Tantalizing first trailer for Jordan Peele’s Nope leaves us eager for more

Jordan Peele is out to reimagine the summer movie with his new horror film Nope, coming to theaters July 22.

Today is Super Bowl Sunday, when Hollywood traditionally drops trailers for upcoming high-profile films and TV series. This year, the marketing frenzy kicks off with the first trailer for Jordan Peele's forthcoming horror feature, Nope, which dropped unexpectedly at 3 am EST today. We at Ars Technica are totally on board for this film.

Our confidence is well-placed. Peele has cemented his status as the current master of thought-provoking horror, starting with Get Out, his surprise box office hit that earned more than $250 million and snagged Peele an Oscar for best original screenplay-the first time the award has gone to a Black recipient. Get Out is a subtle exploration of racial tensions that quietly reveals its horrifying premise and builds to an inevitably bloody conclusion. In Peele's 2019 follow-up, Us, the theme wasn't so much racial tension-it was exploring, in Peele's words, the myriad ways in which "we are our own worst enemies."

Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer co-star in Nope, a new horror film from Jordan Peele. (credit: YouTube/Universal Pictures)

Peele also co-wrote, with director Nia DaCosta, last year's electrifying sequel (of sorts), Candyman, which transformed the singular 1990s slasher known as Candyman into an ageless malevolence whose curse reverberates through time. Then there's Peele's reboot of The Twilight Zone, the various films showcased in the anthology series Welcome to the Blumhouse, and the myriad other projects he's had a hand in with Blumhouse Productions.

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