April, L. Scott Caldwell and Charlotte Lawrence were reported to star, with Ronald Peet taking over Elhaj's role. [3] In June, it was announced John Ortiz had been cast to replace Soria in the series. [8]
Filming began in February 2022, in the Florida Keys and Miami, Florida. [13] [14] Filming locations included Duval Street, Key West. [15]
Bad Monkey premiered on August 14, 2024, on Apple TV+, with the first two episodes available immediately and the rest debuting on a weekly basis until October 9, 2024. [16]
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 91% approval rating with an average rating of 7.2/10, based on 43 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "A vibrant riff on the P.I. serials of television's yesteryear, Bad Monkey is a breezy good time that fully leverages Vince Vaughn's motormouth charms." [17] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 74 out of 100 based on 29 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [18]
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Shoot Date: February 07, 2022 Locations: Miami, FL, United States