Michael Rooker (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, “The Walking Dead,” Guardians of the Galaxy) is starring alongside Dylan O’Brien in Paramount Players’ upcoming Monster Problems, a new monster movie being produced by Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps (“Stranger Things”). The film was set for release on March 6, 2020 but has now been pushed back to April 17, 2020.
Michael Matthews (Five Fingers for Marseilles) is directing the film.
Rooker plays Clyde, an expert hunter who teaches Joel Dawson (O’Brien) how to survive the Monster Apocalypse.
Brian Duffield & Matthew Robinson wrote the script, described as “a coming of age story about a young man living in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by monsters.”
Ariana Greenblatt and Jessica Henwick will also star.
The film is being eyed as a potential franchise.