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]]>Mahershala Ali (Moonlight), Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas), Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Brendan Fraser (The Whale), Jessica Lange (Tootsie), Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman), Ke Huy Quan Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once), and Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) have also been added to the presenter lineup, and they all have one thing in common.
With the exception of Zendaya and Michelle Pfeiffer, all the newly announced presenters are previous Oscar winners, and that’s not a coincidence. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the upcoming Oscar ceremony will feature a “Field of Dreams-like format”, which will see five past acting winners introduce the five current nominees for each award.
The 96th Academy Awards will return to the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 10, and the rest of the presenters will be announced in the coming days. Oppenheimer will enter the ceremony with 13 nominations, followed by Poor Things with 11 and Killers of the Flower Moon with 10.
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]]>The post Lupita Nyong’o Stars in First Trailer for “A Quiet Place: Day One” appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>A Quiet Place took place in a post-apocalyptic world destroyed by dangerous creatures with an acute sense of hearing. Day One will take us back to the first phase of the apocalypse and it’s inviting us to “discover why our world went quiet.”
The trailer opens with footage of characters we were introduced to in the first two A Quiet Place films, played by Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, and Cillian Murphy. It quickly shifts the setting to the first day of the apocalypse in New York, and centers on Nyong’o’s character Sam, who’s on a day trip to NYC when the monsters arrive.
Sam must join forces with Eric (Stranger Things’ Joseph Quinn) to navigate and survive the city together. Djimon Hounsou reprises his role from A Quiet Place Part II, and they’ll also be joined by Hereditary’s Alex Wolff.
A Quiet Place: Day One will be released on June 28 by Paramount Pictures.
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]]>The post First Teaser Trailer for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” Debuts at Comic-Con appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever shows the leaders of the kingdom of Wakanda fighting to protect their nation in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. This plot change was made following the tragic passing of Chadwick Boseman in 2020, and Marvel decided to honor him by not recasting T’Challa.
The trailer has Angela Bassett’s Ramonda as Queen of Wakanda, fighting for her kingdom after losing her son. Letitia Wright will have a bigger role as Shuri, with Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, and Florence Kasumba returning to their roles from the previous film.
Ryan Coogler is also returning as a director and he reflected on Chadwick Boseman’s impact on this project at Comic-Con.
“We put our love for Chadwick into this film. We also put our passion. This film has a ton of action and humor. It’s also a roller coaster of a movie. It goes to new places in Wakanda that we’ve never been before but other corners of the MCU,” said Coogler.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is set to premiere on November 11, as the final film of the MCU’s Phase Four.
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]]>The post Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira to Star in New HBO Max Series appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>Variety reports that Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira’s adaptation of the novel Americanah has been given a straight-to-series order at HBO Max, the premium cabler’s forthcoming streaming service. HBO Max has given the limited series a 10-episode order.
The adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s best-selling novel will be written and showrun by Gurira. Nyong’o will star and both will executive produce.
“Through Americanah, Chimamanda brought the African female voice into mainstream consciousness in an unprecedented way,” Gurira said in a statement of the original novel. “It is intellectually incisive, indicting, yet full of humor, and riddled with humanity. She makes unheard voices familiar, universal and yet palpably specific. I am honored to bring her incredible novel to life on the screen. I’m thrilled to collaborate once again with Lupita who brings her astounding ability as a performer and producer shepherding this project, along with HBO Max’s unbridled enthusiasm to bring this groundbreaking narrative to the TV audience.”
The project has been in development since 2014.
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]]>The post Jordan Peele’s “Us” Shatters Records with $70 Million Opening Weekend appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>There’s a lot to celebrate about the enormous box office success of Peele’s latest creation. It’s an original genre movie filmed on a budget of $20 million, with a predominantly African-American cast. It took it only a few days to earn back its budget, exceeding all expectations and shattering several records on the way.
In addition to having the best opening for a live-action original film since Avatar in 2011, Us also delivered the largest debut for an original horror film, and third-largest in general, right behind the It remake from 2017, and last year’s Halloween sequel.
Jim Orr, head of distribution at Universal Pictures, praised Peele’s unique approach to filmmaking that led Us to this incredible box office success.
“Simply put, Jordan Peele is a genius, and we’re thrilled he put his signature touch to the genre. Folks come out of the movie and they have to talk about. It’s really a topic of conversation, how people are interpreting the movie. That’s a great sign for legs,” concluded Orr.
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]]>The post Jordan Peele’s “Us” to Open SXSW Festival appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>Janet Pierson, director of film at South by Southwest, said they are crazy excited to kick off this event with this movie, from the creative powerhouse that brought us Get Out.
SXSW proved to be an amazing place for putting horror films on the map last year. A Quiet Place went on to become a smash hit after generating a lot of buzz during its opening night at this festival.
We’re hoping South by Southwest does the same for Us, since it seems worthy of our time. It follows a family whose holiday at an idyllic beach house turns into chaos after they’re forced to face four mysterious strangers, who happen to be replicas of themselves. It stars Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o and her Black Panther co-star Winston Duke.
Us will premiere on March 8, but the rest of the line-up remains a mystery.
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]]>The post Lupita Nyong’o Fights For Survival in First Trailer For “Us” appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>Us tells the story of a seemingly ordinary family hoping for a peaceful holiday at their beach house. Their idyllic summer getaway turns into a total disaster once they’re forced to face four mysterious figures, who turn out to be doppelgängers of themselves.
Peele created his own mythology and creepy monsters known as “The Tethered” specifically for this movie. He always wanted to have a black family at the center but also tried to tackle new topics he hasn’t explored in his directorial debut.
“It’s also important to note, unlike Get Out, Us is not about race. It is instead about something that I feel has become an undeniable truth. And that is the simple fact that we are our own worst enemies,” explained Peele.
In addition to Lupita Nyong’o, this creepy home invasion film also stars her Black Panther co-star Winston Duke. It will hit the theaters on 15 March, 2019 and we can’t wait to see the big twist Peele’s got in store this time around.
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]]>The post Jordan Peele Reveals Poster and Release Date for His Next Horror Film ‘Us’ appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>The Academy Award-winning screenwriter is once again directing his own script. He is also producing through his Monkeypaw Productions together with Sean McKittrick and Jason Blum. Monkeypaw’s Ian Cooper will also serve as co-producer.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie is said to center on two couples, one white and one black. Winston Duke and Lupita Nyong’o are circling to star as one couple while Elisabeth Moss is reported to play part of the other couple.
Duke and Nyong’O recently appeared in the blockbuster movie, Black Panther while Moss is currently starring on season 2 of the Emmy-award winning series The Handmaid’s Tale.
This film is Peele’s first project since winning an Oscar for Get Out. He became the first black writer to win Best Original Screenplay for his directorial debut. In addition to Us, he has signed on as executive producer for a four-part documentary series, Lorena, centered on Lorena Bobbitt for Amazon Prime. He’s also spearheading the revival of The Twilight Zone, alongside Simon Kinberg and Marco Ramirez, ET reports.
— Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) May 9, 2018
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]]>The post Lupita Nyong’o to star in Trevor Noah’s memoir film adaptation appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>The actress took to Twitter to announce the exciting news, saying that she simply, “could not put the book down,” a love that will result in a film adaptation Noah’s memoir, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood.
Nyong’o will portray The Daily Show host’s mother as the story chronicles the years Noah was in Apartheid-era South Africa, living his life as an outlaw essentially due to him being a half-back, half-white person. In some way though, the memoir is just about Noah’s mother as it is about himself with critics saying that the memoir is also a compelling and an unforgettable homage to his mother.
Nyong’o is currently starring in Black Panther as Nakia.
When I read @Trevornoah's "Born A Crime," I could not put the book down. Excited to announce that I will be starring in and producing its feature film adaptation! #BornACrimehttps://t.co/v4AfGe23P5 pic.twitter.com/QvrsETIEAc
— Lupita Nyong'o (@Lupita_Nyongo) February 21, 2018
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]]>The post Zendaya, Michelle Yeoh, & Lupita Nyong’o Among Academy Awards Presenters appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>Mahershala Ali (Moonlight), Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas), Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Brendan Fraser (The Whale), Jessica Lange (Tootsie), Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman), Ke Huy Quan Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once), and Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) have also been added to the presenter lineup, and they all have one thing in common.
With the exception of Zendaya and Michelle Pfeiffer, all the newly announced presenters are previous Oscar winners, and that’s not a coincidence. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the upcoming Oscar ceremony will feature a “Field of Dreams-like format”, which will see five past acting winners introduce the five current nominees for each award.
The 96th Academy Awards will return to the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 10, and the rest of the presenters will be announced in the coming days. Oppenheimer will enter the ceremony with 13 nominations, followed by Poor Things with 11 and Killers of the Flower Moon with 10.
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]]>The post Lupita Nyong’o Stars in First Trailer for “A Quiet Place: Day One” appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>A Quiet Place took place in a post-apocalyptic world destroyed by dangerous creatures with an acute sense of hearing. Day One will take us back to the first phase of the apocalypse and it’s inviting us to “discover why our world went quiet.”
The trailer opens with footage of characters we were introduced to in the first two A Quiet Place films, played by Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, and Cillian Murphy. It quickly shifts the setting to the first day of the apocalypse in New York, and centers on Nyong’o’s character Sam, who’s on a day trip to NYC when the monsters arrive.
Sam must join forces with Eric (Stranger Things’ Joseph Quinn) to navigate and survive the city together. Djimon Hounsou reprises his role from A Quiet Place Part II, and they’ll also be joined by Hereditary’s Alex Wolff.
A Quiet Place: Day One will be released on June 28 by Paramount Pictures.
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]]>The post First Teaser Trailer for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” Debuts at Comic-Con appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever shows the leaders of the kingdom of Wakanda fighting to protect their nation in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. This plot change was made following the tragic passing of Chadwick Boseman in 2020, and Marvel decided to honor him by not recasting T’Challa.
The trailer has Angela Bassett’s Ramonda as Queen of Wakanda, fighting for her kingdom after losing her son. Letitia Wright will have a bigger role as Shuri, with Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, and Florence Kasumba returning to their roles from the previous film.
Ryan Coogler is also returning as a director and he reflected on Chadwick Boseman’s impact on this project at Comic-Con.
“We put our love for Chadwick into this film. We also put our passion. This film has a ton of action and humor. It’s also a roller coaster of a movie. It goes to new places in Wakanda that we’ve never been before but other corners of the MCU,” said Coogler.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is set to premiere on November 11, as the final film of the MCU’s Phase Four.
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]]>The post Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira to Star in New HBO Max Series appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>Variety reports that Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira’s adaptation of the novel Americanah has been given a straight-to-series order at HBO Max, the premium cabler’s forthcoming streaming service. HBO Max has given the limited series a 10-episode order.
The adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s best-selling novel will be written and showrun by Gurira. Nyong’o will star and both will executive produce.
“Through Americanah, Chimamanda brought the African female voice into mainstream consciousness in an unprecedented way,” Gurira said in a statement of the original novel. “It is intellectually incisive, indicting, yet full of humor, and riddled with humanity. She makes unheard voices familiar, universal and yet palpably specific. I am honored to bring her incredible novel to life on the screen. I’m thrilled to collaborate once again with Lupita who brings her astounding ability as a performer and producer shepherding this project, along with HBO Max’s unbridled enthusiasm to bring this groundbreaking narrative to the TV audience.”
The project has been in development since 2014.
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]]>The post Jordan Peele’s “Us” Shatters Records with $70 Million Opening Weekend appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>There’s a lot to celebrate about the enormous box office success of Peele’s latest creation. It’s an original genre movie filmed on a budget of $20 million, with a predominantly African-American cast. It took it only a few days to earn back its budget, exceeding all expectations and shattering several records on the way.
In addition to having the best opening for a live-action original film since Avatar in 2011, Us also delivered the largest debut for an original horror film, and third-largest in general, right behind the It remake from 2017, and last year’s Halloween sequel.
Jim Orr, head of distribution at Universal Pictures, praised Peele’s unique approach to filmmaking that led Us to this incredible box office success.
“Simply put, Jordan Peele is a genius, and we’re thrilled he put his signature touch to the genre. Folks come out of the movie and they have to talk about. It’s really a topic of conversation, how people are interpreting the movie. That’s a great sign for legs,” concluded Orr.
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]]>The post Jordan Peele’s “Us” to Open SXSW Festival appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>Janet Pierson, director of film at South by Southwest, said they are crazy excited to kick off this event with this movie, from the creative powerhouse that brought us Get Out.
SXSW proved to be an amazing place for putting horror films on the map last year. A Quiet Place went on to become a smash hit after generating a lot of buzz during its opening night at this festival.
We’re hoping South by Southwest does the same for Us, since it seems worthy of our time. It follows a family whose holiday at an idyllic beach house turns into chaos after they’re forced to face four mysterious strangers, who happen to be replicas of themselves. It stars Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o and her Black Panther co-star Winston Duke.
Us will premiere on March 8, but the rest of the line-up remains a mystery.
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]]>The post Lupita Nyong’o Fights For Survival in First Trailer For “Us” appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>Us tells the story of a seemingly ordinary family hoping for a peaceful holiday at their beach house. Their idyllic summer getaway turns into a total disaster once they’re forced to face four mysterious figures, who turn out to be doppelgängers of themselves.
Peele created his own mythology and creepy monsters known as “The Tethered” specifically for this movie. He always wanted to have a black family at the center but also tried to tackle new topics he hasn’t explored in his directorial debut.
“It’s also important to note, unlike Get Out, Us is not about race. It is instead about something that I feel has become an undeniable truth. And that is the simple fact that we are our own worst enemies,” explained Peele.
In addition to Lupita Nyong’o, this creepy home invasion film also stars her Black Panther co-star Winston Duke. It will hit the theaters on 15 March, 2019 and we can’t wait to see the big twist Peele’s got in store this time around.
The post Lupita Nyong’o Fights For Survival in First Trailer For “Us” appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>The post Jordan Peele Reveals Poster and Release Date for His Next Horror Film ‘Us’ appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>The Academy Award-winning screenwriter is once again directing his own script. He is also producing through his Monkeypaw Productions together with Sean McKittrick and Jason Blum. Monkeypaw’s Ian Cooper will also serve as co-producer.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie is said to center on two couples, one white and one black. Winston Duke and Lupita Nyong’o are circling to star as one couple while Elisabeth Moss is reported to play part of the other couple.
Duke and Nyong’O recently appeared in the blockbuster movie, Black Panther while Moss is currently starring on season 2 of the Emmy-award winning series The Handmaid’s Tale.
This film is Peele’s first project since winning an Oscar for Get Out. He became the first black writer to win Best Original Screenplay for his directorial debut. In addition to Us, he has signed on as executive producer for a four-part documentary series, Lorena, centered on Lorena Bobbitt for Amazon Prime. He’s also spearheading the revival of The Twilight Zone, alongside Simon Kinberg and Marco Ramirez, ET reports.
— Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) May 9, 2018
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]]>The post Lupita Nyong’o to star in Trevor Noah’s memoir film adaptation appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>The actress took to Twitter to announce the exciting news, saying that she simply, “could not put the book down,” a love that will result in a film adaptation Noah’s memoir, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood.
Nyong’o will portray The Daily Show host’s mother as the story chronicles the years Noah was in Apartheid-era South Africa, living his life as an outlaw essentially due to him being a half-back, half-white person. In some way though, the memoir is just about Noah’s mother as it is about himself with critics saying that the memoir is also a compelling and an unforgettable homage to his mother.
Nyong’o is currently starring in Black Panther as Nakia.
When I read @Trevornoah's "Born A Crime," I could not put the book down. Excited to announce that I will be starring in and producing its feature film adaptation! #BornACrimehttps://t.co/v4AfGe23P5 pic.twitter.com/QvrsETIEAc
— Lupita Nyong'o (@Lupita_Nyongo) February 21, 2018
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