

The protagonist in a movie is the surrogate for the audience. It's about us kind of looking at ourselves as individuals and as a group. "This movie's about maybe the monster is you. Peele has this to say for his twisty ending. But it still comes on as a shocking twist. And it's actually quite obvious that Red has infiltrated the real world. If you go back and watch the movie, you discover that Peele has laid out quite a few clues to this idea. What we've seen throughout the movie is really the Tethered's story.


In flashbacks, we discover that Red kidnapped the real Adelaide in the house of mirrors all those years ago, at the exact moment Joel Schumacher was shooting the iconic carousel scene with The Lost Boys cast, and the two swapped places sometime in the 80s. The movie's final reel reveals that Adelaide (Lupita Nyong'o) and her family have escaped Santa Cruz. If you haven't seen the movie, obviously there will be spoilers coming your way here in a second. But it's Joran Peele, as the writer and the director of the piece, that truly knows the intention behind the images and story playing out. It's the type of movie that requires you to continue thinking about it once you leave your seat. Prior to becoming a filmmaker, Peele was a celebrated comedian who was the co-star and co-creator of "Key & Peele" on Comedy Central.Us has been obsessively dissected and discussed since its premiere. He has also served as executive producer for numerous television series, including "Hunters" (Amazon), "Lovecraft Country" (HBO), and "The Twilight Zone" (CBS). He also produced Spike Lee's "BlacKkKlansman," which earned a nomination for Best Picture and won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Under the Monkeypaw banner, Peele co-wrote and produced Nia DaCosta's "Candyman" which made history as the first film helmed by a Black woman director to open at No. Five years in the making, Peele produced and co-wrote Henry Selick's stop-motion animated feature, "Wendell & Wild," to which he also lent his voice as one of the title characters. 1 slot at the box office, and once again becoming a widely discussed cultural phenomenon. Peele's third feature, the original horror epic, "Nope," opened in the summer of 2022 to rave reviews, the No. His second feature, "Us," broke numerous box-office records, becoming the biggest opening for an R-rated original film in history when released in March of 2019 to widespread critical praise. The film would earn Peele the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Peele's first feature film, "Get Out," was a critically acclaimed blockbuster, recognized with four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. Jordan Peele is an Oscar- and Emmy-winning director, writer, actor, producer, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions.
