Jordan Peele new movie "Us" - updated with trailer (contains spoilers)
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https://variety.com/2019/film/news/box-office-jordan-peele-us-opening-weekend-1203151942/
February 28, 2019 8:52AM PT
Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ Heads for $35 Million-Plus Opening Weekend
By Dave McNary
Dave McNary
Film Reporter @Variety_DMcNary FOLLOW
Jordan Peele’s horror-thriller “Us” is expected to generate around $35 million in its opening North American weekend on March 22-24, early tracking showed Thursday.
“Us,” which follows a family confronted by a group of doppelgängers, stars Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, and Elisabeth Moss. Nyong’o and Duke play a couple who are taking their children (Shahadi Wright Joseph and Evan Alex) to their beach house along the Northern California coastline. Nyong’o’s character is haunted by an unexplainable and unresolved trauma from her past.
In a trailer released on Christmas Day, four figures appeared at the foot of a driveway with the tagline “We are our own worst enemy.” “Us” is the first project under Peele’s first-look deal with Universal Pictures, which he signed with his Monkeypaw Productions last year after his “Get Out” grossed a massive $255 million worldwide, scored an Academy Award nomination for best picture, and won the best original screenplay Oscar for Peele.
Peele directed “Us” from his own script and produced alongside Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, and Monkeypaw’s Ian Cooper. The film is the company’s first solo production venture.
“Us” will open the 26th edition of the South by Southwest Film Festival on March 8. Universal had originally planned to open “Us” on March 15, then moved it back a week following the SXSW selection in order to build more buzz. After that date-change announcement in early January, several titles moved off March 22, including Sony’s World War II drama “Greyhound,” starring Tom Hanks, and Annapurna’s comedy-drama “Where’d You Go, Bernadette?,” starring Cate Blanchett.
Paramount was able to build buzz last year when “A Quiet Place” opened SXSW on March 9, 2018, and moved into wide release four weeks later with a $50 million opening weekend.
February 28, 2019 8:52AM PT
Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ Heads for $35 Million-Plus Opening Weekend
By Dave McNary
Dave McNary
Film Reporter @Variety_DMcNary FOLLOW
Jordan Peele’s horror-thriller “Us” is expected to generate around $35 million in its opening North American weekend on March 22-24, early tracking showed Thursday.
“Us,” which follows a family confronted by a group of doppelgängers, stars Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, and Elisabeth Moss. Nyong’o and Duke play a couple who are taking their children (Shahadi Wright Joseph and Evan Alex) to their beach house along the Northern California coastline. Nyong’o’s character is haunted by an unexplainable and unresolved trauma from her past.
In a trailer released on Christmas Day, four figures appeared at the foot of a driveway with the tagline “We are our own worst enemy.” “Us” is the first project under Peele’s first-look deal with Universal Pictures, which he signed with his Monkeypaw Productions last year after his “Get Out” grossed a massive $255 million worldwide, scored an Academy Award nomination for best picture, and won the best original screenplay Oscar for Peele.
Peele directed “Us” from his own script and produced alongside Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, and Monkeypaw’s Ian Cooper. The film is the company’s first solo production venture.
“Us” will open the 26th edition of the South by Southwest Film Festival on March 8. Universal had originally planned to open “Us” on March 15, then moved it back a week following the SXSW selection in order to build more buzz. After that date-change announcement in early January, several titles moved off March 22, including Sony’s World War II drama “Greyhound,” starring Tom Hanks, and Annapurna’s comedy-drama “Where’d You Go, Bernadette?,” starring Cate Blanchett.
Paramount was able to build buzz last year when “A Quiet Place” opened SXSW on March 9, 2018, and moved into wide release four weeks later with a $50 million opening weekend.
Looks like he has another hit
Its getting rave reviews
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life...ritics-jordans-peeles-horror-film/3110506002/
Its getting rave reviews
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life...ritics-jordans-peeles-horror-film/3110506002/
https://io9.gizmodo.com/jordan-peeles-us-just-premiered-at-sxsw-heres-what-peo-1833167275
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/jordan-peele-jason-blum-us-cast-red-carpet-sxsw
https://comicbook.com/horror/2019/03/08/us-movie-first-reactions-jordan-peele-sxsw/#3
https://deadline.com/2019/03/us-sxs...-peele-lupita-nyongo-winston-duke-1202571949/
https://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/us/279735/us-sxsw-what-we-learned-jordan-peele
Yeah looking forward to this and I'm peeping "Captive State" as well.
heard nothing but positives from folks who saw it yesterday (sworn to secrecy)
Looks creepy.
Man can't wait to peep this...
What's crazy is, I still don't know what it's about. That's rare for a movie these days.
He only putting out his third movie..
and he is the closest thing to hitchcock
since hitchcock
and he is the closest thing to hitchcock
since hitchcock
Peele going to be around for a while.
I am ALWAYS mystified how these studios are able to keep 1000 people silent..
on some imaginary sh*t
but the govt can't on some REAL shit.
If I told you 15 years ago...
the Mad TV guy would become a genre defining auteur...
what would you have said?
His comedy is like watching mj play baseball but his thriller flicks is like mj on the court... If you saw mj play baseball first would you think he would be 1 of the greatest to play bball?
Already got tickets for the fam
Its strictly invite n they search u and keep ur phones gadgets and all
If he pulls this off and all indications looks like he will he will be automatically catapulted even higher in status than he could imagine! Like str8 going to wachowski franchise n hollywood studio status! I'd be really happy for him too!!
