The Full Monty TV Series Is Coming From Disney With Original Cast Returning
Searchlight Pictures
By Jeremy Mathai/March 28, 2022 12:59 pm EST
This rather unexpected news was announced by Searchlight and FX (via THR), with the reveal that filming has already commenced in the UK (specifically the cities of Sheffield and Manchester, the former of which the original movie is set in). The production will bring back many of the original cast members while also introducing a whole new generation of characters, made up of the children and grandchildren of the original cast of characters. Read on for all the details!
The Full Monty returns
Disney+
For those of us in the United States, we’ll be able to watch this production on Hulu, while those in Latin America can expect the series to come to Star+. All the same, the new continuation of the story will reunite original (and Oscar-winning) screenwriter Simon Beaufoy with producer Uberto Pasolini, along with the lead cast of stars. Robert Carlyle (“Trainspotting”), Mark Addy (“A Knight’s Tale,” “Game of Thrones”), Lesley Sharp (“Before We Die”), Hugo Speer (“Shadow and Bone”), Paul Barber (“The Dumping Ground,” “Gloves Off”), Steve Huison (“The Royle Family,” The Navigators"), Wim Snape (“Gentleman Jack”), and Tom Wilkinson (“The Patriot,” “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” “Batman Begins”) are all set to reprise their roles.
The series will unfold over 8 parts and is created, written, and executive produced by Beaufoy and directed by Andrew Chaplin and Catherine Morshead. The series has been described as following “the original band of brothers as they navigate the post-industrial city of Sheffield and society’s crumbling health care, education, and employment sectors. The series will explore the brighter, sillier, and more humane way forward where communal effort can still triumph over adversity.” It remains to be seen just how much actual stripping — if any? — Disney will allow. As Beaufoy said in a statement,
“We’re chuffed to bits to get all the Monty Men back together again — now with a chaotic entourage of children, grandchildren, pets and assorted hangers-on — to see what life in Sheffield is like 25 years on.”
