US Director Jordan Peele Rumored To Be Developing An Universal Monsters Movie That Could Star Will Smith

US Director Jordan Peele Rumored To Be Developing An Universal Monsters Movie That Could Star Will Smith

It appears that Jordan Peele (Us, Get Out) may have his eyes set on a Universal Monsters property with his eyes set on a big name to star...

By dacage - Jun 26, 2020 11:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Monsters
Source: Patreon (via KnightEdgeMedia)

Even just after two films, Jordan Peele has established himself a prominent voice in blockbuster horror today. It only makes sense that Universal would have their eyes set on Peele for their next Universal Monsters film after the success of Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man.

While this comes from an older Patreon post from Daniel Richtman, the same report linked Ryan Gosling to an untitled monster film, which was confirmed to a month later to be The Wolfman. Which surely adds a lot of credence to this current report. 

It appears that Peele’s untitled film is looking to snag Will Smith (Bad Boys For Life) as its lead. Will Smith has briefly dipped his toe slightly into the horror genre in I Am Legend, but a straight horror film is an unproven ground for the actor. Smith is known for relying on his natural charisma in films without really sinking his teeth into a character that would make a collaboration with Jordan Peele a much more exciting prospect.

Just last year, Universal signed Peele on for a five year, first-look deal. The studio will also produce Peele's next two movies, and it is possible this may just be one of those upcoming projects planned. 

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dracula
dracula - 6/26/2020, 12:06 PM
If Marvel ever reboots Luke Cage as a movie with a new cast. Get Will Smith for Cotton Mouth.
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 6/26/2020, 12:17 PM
Which surely adds a lot of credence to this current report.

I'll wait on Smith or Peele, not the guy who charged a dollar to tell people that The Joker might appear in Reeves' Batman Trilogy.
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 6/26/2020, 12:40 PM
Big if true.
SaxoWolf
SaxoWolf - 6/26/2020, 1:01 PM
Van Helsing?
ager
ager - 6/26/2020, 1:56 PM
“Smith is known for relying on his natural charisma in films without really sinking his teeth into a character“

I think you may need to watch some moe Smith movies. Ali, Pursuit of Happiness, and many others have proven Smith is an extremely capable actor
RolandD
RolandD - 6/26/2020, 2:27 PM
@ager - Agreed. His charisma helped with Ali who had more of that to go around than many, but it was still an excellent performance.
marvel72
marvel72 - 6/28/2020, 10:59 AM
Black people will be the heroes and White people will be the monsters.

That's if white people will even be in it.
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