(Credits: NEON)
Various TV networks have banned the trailer for the new film adaptation of Stephen King’s story The Monkey because of excessive violence. The trailer shows multiple instances of bloodshed, which some people have deemed to have crossed the line.
Its distributor, NEON, said that four different broadcasters turned down the promotional video for the movie, which is set to be released on February 21st. The production company shared screenshots they claimed to be from “Major TV networks,” refusing to show the trailer.
“We submitted a TV spot for THE MONKEY to the four major TV networks,” they wrote in the caption for the post, “It did not go well.”
All the emails have been redacted, so it is impossible to know which broadcaster refused to show the trailer. The first email in the chain sees an employee at a broadcaster claiming that “The spot below would not be permitted in any programming” because of the “Excessive violence” featured.
NEON can be seen responding to the email asking if anything can be amended to ensure that the trailer will be suitable. The network responded by saying no, given that “pretty much every scene in the spot” wasn’t suitable for air.
“Typically, we would do that, but in this case, it’s pretty much every scene in the spot,” the email said, “It’s excessively violent with blood spatter, graphic images, severed heads.”
While the production company haven’t been able to get the movie’s trailer to air, this seems to have only drummed up more excitement. The Monkey, which was directed by Longlegs Osgood Perkins, has already received the acclaim of author Stephen King, who took to social media to praise the film for being “batshit crazy.”
“You’ve never seen anything like THE MONKEY,” he wrote, “It’s batshit insane. As someone who has indulged in batshittery from time to time, I say that with admiration.”
The red-band trailer is now circulating after debuting in one cinema but has yet to find a TV spot.
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