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How Nope composer Michael Abels' score sucks viewers into Jordan Peele's UFO nightmare
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How Nope composer Michael Abels' score sucks viewers into Jordan Peele's UFO nightmare

Michael Abels’ score is so instrumental to the triumphs of Nope, the film remains a spectacle to behold even with eyes closed.

Nope, true crime and the spectacle of trauma in the age of commodification
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Nope, true crime and the spectacle of trauma in the age of commodification

In Nope, Peele posits this age of smartphones, social media and surveillance states has warped how we respond to trauma. Instead of processing it through therapeutic outlets, we flatten it into consumable spectacles.

Jordan Peele's 'Nope' to release in India on August 19
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Jordan Peele's 'Nope' to release in India on August 19

Nope reunites Jordan Peele with his Get Out star Daniel Kaluuya, who won an Oscar for best-supporting actor for his performance in Judas and the Black Messiah.

Candyman: Slasher horror tops North American box office
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Candyman: Slasher horror tops North American box office

The Universal Pictures film starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II impressively pulled in more than $22.3 million through a quiet weekend despite concerns over the delta variant.

Candyman review round-up: Nia DaCosta, Jordan Peele's sequel is a 'rich meditation on the social terror' of the original
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Candyman review round-up: Nia DaCosta, Jordan Peele's sequel is a 'rich meditation on the social terror' of the original

"Who can take a reboot, sprinkle it with something new, cover it with blood and bumblebees and a pointed social commentary or two?": Entertainment Weekly writes in its review of Candyman.

In Get Out, Jordan Peele constructed a world deceptively devoid of racism gradually closing in on the Black 'outsider'
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In Get Out, Jordan Peele constructed a world deceptively devoid of racism gradually closing in on the Black 'outsider'

Get Out’s silent viciousness resonated with a deep-rooted sense of vulnerability in me that being ostracized for something as inconsequential as skin colour was not only a commonality, but an accepted one at that.

Steven Yeun joins Jordan Peele's yet-untitled film, also starring Keke Palmer, Daniel Kaluuya
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Steven Yeun joins Jordan Peele's yet-untitled film, also starring Keke Palmer, Daniel Kaluuya

Jordan Peele is writing, directing and producing the Universal Pictures project, billed as a thriller

Lovecraft Country review: HBO's latest blends supernatural horror and real-world racism in a dramatic adaptation
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Lovecraft Country review: HBO's latest blends supernatural horror and real-world racism in a dramatic adaptation

While HBO's Lovecraft Country, which comes from the stable of Jordan Peele, JJ Abrams and Misha Green, gets many things right — the gorgeous frames, costumes and 'look'; Jonathan Majors as Atticus; the music — it seems to not have the same sense of dread and unease that ran through the source material, Matt Ruff's book.

Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone reboot, currently on Voot, captures the essence of Rod Serling’s original series
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Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone reboot, currently on Voot, captures the essence of Rod Serling’s original series

The new Twilight Zone succeeds far more often than it doesn’t, and Peele is clearly having a lot of fun delivering his staccato monologues.

Richard Herd, known for acting in Seinfeld and Get Out, passes away; Jordon Peele shares condolences
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Richard Herd, known for acting in Seinfeld and Get Out, passes away; Jordon Peele shares condolences

Richard Herd died of cancer-related causes on Tuesday morning at his home in Los Angeles, his wife confirmed in a statement

Taika Waititi confirmed to direct new Star Wars film: Looking at Hollywood's comedy disruptors who chose to reinvent their roots
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Taika Waititi confirmed to direct new Star Wars film: Looking at Hollywood's comedy disruptors who chose to reinvent their roots

Taika Waititi’s comedic presentation in Thor: Ragnarok was layered with elegant commentary on themes of colonisation and race

Lovecraft Country teaser: Jordan Peele's HBO series explores racism, supernatural horror in Jim Crow-era United States
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Lovecraft Country teaser: Jordan Peele's HBO series explores racism, supernatural horror in Jim Crow-era United States

Lovecraft Country stars Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Courtney B Vance in pivotal roles.

Candyman trailer sees producer-writer Jordan Peele introduce gory twists to classic boogeyman story
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Candyman trailer sees producer-writer Jordan Peele introduce gory twists to classic boogeyman story

The Candyman trailer seems to draw inspiration from Clive Barker's short story The Forbidden.

Hunters review: Al Pacino’s Jewish hunters are in the killin’ Nazi business in this sub-Tarantino alt-history lesson
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Hunters review: Al Pacino’s Jewish hunters are in the killin’ Nazi business in this sub-Tarantino alt-history lesson

Hunters hopes to combine the righteous retaliation of Munich with the sweet satisfaction of Inglourious Basterds.

Jordan Peele has no plans to make a sequel to Get Out, reveals producer Jason Blum
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Jordan Peele has no plans to make a sequel to Get Out, reveals producer Jason Blum

Jordon Peele's Get Out starring Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, was both a critical and commercial hit for Blum's banner Blumhouse Production.

Hunters Red Band trailer sees Al Pacino, Logan Lerman on a grizzly Nazi killing spree in Amazon Prime Video Original
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Hunters Red Band trailer sees Al Pacino, Logan Lerman on a grizzly Nazi killing spree in Amazon Prime Video Original

Amazon Prime Video has released a new Red Band trailer for its Jordan Peele-produced series Hunters, rife with profanities and gory Nazi slaying

Steve McQueen, director of 12 Years a Slave, signs overall deal with Amazon Studios; will soon start work on sci-fi series Last Days
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Steve McQueen, director of 12 Years a Slave, signs overall deal with Amazon Studios; will soon start work on sci-fi series Last Days

Steve McQueen has become the latest in a list of creators to opt for an overall deal with Amazon Studios.

Hunters trailer sees Al Pacino, Logan Lerman play Nazi hunters in Jordan Peele's Amazon Prime Video Original show
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Hunters trailer sees Al Pacino, Logan Lerman play Nazi hunters in Jordan Peele's Amazon Prime Video Original show

Hunters 'follows a diverse band of Nazi Hunters in 1977 New York City who discover that hundreds of escaped Nazis are living in America.'

Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw Productions signs multi-year film deal with Universal Pictures
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Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw Productions signs multi-year film deal with Universal Pictures

Jordan Peele's 2017 film Get Out won him an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.