Director Jordan Peele is no stranger to the weird, but his latest project, simply titled Nope, might turn out to be his weirdest yet.
The first official trailer for the filmmaker's new horror flick The Get Out and Us dropped ahead of this year's Super Bowl, and suffice it to say things get scary enough in the two-minute clip.
Expanding on the enigmatic teaser fans enjoyed last week, the first trailer for Nope introduces actors Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer and Steven Yeun as "residents in a lonely ravine in the interior of California, bearing witness to a strange discovery and scary".
Check it out below:
As is typical of Peele's films, audiences should expect to walk into Nope, set for release on July 22, 2022, without having a detailed idea of what they're about to see, but this tape announcement gives us an idea. a bit better. movie premise idea.
At first glance, Kaluuya and Palmer play two breeders (or, more accurately, caretakers of the only black-owned horse-breeding business in Hollywood) who dream of making it in the movie industry. However, just as things take a turn for the better, a mysterious presence begins to scare the animals and the locals alike (or so it seems to us).
Prior to the release of this first trailer (and the teaser images that preceded it), we were only offered a cryptic, Stephen King-esque poster for Nope that featured a cloud hovering over a distant city. . The cloud in question makes a fleeting appearance in the new images, although we're not sure what role it will play - perhaps as some sort of ship for an extraterrestrial visitor?
Interestingly, there are several allusions to aliens in other parts of the first trailer for Nope. During a snap and you'll miss it with creepy pets for a "Star Lasso experience" (presumably Yeun's character's business), we also caught a glimpse of a product described as an "alien beholder." .'
From what we can tell, it seems that this supposed experiment is commercializing whatever celestial phenomenon seems to be occupying the attention of several people in the trailer. "Star Lasso" also implies some sort of relationship between horses and space in the film, though it's too early to delve down that rabbit hole.
Then, of course, there's the moment where we see Palmer's character being thrown into the air Twister-style, as well as the scene where a baby appears to punch a gooey creature on the fist (a fairly explicit reference to ET). ).
Take a look at the screenshots below to decide for yourself what's going on:
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All these signs point to Nope being Peele's first true supernatural thriller. Could the title itself be an acronym for 'Not Of Planet Earth'? --although, as we mentioned, it's usually pointless to try to get ahead of his often misleading cinematic narratives.
More confirmed details about Nope are scant, but we do know that Barbie Ferreira, Brandon Perea, and Michael Wincott will also star in the film, while frequent Christopher Nolan collaborator Hoyte van Hoytema is on board as cinematographer.
A Super Bowl of trailers
Of course, this year's Super Bowl wasn't just a showcase for Peele's latest project.
The annual NFL event also featured new footage from several highly anticipated film and television projects, including Amazon's The Lord of the Rings series, The Rings of Power, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Dwayne Johnson's debut in DC, Black Adam.
Teasers for these titles also followed the previous week's big entertainment announcements. Disney has confirmed that its Obi-Wan Kenobi series is coming to Disney plus on May 25, while fans were also treated to the first official trailer for Jurassic World: Dominion.
Simply put, 2022 is going to be a massive year for new movies and TV shows, and with projects like Nope and Alex Garland's Men in the cinema pipeline for the next few months, the horror genre, in particular, looks unhealthy.