Atticus “Tic” Freeman, the young Korean War veteran hero of HBO’s fantastic —in every sense of the word —new drama Lovecraft Country, has a weakness for pulp stories. As he puts it, “I love that the heroes get to go on adventures in other worlds, defy insurmountable odds, defeat the …
Read More »Jordan Peele's 'Twilight Zone' Details Season Two With Eerie Trailer
Jordan Peele is back with more mind-bending dispatches from the fifth dimension in the new trailer for Season Two of his Twilight Zone reboot. All 10 episodes will premiere June 25th on CBS All Access. The new trailer doesn’t offer much in the way of specifics about various episodes, although …
Read More »Al Pacino Leads Search for Escaped Nazis in First 'Hunters' Trailer
Al Pacino leads a group of vigilantes on the hunt for escaped Nazis in the trailer for the upcoming Amazon Prime Video series Hunters, executive-produced by Jordan Peele. “There comes a time when we all must choose between the light and the darkness,” Pacino’s character tells his squad of everyday …
Read More »Why Jordan Peele Won't Direct Marvel's 'Blade' Reboot
Amid the dizzying multiversal multitude of announcements from Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige at San Diego’s Comic-Con this weekend, perhaps the most surprising (other than Natalie Portman as a female Thor in Taika Waititi’s Thor: Love and Thunder) was a reboot of the long-dormant vampire-hunting franchise Blade, with two-time Oscar …
Read More »Jordan Peele's 'Us' Reveals New Trailer Ahead of Super Bowl
Ahead of Super Bowl LIII, Jordan Peele has dropped the second trailer for his forthcoming horror film Us. The latest visual debuted Sunday alongside the launch of the Get Out director’s new subreddit for his company Monkeypaw Productions. The first trailer for Us, which dropped in December, highlights a typical …
Read More »New Doc Tells Different Side of 1993 Lorena Bobbitt Scandal
A new documentary that reexamines the story of Lorena Bobbitt – the woman who infamously cut off her abusive husband’s penis – will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this month before arriving on Amazon February 15th. Filmmaker Joshua Rofé directed the four-part series, while Jordan Peele served as executive …
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