The central theme of Jordan Peele’s Nope will be about “our addiction to spectacle,” the filmmaker revealed in an interview with Empire. The director also goes into how this will be about a healing relationship between a brother (Daniel Kaluuya) and a sister (Keke Palmer). He had made a name for himself by entertaining audiences across genres from comedy to horror while providing substantial food for thought about politics and social themes.
Big ideas almost always start from a small seed. That theme for Jordan Peele’s Nope started with him wanting to make an “immersive experience” when presented with a UFO.
Between his work on Key & Peele, Get Out, Us, and more, the comedian turned horror master always tackles issues regarding race. In Us and Get Out, he had something to say about the Black experience in America. In the trailer, we see the first-ever film footage called the Muybridge clip, a clip showing a Black man riding a horse. We know who made it, but not the man riding the horse. That erasure will also get explored as a theme in Jordan Peele’s Nope.
Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’ Tackles Themes of Spectacle and Claiming a Rightful Place
Nope hits theaters on July 22nd. Kaluuya and Palmer will lead. It will also star Steven Yunn (The Walking Dead), Brandon Perea (The OA), Wrenn Schmidt (For All Man Kind), and Keith David.
