Jordan Peele’s new meta sci-fi, horror thriller, Nope, premieres this week, and anticipation for the acclaimed director’s third foray into the genre is high. The film focuses on a brother and sister (Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer) who run a horse ranch for film productions. When a malevolent force appears in the sky, they make it their mission to document it, making the film a commentary on society’s obsession with consuming spectacle to its own detriment.
Peele’s work tends to always have a message hidden within its immaculate execution of storytelling and performances. His second film Us was a nightmarish look into societal mirrors and self-perception. But no film of the auteurs has captured audiences quite like his debut Get Out. The Oscar-winning effort used the horror genre to comment on the realities of racism in 21st-century America. And now, the director is saying that a sequel is not out of the question.
