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Jordan Peele Reveals ‘Us’ as His Next Horror Film; Poster Art, First Casting and Date
After winning an Oscar earlier this year for Get Out, Jordan Peele is getting back behind the director’s chair for Us, his next social-themed horror venture that Universal Pictures has set for release on March 15, 2019, says THR.
Details are being kept deep in suburbia, but the pic is said to center on two couples, one white, one black. If a deal is made, Winston Duke and Lupita Nyong’o (below) would play one couple, while Elisabeth Moss would play part of the other couple.
Peele is once again directing from his own script. He is also producing via his Monkeypaw Productions alongside Sean McKittrick and Jason Blum. Also producing is Monkeypaw’s Ian Cooper.
Nyong’o, who won an Oscar for her work in 12 Years a Slave, was last seen in Marvel’s Black Panther. Duke also appeared in Black Panther. Moss, who is currently starring on season two of the acclaimed Hulu series The Handmaid’s Tale, also starred in “Mad Men”. Nyong’o is said to be in negotiations, while Duke and Moss’ potential deals are in earlier stages.
Check out the official teaser art below.
Lupita Nyong’o in Marvel Studios’ BLACK PANTHER | Photo: Matt Kennedy | Marvel Studios 2018
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‘Abigail’ on Track for a Better Opening Weekend Than Universal’s Previous Two Vampire Attempts
In the wake of Leigh Whannell’s Invisible Man back in 2020, Universal has been struggling to achieve further box office success with their Universal Monsters brand. Even in the early days of the pandemic, Invisible Man scared up $144 million at the worldwide box office, while last year’s Universal Monsters: Dracula movies The Last Voyage of the Demeter and Renfield didn’t even approach that number when you COMBINE their individual box office hauls.
The horror-comedy Renfield came along first in April 2023, ending its run with just $26 million. The period piece Last Voyage of the Demeter ended its own run with a mere $21 million.
But Universal is trying again with their ballerina vampire movie Abigail this weekend, the latest bloodbath directed by the filmmakers known as Radio Silence (Ready or Not, Scream).
Unlike Demeter and Renfield, the early reviews for Abigail are incredibly strong, with our own Meagan Navarro calling the film “savagely inventive in terms of its vampiric gore,” ultimately “offering a thrill ride with sharp, pointy teeth.” Read her full review here.
That early buzz – coupled with some excellent trailers – should drive Abigail to moderate box office success, the film already scaring up $1 million in Thursday previews last night. Variety notes that Abigail is currently on track to enjoy a $12 million – $15 million opening weekend, which would smash Renfield ($8 million) and Demeter’s ($6 million) opening weekends.
Working to Abigail‘s advantage is the film’s reported $28 million production budget, making it a more affordable box office bet for Universal than the two aforementioned movies.
Stay tuned for more box office reporting in the coming days.
In Abigail, “After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to collect a $50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight. In an isolated mansion, the captors start to dwindle, one by one, and they discover, to their mounting horror, that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl.”
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