Universal Pictures released a short teaser to announce thatJordan Peele’sNOPEwill get its first trailer this Sunday during the Super Bowl. The next horror movie from the Oscar-winner filmmaker is being kept under wraps, with the upcoming trailer revealing what the film is actually about, and why there’s a strange cloud in its few official images.
The teaser mainly uses some of the most disturbing scenes from Peele’s last movies,Get OutandUs. With the scenes, Universal Pictures wants to remind fans of Peele’s stature as one of the most influential voices in contemporary horror, and tease that whatever he’s cooking up next, it will surely scar us for life (again). The teaser also includes a few shots of people — includingDaniel Kaluuya,Steven Yeun, andKeke Palmer— looking up in total disbelief, which reinforces the idea of a menacing cloud above their heads. We still don’t know what exactly they’re looking at, but we’ll hopefully find out when the trailer is released.
While we don’t know anything aboutNOPE’s plot, we do know that Peele brought on cinematographerHoyte van Hoytematoshoot the film. Hoytema isChristopher Nolan’s go-to cinematographer, having worked with the filmmaker onInterstellar,Dunkirk,Tenet,and the upcomingOppenheimer. While bothGet OutandUsare two of the most beautiful films of the last decade,NOPEpromises to amp up Peele’s game, as the movie was shot on KODAK film, including 65mm film in IMAX format.
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Peele won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay forGet Out, his debut feature.Get Outalso earned Peele an Oscar nomination for Best Director, while the movie also received nominations for Best Picture and Best Actor forDaniel Kaluuya. Unfortunately, the Academy Awards snubbedUs, but that doesn’t make Peele’s second movie any less impressive. LikeGet Out,Ususes horror to dive into the worst aspects of American culture, turning people into the biggest monster you can find.
NOPE’s cast includesDaniel Kaluuya(Get Out,Judas and the Black Messiah),Keke Palmer(Hustlers),Steven Yeun(Minari),Barbie Ferreira(Euphoria),Brandon Perea(The OA), andMichael Wincott(Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves). Peele is also serving as producer on the project alongsideIan Cooperfor Peele’s own production company Monkeypaw Productions.
Nopehits theaters on July 22, with a trailer premiering on Sunday. Check out the new teaser below:
