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The fourth movie directed by Get Out Oscar winner Jordan Peele will hit theaters on October 23, 2026 via Universal, the studio said Monday. The movie was originally set for a December 2024 release but was pushed due to the strike. As is standard, all is kept secret on this production. "I…

EXCLUSIVE: Jordan Peele' s Monkeypaw Productions is getting back on the documentary horse and is using his movie Nope as inspiration. The Get Out filmmaker is producing a documentary series that dismantles the whitewashed mythology of the cowboy for Peacock. Produced through his Monkeypaw…

Monkey Man was originally expected to stream on Netflix. But Jordan Peele gave Dev Patel’s feature directorial debut a different fate, and sent it to the big screen. The Slumdog Millionaire actor was aglow about Peele at the Los Angeles premiere of Monkey Man on Wednesday night at the TCL Chinese…

Universal’s bender of a weekend continued past Oscars into Monday night with the enthusiastic SXSW premiere of Monkeypaw’s Monkey Man, the feature directing debut of Dev Patel, which blew the roof off Austin’s Paramount Theatre. SXSW isn’t known for giving standing ovations, but Patel — the movie’s…

Monkeypaw Productions is partnering with the Toronto Film Festival and the Universal Filmmakers Project for the “No Drama” initiative, designed to cultivate new talent by selecting up to six writer-directors to create short films. The unique aspect of the program is the potential for the shorts to…

The action thriller Monkey Man, starring Dev Patel in his feature directing debut, is now getting a release via Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw and its deal at Universal. In more good news for exhibition, the movie will hit theaters on April 5. Monkey Man originally was set up at Netflix in 2021, but Peele…

Jordan Peele has come forth to tease his as-yet-untitled fourth directorial effort, previously dated for Christmas Day 2024, following its strike-imposed removal from Universal Pictures’ release calendar. Reflecting on the last year in the latest episode of the podcast Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend…

Updated Christmas Day: While everyone was sleeping during the pre-Christmas week, Universal undated both Monkeypaw Productions that were slated for 2024 on Sept. 27 and Christmas Day. These were all strike-related moves. TBD when both secret untitled features return. Universal replaced the Dec. 25…

EXCLUSIVE: Doom Patrol and Night Sky scribe Ezra Claytan Daniels has signed on to write the screenplay for The People Under the Stairs, a reboot of the 1991 Wes Craven horror movie, for Monkeypaw Productions through their deal at Univeral. Monkeypaw Productions will produce the film with Jordan…

EXCLUSIVE: Days after a feverish auction wrapped up for Weapons, the town is still talking about the wake left in its path. The Dish hears that the deal for the Zach Cregger-directed horror film is remarkable in that this is only Cregger’s second film — after the highly profitable debut Barbarian — and it…

UPDATED, 8:15 A.M.: Netflix has unveiled a new trailer for Wendell & Wild — its stop-motion film from Oscar nominee Henry Selick (Coraline), which is slated for release on the streamer on October 28. The film reuniting the Key and Peele duo of Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele for key voice roles follows…

It appears that Oscar-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele may not be done with the world of his acclaimed third feature, Nope. Peele hinted at the potential for further films set in the Nope universe in an interview with the New York Times published on Monday, after being asked about a character listed on IMDb as “Nobody,&#8221…