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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
Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.
Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.
The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).
Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.
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