Action-Adventure Bill Lawrence & Vince Vaughn team up for 'Bad Monkey' (Apple TV+)

[Kaleb]

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Based on Carl Hiaasen’s New York Times bestselling novel and enduring cult favorite, “Bad Monkey” tells the story of Andrew Yancy (Vaughn), who has been bounced from the Miami Police Department and is now a health inspector in the Keys. But after stumbling upon a case that begins with a human arm fished up by tourists, he realizes that if he can prove murder, he’ll be back in. He just needs to get past a trove of Floridian oddballs and one bad monkey

Enjoyed the First 2 episodes that dropped, one of those shows where I wish they could have dropped the entire seasons

 

[Kaleb]

3rd episode has dropped, and must say I'm enjoying this quite a bit, it seems to have found its groove now,with most typical Bill Lawrence shows the dialog is snappy, and everyone seems to have great chemistry with each other (esp Vince Vaughn and Michelle Monaghan)

If this keeps up it might end up on my top 10 for the end of the year.

 

[Kaleb]

Finally caught up, that last episode felt like a season finale, at least I don't think it is, oh well this has been one of the best new shows I've watched in the 2nd half of this year. It's weird its an Apple TV show but it has a real old school USA Network 'Sunny Skies' vibe to it, that we used to get with Burn Notice, Covert Affairs and White Collar.

 

[Kaleb]

They sort of stretched it out towards the end there (not sure how closely they follow the book its adapted from) but I highly enjoyed this show, Vince was in his bag. I think I would definatly add this to my end of the year top 10 list of tv shows for this year (certainly top 5 new show)

 

[Pennywise]

Loved the show, and would be down with this!

 

[Pennywise]

They sort of stretched it out towards the end there (not sure how closely they follow the book its adapted from) but I highly enjoyed this show, Vince was in his bag. I think I would definatly add this to my end of the year top 10 list of tv shows for this year (certainly top 5 new show)

 

[Kaleb]

Love that it's coming back, but going to miss the Florida setting.

 

[blueharvest]

I need to subscribe to Apple TV + again so I can catch up with this show.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Pennywise]

Bad Monkey EP Bill Lawrence Offers Season 2 Update, Confirms ‘Razor Girl’ Adaptation On Hold in Favor of New Story With Same Cast

'Bad Monkey' will not adapt Carl Hiaasen's 'Razor Girl' and instead tell a new story in Season 2, which begins filming in Fall 2025 — find out why.

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Eight months after Bad Monkey‘s Season 1 finale, and six months after the Vince Vaughn-led detective comedy was renewed at Apple TV+, executive producer Bill Lawrence tells TVLine that writing on Season 2 is nearly complete, and cameras will officially start rolling this fall.

“They’re almost done in the writers’ room,” the EP says. “We already had to shoot a scene from Season 2 [in Florida, since production is] moving to California, and that starts production in earnest towards the end of September.” (In other words, don’t expect a release date any sooner than 2026.)

As for the premise, Lawrence confirms that, while they fully intend to adapt the second Andrew Yancy-centric novel, “Razor Girl,” for a future season, Season 2 will tell a wholly original story, with input from author Carl Hiaasen.

“‘Razor Girl’ is a great novel for people who want to read it, but it’s kind of a break from the characters of the first [book],” Lawrence explains, “and we wanted to have some of the characters from the first season more front and center in the second” — including Natalie Martinez‘s Rosa. “[Season 2 is] an original story, but we’re all Carl Hiaasen aficionados — and, also, Carl consults on the show and has been helping us a ton.”

 

[Pennywise]

John Malkovich Cast In ‘Bad Monkey’ As Series Regular For Season 2

John Malkovich has signed on to star in the Apple TV+ series Bad Monkey as a series regular in Season 2

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