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Dev Patel all set to direct and star in next movie Monkey Man

Bafta-winning actor Dev Patel is set to take up direction with revenge thriller Monkey Man.

According to Variety, the Lion star will also act in the film, which is being presented to buyers at this year's American Film Market.


The plot of the film revolves around the Kid (Patel), who emerges from prison to fight off a world marred by "corporate greed and eroding spiritual values".

Set in modern-day India, the movie will also be layered in mythology.

Other plot details are sparse when the project was announced.

Patel co-wrote the script with Paul Angunawela and John Collee.

Thunder Road's Basil Iwanyk is producing, along with Joe Thomas, Samarth Sahni from Xeitgeist and Patel.

It fame Chung-hoon Chung is attached as director of photography.

Production is set to start in spring of 2019 in Mumbai.

Patel will next be seen in The Personal History of David Copperfield and Hotel Mumbai.

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  • Incident raises concerns around consent, digital manipulation and misleading advertising
  • Growing focus on personality rights as misuse of celebrity likeness increases online

When endorsement is assumed, not agreed

The unauthorised use of Alia Bhatt’s altered images by a Pakistani brand has reignited a familiar concern in digital advertising. Campaigns that visually mimic endorsements can easily blur the line between association and approval.

For audiences, such edits can appear credible at first glance. When a well-known face is integrated into promotional material, the assumption of endorsement often follows. Without clear consent, that assumption risks misleading consumers while benefiting from the celebrity’s influence.

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