The hardest part is just really digging deep in yourself and coming into your own realities and then separating from the character so you can tell their stories truthfully.”īRON Studios, ToniK Productions and Get Lifted Film Co. Then things happened, and he thought he was an anomaly in a world where black boys are incarcerated or killed because of the way they look. Steve comes from this privileged home and has a lot of opportunity. Harrison, an in-demand star on the indie and festival circuit, told Shadow And Act back in 2018 that Steve was one of the hardest characters he’s had to play. “Steve in Monster is probably the hardest to play, because I was learning so much about myself growing up,” he said.“It’s hard to look back on your life at 17 and how you may have been. The film follows his dramatic journey from a smart, likable film student from Harlem attending an elite high school through a complex legal battle that could leave him spending the rest of his life in prison. It tells the story of Steve Harmon (Kelvin Harrison, Jr.) a seventeen-year-old honor student whose world comes crashing down around him when he is charged with felony murder.

The stacked cast is led by Kelvin Harrison Jr., before his star-making turns in Waves and Luce. It also features Jennifer Hudson, Jeffrey Wright, a pre- When They See Us Jharrel Jerome, a pre- BlacKkKlansman John David Washington, Jennifer Ehle, Tim Blake Nelson, Nas and A$AP Rocky.ĭirected and written by acclaimed music video director Anthony Mandler, the screenplay is from Radha Blank, Colen C. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news of the Netflix acquisition. This comes after an extended festival run, a name change ( All Rise) and a prior acquisition announcement by Entertainment Studios. The film, which premiered at Sundance in 2018, has been acquired by Netflix.

At last, Monster will see the light of day.

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