A24 Acquires Dev Patel’s Period Revenge Thriller ‘The Peasant’

THE PEASANT: Dev Patel’s Follow Up to His Directorial Debut MONKEY MAN Gets Acquired By A24!

Needless to say, actor and filmmaker Dev Patel hit a blood drenched home run with Monkey Man which was his directorial debut. The film was a bit convoluted, downright depressing and hard to swallow at times but there is no denying that the film was a sublime mixture of deep human drama and bone crunching…

A24 Acquires Dev Patel’s Period Revenge Thriller ‘The Peasant’

A24 has acquired Dev Patel‘s revenge action-thriller The Peasant ahead of the Cannes market. Deadline reports that the splashy deal closed in the $30M range after a competitive situation. Described as having shades of Braveheart, John Wick, King Arthur, the film mashes up medieval knights with feudal India. Set in the 1300s, it centers on a shepherd who embarks on a rage-fueled campaign against a group of mercenary knights who ransacked his comm…

The Peasant | A24 lands Dev Patel's new film

Dev Patel is directing again with The Peasant, and A24 has picked up the film for distribution. More on the project here. Last month we heard that Dev Patel will be following up his 2024 directorial debut Monkey Man with another action-focused movie: The Peasant, a medieval revenge thriller that sounds rather epic. It combines Arthurian elements with 1300s India and sees Patel adventuring across a colourful and dangerous land on a quest for retr…