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After endless months (years?) of delays, Monkey Man, the directorial debut from actor Dev Patel, is finally set for a theatrical release on April 5th thanks to Jordan Peele's Monkeypay Productions and Universal. Initially announced as a Netflix acquisition back in 2021, the film has languished in exhibition hell after numerous bumps in the road prevented it from actually seeing a release, online or otherwise. Recently, however, the film was sprung from distribution purgatory by Monkeypaw and now looks to demolish cinemas worldwide this spring. The story concerns Kid (Patel), a kid from the slums of Mumbai who makes his living getting pounded on in underground street fights for the amusement of the rich and powerful. When he loses his mother, he sets out on…