There are extra mysteries to unravel in Florida. “Dangerous Monkey” is getting a second season at Apple TV+, with lead Vince Vaughn set to return as detective Andrew Yancy.
“I hope that individuals know that Carl Hiaasen is an idol of mine and an inspiration for me as a author,” showrunner and government producer Invoice Lawrence mentioned in a Tuesday press launch. “To get to go on telling his story with Vince Vaughn and this nice solid, a minimum of the characters who’re nonetheless alive, may be very thrilling. I’m very grateful to our companions at Apple TV+ and Warner Bros, in addition to the whole group that helps convey this present to life.”
“Dangerous Monkey” follows a down-on-his-luck detective turned well being inspector, Yancy, who will get caught up investigating a homicide. Mentioned homicide leads him to the Bahamas, with loads of run-ins with the oddball Florida locals — and a lot of individuals assembly sticky ends.
Chatting with IndieWire in regards to the bloody, shocking Season 1 finale, author Matt Tarses teased some potential Season 2 plans.
“Yancy is the principle character within the subsequent ebook referred to as ‘Razor Lady,’ which, if we get to do one other one, I believe we’ll use a minimum of a part of [the book] or perhaps the entire thing,” Tarses mentioned in regards to the Hiasssen books. “Undoubtedly it was at all times the concept to attempt to do a minimum of two, perhaps three seasons of the present. We find it irresistible.”
Season 1 fairly definitively concluded with its Bahama homicide thriller solved — which means many Season 1 regulars like Rob Delaney, Meredith Hagner, and Zach Braff received’t be again. However a brand new thriller was teased within the remaining seconds of the primary season, and Yancy’s love curiosity Rosa (Natalie Martinez) additionally appears prone to return for one more spherical — her character options in Hiaasen’s “Razor Lady.”
“‘Dangerous Monkey’ suffers from oppressively terrible narration and apparent plot twists,” IndieWire’s Ben Travers wrote in his overview of Season 1. “Too many individuals die for the risks to be taken as frivolously as Yancy’s banter suggests, and too many individuals illogically evade sure dying for the story to really feel prefer it has any precise stakes. There’s a large B-plot that includes Jodie Turner-Smith’s Gracie — a Bahamian girl struggling a disaster of religion relating to how greatest to abide by her grandmother’s African faith — that by no means gels with the intense white A-story. …Nonetheless, ‘Dangerous Monkey’ principally performs as an easy-going crowd-pleaser.”
“Since ‘Dangerous Monkey’ first made its debut on Apple TV+, this extremely entertaining collection grew to become an on the spot fan-favorite,” Matt Cherniss, the pinnacle of programming for Apple TV+, mentioned in a press launch. “Led by the incomparable Vince Vaughn as ‘Andrew Yancy,’ alongside an excellent ensemble solid, we will’t wait for everybody to expertise extra hilarious, sun-soaked, beachy misadventures from the thoughts of Invoice Lawrence because the temperature rises even additional within the subsequent chapter of this engrossing murder-mystery.”
No phrase on if the titular monkey will return — however PETA is hoping that’s a tough no.
“Dangerous Monkey” Season 1 is now streaming on Apple TV+.