Jordan Peele’s Get Out was one of the most striking directorial debuts of recent years — a seemingly effortless but tightly-woven blend of horror, satire, comedy and thriller — and the world is waiting to see what he’s got up his sleeve next. Now the writer-director has hinted at his follow-up project, which is set to shoot later this year.
Speaking at Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and TV, Peele has revealed he’s currently writing another genre film in the vein of Get Out.
“I am currently writing it and I'll direct for Universal this year, I'm just trying to entertain myself again,” he said. “One thing I know is that this is genre; and playing around with the thriller, horror, action, fun, genre of intrigue is my favorite. That's my sweet spot. So I think tonally it should resemble Get Out. That said, I want to make a completely different movie. I want to address something different than race in the next one.”
It seems the new project isn’t a direct Get Out sequel, though Peele recently stated that he’s ‘considering’ returning to that film’s world in the future. Get Out could become an Oscar winner in the coming weeks — the film is nominated in the Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor categories this year, and we’ll find out if it wins anything when the ceremony airs on 4 March.
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