Jordan Peele: My Next Film After ‘Nope’ Is ‘Clear to Me’ and ‘Could Be My Favorite Movie if I Make It Right’

variety.com:

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jordan Peele is not ready to disclose any information about his next movie, which will serve as the follow-up to his 2022 science-fiction thriller “Nope,” but he does think it could be “my favorite movie” as long as he makes it right — no pressure.

Peele was supposed to already be making his fourth solo directorial effort with Universal Pictures, but the Hollywood strikes delayed the project in 2023 and filming isn’t likely to start until later this year. “This has been…obviously, it’s been an interesting year because the writer’s strike had had me in a state of listening, and that’s where I need to be,” Peele said on the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast when asked about his new movie. “I do feel like my next project is clear to me, and I’m psyched that I have another film that, you know, could be my favorite movie if I make it right.” Just like the lead-up to “Get Out,” “Us” and “Nope,” Peele has remained highly secretive about his fourth movie.

Not even the title is known at this time. Universal Pictures announced in March 2023 that Peele’s next film would open in theaters on Christmas Day this year (Dec.

25, 2024), where it would’ve gone up against the likes of “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” and “Nosferatu” at the box office, but the movie has since been pulled from the calendar due to strike-related delays in development.