Jordan Peele’s response to the prospect of a Nope sequel is decidedly not “Nope”
‘We’re not over telling all of these stories’ the director says
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Now that Jordan Peele’s Nope has thoroughly received its flowers, society is basking in the Golden Age of Keke Palmer. It’s hard to imagine a time when the actor wasn’t consistently bringing her astronomical charm onscreen, in interviews, and on social media. But the world has also known lean times, and any well-respecting Palmer fan must think of the future. Luckily, Peele is just that Palmer fan, and he has a contingency plan—potentially expanding the saga of Palmer and Daniel Kaluuya’s Haywood siblings and their friendly neighborhood alien with a Nope sequel.
The director not-so-slyly teased the prospect of more stories in the Nope universe in a new interview with The New York Times, while addressing the mysterious character credited on the film’s IMDB page as “Nobody.” The character, played by Michael Busch, appears briefly in the Nope trailer walking confidently in the opposite direction of a stampeding crowd, but Nobody never shows face in the actual film. Diligent detectives quickly jumped on the choice as evidence that there is further Nope lore to be told.
“The story of that character has yet to be told, I can tell you that,” Peele says in reference to Nobody. “Which is another frustrating way of saying, I’m glad people are paying attention. I do think they will get more answers on some of these things in the future. We’re not over telling all of these stories.” Call them what you will—obsessive, overexcitable, lacking better things to do—but internet detectives are nothing if not ahead of the curve.
Nope star Brandon Perea also got in the teasing spirit, sharing Peele’s comments on Twitter alongside an emoji depicting two eyes glancing to the side. Now if only he would elaborate on what exactly he’s looking at, and if it involves another Akira-style slide from Palmer-as-Emerald Haywood… fingers crossed.
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Sequel titles:MehYepSureOof
Did I just stumble into a Palmaissance?
“Golden Age of Keke Palmer”
Ahhh, the golden age of a shitty, awful, terrible actor who never learned to actually ACT.
“but internet detectives are nothing if not ahead of the curve.”
I’m sorry, but how exactly is this AHEAD of the curve? They saw something that Peele meant for people to see.
Interesting note about that character from the trailer. I believe it’s a result of the Gordy’s Home incident.
(Psssst, it wasn’t very good)
I will happily show up opening night for Nope 2: Oh, HELL Naw!Also, one of my favorite parts of Nope was that they got the owners of the 50’s UFO-themed Fry’s Electronics in Burbank (RIP) to not sell the store for a couple of months after it went out of business so they could use it in the film.
I really liked Nope as well and would turn out for a sequel. I do think the chimp parts of Nope were a diversion though. For a pinch of backstory, too many minutes were dedicated to it. It could be a story of its own, but it felt very much like a tangent to me.
Seemed like a clear parallel to OJ’s observation that the UFO is a predator that cannot simply be tamed for entertainment
It made complete thematic sense but narratively didn’t add much for what amounted to a side character, and it seems like “tragic death caused by underestimating an animal on a set in front of an audience” is a backstory that could have easily been included with the main characters being a family of horse trainers.Jupe’s inclusion in general felt a bit odd. His inclusion should have either been expanded or reduced, and considering a lot of the content removed from the original 3+ hours cut involved him, the whole thing definitely feels a bit vestigial.
Don’t disagree, just seemed like a set of detours to make that point.
I enjoyed the flashbacks, but the way they just quickly got rid of Jupe was really weird and anticlimactic.Also, were we supposed to see the attack on Mary Jo originally? She’s clearly wearing a wig and prosthetic in the flashbacks.
monke was the best part of the film though
I was going to try to trigger a series of inane sequel titles like Nope 2: The Nopening, but Nope 2: Oh, HELL Naw! is far too good a title to sully with such shenanigans. You’ve earned your stars.
Can someone tell me if they ever set up earlier in the film that the cowboy inflatable at the end was filled with helium? It could be explained away, I guess, but typically they wouldn’t be, since 1) they cost money and 2) helium costs a lot of money and doesn’t last for long. I just remember the end of the movie just kind of sucked because I had one of those “that’s not how those things work” moments.I’ve looked online and people say it was helium filled but I can’t find where it was explained in the film.
I don’t recall it ever being discussed in the movie but I wondered about it myself.
I enjoyed Nope for what it was. It reminded me of Tremors only less funny. Although Tremors is a fun movie to rewatch and again again, Nope is fun enough to watch once or twice. It had the same style of story progression of his previous films. Slow burn in some parts, visuals and/or scenes for the audience to interpret without any dialogue to explain. Some people don’t like the slow burn aspects in a kinf of monster movie. I admit, there were parts to the movie that could’ve been trimmed down. Some people enjoyed the Gordy scene and thought that was the only terrifying thing in the movie. They didn’t exactly understand it’s significance other than it being a flashback for Jupe on the surface. There was an interview stating that it was the movie’s way of letting people know when working with wild animals people tend to forget that they’re wild animals and underestimate how quickly things can get dangerous when their wild instincts are provoked. It’s not stated that Jupe knew that the UFO was really an animal since he told audiences he believed they were aliens visiting him in a UFO. Though that could’ve been part of the Caryn act from him. But he did say they come to him because they trust him. In the flashback Gordy did use some sign language when he calmed down after seeing young Jupe. Something like, what happened to the family? Jupe took that traumatic experience and believed he had a trusting calming effect that he can capitalize for profit. That’s why he made the mistake of believing that he had formed a bond with the UFO/creature and underestimated that it could still go on an unpredictable rampage. Just like Siegfried and Roy reference in the movie. The movie was fun enough. I didn’t care for the ending. I can see the director making a sequel to this, but not exactly a direct sequel involving the creature or the style of the film. He seems like the kind of director where if he made a sequel to one of his films he would want it to be different enough to stand on its own.
I liked the movie well enough, but what was the actual point? That it’s dangerous to fuck with wild animals?