Jordan Peele's 'Nope' gets a freaky first trailer

More like YEP.
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Adam Rosenberg
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Jordan Peele is back to surprise, delight, and terrify us once more.

Heralded in a tweet instructing interested audiences to "say yeah," our first look at Peele's Nope has arrived in a two-minute trailer that's led by mystery, creepy imagery, and fields of wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube men. What is Peele cooking up this time?

Nope stars Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, and Steven Yeun as "residents in a lonely gulch of inland California who bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery," according to the brief description released alongside the trailer. The two-minute assemblage of clips hints at some kind of skyborne threat, with imagery reminiscent of UFO encounters.

Nothing is ever that simple or straightforward with Peele, who also mixed surprising, mystery-led horror with sharp social commentary on race and class in his 2017 debut, Get Out, and 2019's unconnected follow-up, Us. In this first look, Nope unsurprisingly feels like it's operating in the same kind of realm, particularly with Get Out star Kaluuya so front and center.

Thankfully, those who are excited to dig deeper into this mystery won't have to wait too long. Nope arrives in theaters on July 22.

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Adam Rosenberg

Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.


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