Nope comes out this weekend, so we’ve been taking a look back at the movies of Jordan Peele. That includes the behind-the-scenes story of Get Out, the real story behind Us, and the Keanu story of Keanu. You should also take a look at other sci-fi horror movies of course, and over on TV, we looked at Peele’s misadventures on MADtv, Key & Peele, Saturday Night Live, and The Twilight Zone.
Here’s a look back at the facts we learned this week. The links all lead to full articles with much more info, so click every one that interests you, or we will cast you in the next Emoji Movie.
He helped put the whole thing together, but in the end, he wrote just one episode per season, and directed none of them. Related: The show didn’t end up very good.
Originally, they’d planned to set the movie in California. It was never supposed to be about Southern racism.
The idea that weird fantasy creatures were switching their kids with ours (explored in one form in Us) gave parents a good excuse to murder their unwanted children.
“This is stupid, it won’t work,” said one producer, who will remain nameless.
This 1986 charity stunt, featured in Us, didn’t raise anywhere close to what it sought, and they accidentally scheduled it the same time as a different massive worldwide charity drive.
This 2016 Key & Peele film might sounds like a Keanu Reeves parody, but he didn’t join till the film was done and he saw the trailer.
On being offered that role in The Emoji Movie, he decided to quit acting ... though, he would later continue to act a fair bit after all.
The two genres structure their bits the same way (setup, pause, and payoff), which is very different how drama or action films work.
It’s the rare movie filmed using special Imax 70 mm film, but no theaters are going to project it using that film, so you’ll have to settle for the next best thing.
Top image: Kevin Edwards