The fictional theme park in Jordan Peele’s Nope will become a permanent Universal attraction
Jupiter's Claim is opening for business at Universal Studios Hollywood starting July 22, the same day as Nope's premiere
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Is Jupiter’s Claim—the fictional theme park featured in Jordan Peele’s new feature Nope—as “hell no” inducing as Keke Palmer’s character seems to think in the first teaser? Brave viewers will soon have the opportunity to find out themselves. On the same day the film premieres in theaters, the scenery (and alien terror) from the film will come to life in a new attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood.
Created by production designer Ruth DeJong, the new attraction is made from the real set pieces used in the film. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the Jupiter’s Claim seen onscreen in Nope was carefully disassembled after production and then reconstructed at the West Coast theme park. Original props and details from the film have also been included in the experience.
“I remember visiting Universal Studios when I was 12 years old and being mesmerized. That experience reinforced my passion and drive to someday join in on the meta-magic of ‘backlot life.’ Since then, I’ve been fortunate enough to direct three movies for Universal,” Peele said in a statement, per THR. “It is a privilege to honor these collaborations with my studio partners, crew members, and cast, and to be able to share Jupiter’s Claim with fans.”
Nope’s Jupiter’s Claim joins the roster of other Universal Studio films that have real-world experiences to go along with them, from Steven Spielberg’s War Of The Worlds to Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. Nope and its accompanying attraction are part of Peele’s exclusive deal with Universal Studio Group for film and television projects.
In the world of the film, Jupiter’s Claim is a family-fun park owned and operated by ex-child star Ricky “Jupe” Park (Steven Yeun) in the Santa Clarita Valley of Southern California. The park’s overarching theme centers around a (decidedly sanitized and white-centric) version of the California Gold Rush. Jupiter’s Claim becomes a central location for the otherworldly chaos sibling duo Emerald and OJ Haywood (Palmer and Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya).
Both Nope, and the Jupiter’s Claim attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood, touch down on July 22.
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Its worth noting that this is not an “area” in the theme park and there are no rides associated with it. Universal Hollywood has a back lot tour where they go through some of the famous lots there, as well as have props and sets setup from shows and movies. Like the War of the World stuff. So they probably took a bit of land and through this up. Most likely replacing something from years ago rotting in the California sun. So its permanent for now but not a significant investment by Universal if the movie turns out to not do well.
That makes sense. I can’t imagine them using valuable, finite park real estate on something this niche.
Why was your comment more informative than the actual article
I’m old, but when I went to Universal Studios in the early 1980s, that back lot tour was the entire experience of visiting. There was no “park”. You rode a tram past things like the Psycho house, and various things happened — the tram was attacked by Jaws and later Cylons (the original Battlestar Galactica had already ended by then but they still kept the Cylons for a while, I guess).
Yep, I went there back in that time too. No more Cylons but I think Jaws still attacks and you can see the Psycho house. Also a King Kong screen show and a Fast and the Furious experience that everyone hates
I have no desire to go. I can easily since I live in Southern California. I much rather go to Disneyland or if I want Rollercoasters Magic Mountain.
Hmm, my earliest memories (from about the same time) included some of the park shows — specifically the Wild West Stunt Show and Conan the Barbarian in this amazing, castle-themed building. I think the Animals Actor Stage might have been around, too.
That was for sure when they had the Cylons attack and a little live-action set-piece with (I think) a stand-in for Starbuck. I also remember a tram stop with… giant-sized memorabilia from… a Lily Tomlin movie, I think? I’m sure adult me would experience that stuff differently, but I still pine for my memory of some of it.
Yeah, I think there were probably shows as well as I recall. But it certainly wasn’t an amusement park with rides to rival Disney the way it is now.
Jupiter’s Claim becomes a central location for the otherworldly chaos sibling duo Emerald and OJ Haywood (Palmer and Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya).
Didn’t your mother tell you to always finish your sentences?
What do you think this sentence is missing?
An ending. Something like the word ‘endure’ after the actors’ names in parentheses would’ve been fine.“Jupiter’s Claim becomes a central location for the otherworldly chaos sibling duo Emerald and OJ Haywood (Palmer and Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya) endure.”
Structure.
It depends on whether you think the characters are a “chaos sibling duo” or of you think “chaos” is used as a noun and we have yet to learn what the duo did with it.
Given that there exists an adjective form of chaos (chaotic) that was not used we are correct to assume this sentence is incomplete.
Jupiter’s Claim becomes a central location for the otherworldly chaos sibling duo Emerald and OJ Haywood (Palmer and Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya) are experiencing.
There’s no predicate. Unless Hattie is calling Emerald and OJ Haywood an “otherworldly chaos sibling duo,” which makes very little sense.
It’s an awkward, uninformative sentence, but it is complete. Jupiter’s claim is the subject, and becomes is the verb. It does become a setting for the chaos duo
No, it isn’t. No one is referring to Emerald and OJ as a ‘chaos duo’, whatever the hell that is. Strip down the incomplete sentence of some unnecessary words, and it goes from this -“Jupiter’s Claim becomes a central location for the otherworldly chaos sibling duo Emerald and OJ Haywood (Palmer and Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya).”to this – “Jupiter’s Claim becomes a location for the chaos Emerald and OJ.”See? It needs an ending. What are Emerald and OJ doing in the chaos? Enduring it? Living in it? Baking a chicken pot pie in it?
https://www.niu.edu/writingtutorial/punctuation/sentence-fragments.shtmlNo one’s arguing it’s a good sentence. It is not, however, an incomplete sentence.
You’re making the mistake of seeing the two people as an ‘otherworldly chaos sibling duo’. That is incorrect. The mistake the sentence makes is leaving out words and not telling us what the sibling duo are doing with or amongst the otherworldly chaos.A better written (and complete) sentence would’ve read ‘Jupiter’s Claim becomes a central location for the otherworldly chaos that the sibling duo Emerald and OJ (Palmer and Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya) are experiencing.” As it stands, it’s incomplete.
Unless Hattie is calling Emerald and OJ Haywood an “otherworldly chaos sibling duo,” which makes very little sense.
It may make no sense, but I would love for my brother and I to be an otherworldly chaos sibling duo. That sounds awesome!