Jordan Peele
Final Trailer For ‘Nope’ Confirms Extraterrestial Shenanigans
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Universal Pictures / NOPE Jordan Peele’s latest film Nope had us all assuming that the film’s reluctant protagonist we’re looking up and saying NAH at a looming presence in the sky. The final trailer confirms its worst-kept secret. Nope Is All About Aliens Or so it seems. You can never be too sure when it comes to a Jordan Peele film. But based on this trailer, the critically acclaimed new master of horror blew some of his load with his next project Nope. Related Stories In the final trailer for the film, we learn everything hits the fan following the mysterious and sudden death of Otis Jr. (Daniel Kaluuya) and Emerald Haywood’s (Keke Palmer) father, Otis Sr. (Keith David). Their father’s death initially has OJ pondering what will become of the family bus...
That Steph Curry Stars In ‘NOPE’ Teaser Commercial
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: YouTube / Universal Pictures We’re still a few months away from the release of Jordan Peele’s upcoming sci-fi/horror film, NOPE, and while we patiently await to see what the horror genius has in store for the culture as it pertains to extraterrestrials, he and Steph Curry teamed up to show us how most of us would react if we ever came into the presence of an unidentified flying object. Over the weekend a new commercial spot debuted during the NBA Playoffs which starred the three-time NBA Champion shooting hoops in a ranch out in the middle of nowhere when the electricity suddenly cuts off which causes him to brick a shot off the hoop. Following the basketball rolling out of the barn, Steph doesn’t even get to take a step outside when he sees the ball quic...
Jordan Peele’s ‘NOPE’ Trailer Is Here
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: YouTube / Universal Pictures “What’s a bad miracle?,” asks Daniel Kaluuya’s character in the trailer for Jordan Peele’s latest horror flick, NOPE. Yeah, we’re still sold on this one. Starting with some history of the first moving images being Black history, “Did you know that the very first assembly of photographs to create a motion picture was a two-second clip of a Black man on a horse?,” says Keek Palmer’s character—things soon and sure enough go left. Related Stories As in potential aliens, Keke Palmer representing all of us and a kid running for his life only to be jettisoned through the air. Again, we’re sold. NOPE, which also stars Steven Yeun, and is written and directed by Peele, is in theaters July 22, and we can’t wait. Also, the trailer featur...
Jordan Peele Releases Trailer for New Horror Film Nope: Watch
Jordan Peele has revealed the trailer for his next film, Nope, which stars Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, and Steven Yeun. The trailer will air during Sunday’s Super Bowl, but is also available to stream below. Based on an original story written by Peele himself, Nope marks his third directorial effort after 2017’s Get Out and 2019’s Us. The cast is rounded out by Barbie Ferreira, Brandon Perea, and Michael Wincott. While the film’s plot has been largely kept under wraps, the trailer does reveal a few key details. Kaluuya and Palmer play ranchers who train horses for Hollywood, while Yeun’s character works at a rodeo. A strange atmospheric force begins spooking their animals — and themselves. The trailer concludes with Palmer’s character being flung up into the air. Advertisement Relate...
Say Her Name 5 Times: ‘Candyman’ Becomes First Film Directed By A Black Woman To Top The Box Office
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rodin Eckenroth / Getty Nia DaCosta has made history with her Candyman film. The polarizing direct sequel to the 1992 horror film directed by DaCosta and co-written by Jordan Peele took the top spot over the weekend in the U.S., bringing in approximately $22,370,000, easily surpassing initial projections of $15 million. The movie’s impressive showing at the box office, Candyman surpassed Ryan Reynold’s love letter to sandbox games Free Guy, Paw Patrol: The Movie, Disney’s Jungle Cruise, Don’t Breathe 2, and The Suicide Squad. With that amazing accomplishment, DaCosta’s Candyman became the first film directed by a Black woman to earn the top spot at the U.S. domestic box office. Fellow directors Ava DuVernay and Gina Prince-Blythewood came c...
Say “Candyman” Five Times into Your Microphone to Summon the Movie’s Final Trailer
Universal and MGM have released a new trailer for Nia DaCosta’s Candyman reboot, but you need to indulge in a horror tradition in order to see it. At a brand new website, users can watch the final teaser for the movie only after they say Candyman’s name five times into their computer’s microphone. The website goes by the straightforward title IDareYou.CandymanMovie.com, mimicking the text on promotional billboards that have been popping up the past few weeks. Once the website loads, it utilizes your phone or computer’s microphone to allow you to summon Candyman as if you were a character in the movie. Of course, as the cinematic legend goes, you must utter his name exactly five times to see the film’s final trailer — no more, no less. Fans eager to see previously unreleased footage from&nb...
Peep The New Trailer To Jordan Peele & Nia DaCosta’s ‘Candyman’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Universal Pictures / Universal Pictures Last year’s unforeseen pandemic didn’t just shut down businesses across the globe, but also pushed back many highly-anticipated films including Marvel’s Black Widow, A Quiet Place 2, and Jordan Peele’s Candyman. Now that A Quiet Place 2 has been released and Black Widow is set to drop next month, Candyman has finally gotten a new release date and a trailer to get the buzz going once again (as if it needed it). The latest trailer to Jordan Peele’s reboot of the classic franchise puts a new spin on the origins of the dreaded hooked spirit of vengeance as it paints the picture of an innocent Black man killed by overzealous police with itchy trigger fingers (sound familiar?). After Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) ...
Steven Yeun to Star in Jordan Peele’s Next Movie
Fresh off a history-making Oscar nomination, Steven Yeun has been cast to star in Jordan Peele’s next movie at Universal, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Our 2020 Performer of the Year joins Keke Palmer for the feature film, which is due in theaters on July 22nd, 2022. Other details about the project are scarce, aside from Peele serving as its director and producer. Yuen recently became the first Asian American actor to be nominated for Best Actor at the upcoming Academy Awards for his starring role in Minari. In the A24 movie, the Walking Dead actor plays the father of a South Korean immigrant family trying to achieve the American dream in the ’80s. The emotional drama was dubbed our third favorite movie of 2020. Palmer’s most recent film is the 2020 comedy 2 Minutes of Fam...
Keke Palmer Lands Lead Role In Upcoming Jordan Peele FIlm
Source: Jeff Kravitz/MTV VMAs 2020 / Getty Jordan Peele has proven that he has the right stuff when it comes to the film industry, with critically-acclaimed movies such as Get Out and Us enjoying measurable success. Peele is said to be working on a new and untitled project with Keke Palmer landing a key role. Deadline reports that Peele, 41, is currently developing the new project with Palmer, 27, named as the lead star but other details for the project have yet to be publicly revealed. What is known is that the film is slated for a summer 2022 release. Peele last sat behind the director’s chair in 2019 for Us, along with writing, producing, and starring in the film. Peele, who has a five-year deal with Universal Pictures, will produce the upcoming project with Ian Cooper and the Monkeypaw...
Jordan Peele to Produce Remake of Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs
It’s barely been a year since Jordan Peele’s last movie, Us, hit theaters and shattered box office expectations. Now, he’s landed on his next project: a remake of Wes Craven’s horror satire The People Under the Stairs. According to Collider, Peele has signed on to produce a new version of the 1991 movie for Universal. Win Rosenfield will join him in the production department via their Monkeypaw Productions house. There’s no word yet if Peele will take the reins as the director for the remake or help write the script, but fingers crossed. The original version of The People Under the Stairs followed a young boy and two adult thieves as they break into a house to steal a rare coin collection, but wind up getting trapped inside. That’s when they have to face the Robesons, the bizarre coup...
Nigerian doctor named one of TIME’s Most Influential People in the world
TIME named Nigerian physician Tunji Funsho to the 2020 TIME100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The full list and related tributes are available now at time.com/time100, and Mr Funsho’s TIME100 profile is available here. The list, now in its seventeenth year, recognizes the activism, innovation and achievement of the world’s most influential individuals. Mr Funsho, a cardiologist based in Lagos, Nigeria, is the first Rotary member to receive this honour for the organisation’s work to eradicate polio, having played an essential role in ensuring Africa’s certification as wild polio-free in August of 2020. “I’m honored to be recognized by TIME for my part in ensuring that no child in Africa will ever again be paralyzed by wild polio, a disease that once disabl...
Jordan Peele and Issa Rae Team Up for Universal’s Sinkhole
Jordan Peele is keeping things spooky. As Deadline reports, the Oscar-winning mastermind behind Get Out and Us is teaming up with Insecure star Issa Rae on a curious new genre film for Universal called Sinkhole. Based on Leyna Krow’s short story, the film surrounds a young family that moves into a dream home, only one of the amenities is a gaping sinkhole in the backyard. And said sinkhole tends to fix broken things — possibly people even. As with anything Peele touches, there’s an inherent social commentary within the story. As Deadline notes, the subplot of Sinkhole carries a “commentary on the human condition through the lens of female identity.” Universal nabbed the rights to the story for a seven figure deal, beating out more than 10 studio bidders, which makes this something a coup. ...
