Nope: Is Jordan Peele’s New Movie Pulling An Alien Fakeout?
Releasing on July 22, 2022, Jordan Peele's upcoming film Nope stars Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, and Steven Yeun, and appears to feature an extraterrestrial threat plaguing a small desert community. With all that the trailers have shown so far, it certainly seems like aliens are invading — but is that really the case, or is there something else lurking beneath the obvious premise?
The trailers that have been released have already shown audiences a look at the alien threat, which takes some sting out of the main monster of the film. However, Peele's out-of-the-box thinking and his approach to genre pictures in the past suggest that there may be more than meets the eye in this isolated town.
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In 2019, Universal Pictures announced a 5-year deal with Peele and his production company Monkeypaw Productions, to create more projects driven by story and delving into genre movies. Following this partnership, Nope was announced in the fall of 2020 with almost no information released other than Peele was set to write, direct and produce the film. The cast announcements slowly began to follow. Frequent Peele collaborators Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer were the first cast members confirmed, followed by Steven Yeun, Michael Wincott, Brandon Perea, and Barbie Ferreira.
Up until the latest trailer, there was only speculation surrounding the plot of the film. It was clear that it focused on Palmer and Kaluuya's characters and that some kind of threat from the skies. The full trailer, released in February, showed more of the characters. Palmer and Kaluuya play the Haywood siblings, OJ and Emerald, running Haywood Hollywood Horses, a horse training ranch in a small town
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