Apple TV+ hit series ‘Bad Monkey,’ starring Vince Vaughn, has a three-season plan
“Bad Monkey,” the Apple Original comedy from award-winning executive producer Bill Lawrence and starring and executive produced by Vince Vaughn, premiered globally on Apple TV+ on August 14, 2024.
“Bad Monkey,” from creator Bill Lawrence, tells the story of Andrew Yancy (Vince 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.
Mac Gao for The Hollywood Reporter:
LAWRENCE When I pitched it [to Apple], I had a beginning, middle and end of a three-season arc for this character, and for who he would be and where he would get to — and they were really receptive to it. It’s challenging right now to make shows, and especially to pick up your life and go make it. We both moved to Florida! It was insane. Hot in Florida is not hot like anywhere else; it’s like somebody put a bag of wet cement on your shoulders. It’s hot —
VAUGHN But beautiful.
LAWRENCE Yeah, but beautiful.
I think what’s cool, if we were able to do it, is that you have these season-long stories [where] you get caught up in characters’ lives. You see redemption stories, descents into the dark side for other characters, and that story gets told. But in my head, Yancy will move a step forward. I always categorize people and characters in my head as “This person has the ability to end up happy,” or “This person will always shoot themselves in the foot and not end up happy.” I think that Yancy is the quintessential question for that.
Vince, would you be up for more seasons of Bad Monkey?
VAUGHN Yeah. I love the character, the world, the tone — all of it. So I think it would be exciting, obviously, with Bill creating it, to have a continuation and see where the character goes.
MacDailyNews Take: We watched season one of Bad Monkey. (BTW, the trailer above doesn’t do it even the least bit of justice.) We recommend Bad Monkey.
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