You’ve gotta hand it to CBS All Access: they’ve just made it extremely difficult to avoid subscribing to their subscription streaming service. A new report says that Jordan Peele – the former Key & Peele star and the architect behind Get Out, one of 2017’s best movies – is working on a reboot of Rod Serling‘s seminal sci-fi anthology […]
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Daily Podcast: What It’s Like To Visit A Film Set, Superman, Peele, Christmas Story, Disneyland
On the September 22, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by Ben Pearson to talk about the latest news, including a three-hour cut of Superman: The Movie, Jordan Peele’s new tv series, and A Christmas Story live casting. At the Water Cooler, we’ll talk about Murder on the Orient Express and Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party at Disneyland, and in The Mail Bag we’ll take […]
Jordan Peele Will Produce a New TV Series About Killin’ Nat-zis
Jordan Peele made the year’s most profitable movie, but he’s also smart enough to know that the entertainment industry has a very short memory, so he’s lining up all the projects he can, and good for him. He’s already signed a first-look deal with Universal to write and direct more “social thrillers” in the vein […]
Spike Lee and Jordan Peele Teaming Up for ‘Black Klansman’ Crime Thriller
Director Spike Lee is one of the most prominent African-American filmmakers, making some of the most poignant and relevant films that are full of rich social commentary about class, racism and more. Meanwhile, Jordan Peele just started his directing career by bringing us the powerful horror thriller Get Out, rife with themes and metaphors about […]
Jordan Peele Had a Really Good Reason to Turn Down the ‘Akira’ Remake
I’m not even thinking about my top 10 movies of 2017 list yet (mostly because it’s May), but if I was thinking about, I’m fairly certain Jordan Peele‘s Get Out would be occupying the number one spot. It’s the cinematic equivalent of a shotgun blast to the face – a bold and terrifying and deeply […]
Jordan Peele is Writing and Directing Another Social Thriller
Jordan Peele‘s directorial debut, Get Out, couldn’t have received a better reception. The film was beloved by audiences and critics, and it has made almost $ 200 million worldwide on a budget of $ 4.5 million. After making an original, socially relevant thriller, the Key & Peele co-creator started to get some big offers, like the long-in-development […]
Universal Signs Deal with Jordan Peele for His Next Social Thriller, and Many Films of His to Come
After the record-breaking, zeitgeist-making success of Get Out, Jordan Peele’s horrific take on faux-post-racialism in America, Universal Pictures has signed a huge “first look” deal with the actor/comedian-turned-writer/director/producer and his own company, Monkeypaw Productions. Variety reports that the deal will see Universal producing his next film — a yet untitled social thriller (the genre by which Peele referred to Get […]
Jordan Peele explains why his horror movie about racism is what we need in the Trump era
Diana Yukari/Business Insider, AP Jordan Peele is a horror fanatic. That may come as a shock to some who only know him as half of the duo behind the Comedy Central series “Key & Peele,” alongside Keegan-Michael Key, but Peele is showing off his darker side in his directorial debut, “Get Out” (in theaters Friday) — […]
Interview: ‘Get Out’ Director Jordan Peele on His Filmmaking Debut & the Power of Story
With his directorial debut, Get Out, Jordan Peele exhibits remarkable range as a writer and director. His film, which comes from Blumhouse Productions, works on multiple levels. Whether he’s nailing a laugh or a scare, shooting an intimate scene between a couple by a lake, or just delivering the unexpected, Peele hardly feels like a rookie in […]
Interview: ‘Get Out’ Star Daniel Kaluuya Discusses Jordan Peele and the Sunken Place
In Get Out, Daniel Kaluuya doesn’t play the typical thriller/horror movie lead. The character makes some wise decisions as things go wrong. He feels real, his backstory feels real, his relationship feels real, and his emotions feel real. Kaluuya isn’t playing a cardboard character waiting to get the ax; he plays somebody the audience understands and roots […]