Insider Report Says That Jordan Peele is Hungry to Make a “Gargoyles” Film for Disney!
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In the wake of Get Out, Jordan Peele found himself attached to a handful of projects, most notably next year’s directorial follow-up, Us. The smartest thing any studio could probably do right now is scoop up Peele and let him do whatever the hell he wants, but reports suggest that Disney is not quite on board with one of his dream projects.
As reported by /Film, Richard Rushfield writes in the latest issue of entertainment industry newsletter The Ankler that Peele wants to direct a film adaptation of “Gargoyles,“ the Walt Disney Television animated series that aired for three seasons between ’94 and ’97 and centered on ancient gargoyles who become New York City’s nighttime protectors!
According to Rushfield’s report, Disney isn’t so sure about Peele’s pitch. Rushfield writes…
“How do you turn down Jordan Peele? Well, you can’t. Who wants to be responsible for that decision? So in the absence of a good reason to say no, but prevented by their Big IP box from saying yes, Disney is slow walking the decision. It’s hoping, it seems, that they’ll run out the clock, he’ll sign other deals elsewhere, and the project will just fade away.”
In other words, Disney execs are worried that Peele’s Gargoyles pitch is too much of a risk, but no one really wants to be the one to turn down a potentially great idea.
Give. Him. All the money.
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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