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Universal *(CNN) — Jordan Peele‘s third movie, “Nope,” opened to an estimated $44 million this weekend in North America, according to Universal Pictures. The science-fiction film, which stars Daniel Kaluuya as a Hollywood horse wrangler dealing with some extra-terrestrial problems, was expected to make around $50 million this weekend, according to initial projections. It is […]

* Jordan Peele, half of the comic duo Key & Peele, has recreated James Brown’s “nutzoid” 1988 CNN interview. As Rolling Stone notes, back in 1987, Brown was accused of assaulting his wife with a lead pipe and shooting a gun at a car that she was riding in. After his release, the singer conducted […]

[…] terrifying movie of the summer … exclusively on ESPN and ABC. Today Universal Pictures, Monkeypaw Productions and Disney CreativeWorks announced an exclusive new spot for Oscar® winner Jordan Peele’s new horror epic, Nope (in theaters July 22), featuring Curry in an homage to the film’s trailer. The Nope spot, conceived by Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions and […]

Jordan Peele attends CBS All Access new series “The Twilight Zone” premiere at the Harmony Gold Preview House and Theater on March 26, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Source: Getty Images North America) *While speaking to students at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Hollywood this week, “Us” director Jordan Peele made clear that he […]

Jordan Peele and Lorena Bobbitt *Jordan Peele will take on one of the most notorious newsmakers of the ’90s for his next project. Amazon has greenlit a documentary series on Lorena Bobbitt with the “Get Out” writer/director attached as an executive producer, reports Variety. In 1993, Lorena made headlines around the world when she […]

[…] First Screenplay; Life and Nothing More, which won the John Cassavetes Award; Faces Places which won Best Documentary and A Fantastic Woman, which won Best International Film. Jordan Peele accepts Best Feature for ‘Get Out’ during the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards. (Courtesy of Getty Images and Film Independent) Jordan Peele collected the Best Director […]

Jordan Peele (By Justin Lubin/Universal Pictures/Everett Collection) *Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Madison Curry, Cali Sheldon, and Noelle Sheldon have all signed on for Jordan Peele’s next film, “Us.” The newbies join Lupita Nyong’o, Elisabeth Moss, Winston Duke, Tim Heidecker, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Anna Diop in the Universal pic, which is currently shooting […]

Jordan Peele on “CBS This Morning” (Nov. 15, 2017) *Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” was first marketed by Universal as a horror movie upon its Feb. 24 release. This week, the racially-charged box office smash is being submitted to Golden Globes voters as a comedy – and Peele is not amused. “Get Out is a […]

*Yessir buddy! Jordan Peele‘s Monkeypaw productions and Univeral Studios is on to something with “Us.” And that’s an understatement. The film has already exceeded analysts’ expectations with an opening day total take at the box office of $29 million. Peele’s latest scary project film is on track to gross in the neighborhood of $67 million […]

*Los Angeles – Jordan Peele’s “Us” was named the year’s Best Film today by the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA), the world’s largest group of black film critics comprised of leading film critics from across the country and world. “Us” (which earned over $255 million globally) received three total wins including Peele for Best […]

Key & Peele * Jordan Peele, half of dynamic comedy duo “Key & Peele,” and the man behind the smash hit “Get Out” participated in a comedy actor roundtable for the Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter series, where he spoke about (Comedy Central) network execs  and joked about when the race card comes in handy. “They’re not afraid […]

[…] Man, Nia Long, Luis Guzman, Tiffany Haddish and Will Forte. The film is a Monkeypaw/Detroit Pictures and also a Principato-Young Entertainment production. What’s ‘Keanu’ about: It’s an Action Comedy.  Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, a.k.a.  Key & Peele, star as Clarence and Rell. Clarence and Rell are cousins who live in the city but are far from streetwise. When Rell’s kitten, […]

Jordan Peele attends the 90th Annual Academy Awards Governors Ball at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California. *“Get Out” director Jordan Peele on Sunday became the first black screenwriter to win an Oscar for best original screenplay. Three films with black writers have won for best adapted screenplay in […]

[…] but that’s exactly what “Get Out” did. The film not only brought in the most money at theaters over the weekend, but it also propelled it’s writer-director Jordan Peele to the top of Hollywood’s A-list. If you haven’t seen it, “Get Out” is about a brother (Daniel Kaluuya) who discovers that his (white) girlfriend’s liberal, […]

Barack Obama *Real footage from a Barack Obama address was cleverly manipulated by “Get Out” writer/director Jordan Peele to make it appear that the former president is giving us some much-needed words of wisdom in these Trumpian times. In the fake PSA released Tuesday (April 17) from Peele and BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti, Obama appears to […]