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Following the massive success of 2017’s Get Out, a lot is riding on director Jordan Peele’s next project, Us. In early 2018, Peele confirmed that he was making another movie with Universal Pictures. Here’s what we know so far.

The film opens March 15, 2019. Not long after the project was announced, Universal confirmed that Us will open on the third weekend of March. The film will compete with Wonder Park (a family film starring Matthew Broderick and Jennifer Garner), The Hummingbird Project (a thriller starring Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skarsgård, and Salma Hayek), and a documentary about dogs. FYI, Captain Marvel opens the previous weekend.

2. Just like Get Out, the cast is spectacular. In May 2018, Elisabeth Moss, Lupita Nyong’o, and Winston Duke were attached to the project. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Tim Heidecker (of the longtime comedy duo Tim & Eric) joined the cast.

Lupita and Winston, who previously starred in Black Panther together (and were both students at the Yale Repertory Theatre), will play one of the couples in Us. Getty

3. The plot might give you the chills. In December 2018, /Film reported that Peele and Universal were sending test-screening invites with the following synopsis:

A mother (Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o from Black Panther, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and 12 Years a Slave) and a father (Winston Duke from Black Panther) take their kids to their beach house, expecting to unplug and unwind with friends (including Emmy winner Elisabeth Moss from TV series The Handmaid’s Tale). But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.

4. Elisabeth is sworn to secrecy, so don’t even bother asking her about it. In an interview with IndieWire in September 2018, this is all she offered: “All I can kind of say is, I’m obviously a huge fan of Get Out, as is the rest of the world, and I think this movie’s gonna be really good. I just think it’s gonna be good. It’s just gonna be really good, and that’s it.” She also added that the movie’s overall feel is parallel to the Get Out experience. “It’s true to what Jordan wants to make, which are these thought-provoking popcorn movies.”

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Elisabeth echoed the popcorn sentiment in a separate interview with MTV, saying that Peele has “this thing that he likes to do and explore…intelligent popcorn films is how he describes it. It has that high entertainment factor, and it’s going to be so fucking scary.”



5. The poster features hands clasped around a pair of gold scissors. Note the gloves with the exposed knuckles....

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A new nightmare from the mind of Academy Award winner @JordanPeele, #UsMovie opens in theaters March 15. pic.twitter.com/X0soARSTSh — Us (@UsMovie) December 13, 2018

This follows the previously released imagery from the film:

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6. The first trailer dropped on Christmas Day 2018.

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Turns out, the visitors who shake things up for these vacationers are versions of the beach house family (Lupita and company). Turns out, we are our own worst enemy.

Claudette Barius | Universal Pictures

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Peele revealed the 10 classic horror movies he assigned Lupita to watch to prepare for her role. Should you find yourself with some free time and a need for a horror marathon, the films are: Dead Again, The Shining, The Babadook, It Follows, A Tale of Two Sisters, The Birds, Funny Games, Martyrs, Let the Right One In, and The Sixth Sense.

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7. Some lucky people have already seen it...and the reviews are looking good.

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#US at #sxsw christ on the cross. I have never. Absolutely horrifying, unsettling complete and utter madness — Valerie Complex♓️♎️♋️ (@ValerieComplex) March 9, 2019

Jordan debuted his latest masterpiece at the SXSW film festival this March, and let’s just say people were feeling it. I’m more excited for the nationwide release than ever. Here are some more early reactions:



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Jordan Peele’s #Us is absolutely nuts! Deliriously horrific, incredibly inventive, it has elements of the home invasion & zombie movies, but it is unlike anything I have ever seen. Wildly captivating from start to finish. #SXSW pic.twitter.com/vATBSUhD7e — Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) March 9, 2019

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Well #Us was much more ambitious than I expected. And dense. One things for sure, there’s no moment of rest. The ladies dominate the show: LUPITA, Shahadi Joseph, and Elizabeth Moss are excellent. #sxsw #sxsw2019 — Beatrice Loayza (@bealoayza) March 9, 2019

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#Us is not a traditional horror movie. There’s a lot of humor throughout and even the scary bits are more unsettling than terrifying, which helps keep it centered. Cool concept and mystery at the center. — Brandon Katz (@Great_Katzby) March 9, 2019

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It’s official: Jordan Peele is the new Spielberg. #Us is going to be one of the biggest movies of the year. #SXSW — Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh) March 9, 2019

8. There could be more from the Us universe....

I’ll just leave this here:

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I asked Jordan Peele if he has plans for more movies in the #Us universe: “I have a big story... that’s all I’m going to say.” #SXSW pic.twitter.com/5tNN2Hd6P0 — Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) March 9, 2019

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Peggy Truong Entertainment Writer Peggy is Cosmopolitan.com’s entertainment writer, specializing in Leonardo DiCaprio, This Is Us, and the royals.

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