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Academy Award winner Jordan Peele ’s upcoming movieUsis getting even grownup as stars fromAquamanandTitansjoin the cast . The upcoming social thriller , which will be the second film written and directed by Peele , has been heavily hyped up and is slated to impinge on theaters this coming March .
Usalready has a notable cast with such actors as Elisabeth Moss , Lupita N’yong’o , Winston Duke , and Tim Heidecker . It ’s Peele ’s follow - up to 2017 ’s box office smashGet Out , whichgrossed $ 225 million worldwideon a reported budget of only $ 4.5 million . The plastic film , which has been praised for its social comment , received nominationsfor Best Picture , Best Actor ( Daniel Kaluuya ) , Best Director ( Peele ) , and give way Peele his first Oscar forBest Original Screenplay . And now , it looks like the movie has added even more stars to its cast .
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Deadlinereports that Yahya Abdul - Mateen II and Anna Diop have been added to the cast . Abdul - Mateen II ’s credits not only includeThe Greatest Showman , First Match , and Netflix’sThe Get Down , but he will also meet Black Manta in this year’sAquaman . Diop , who has represent significant roles on appearance such asBoschandLegacy , will be one of the stars in the coming television showTitans , where she will toy therole of Starfire .
Though the patch ofUsis unidentified , expectation are very gamy for the upcoming film . GetOut , which has a 99 percent Rotten Tomatoes military rating , was a brilliant horror film that separate itself by using social commentary to create psychotic panorama . The plastic film made people uncomfortable and connive at the same time . It proved that low - budget picture could succeed on a monolithic scale - and notjustin terms of box place gross - if they have a great write up . Fans go for that Peele can make the same eccentric of psychotic brain - boil thriller withUs .
There is a possibility that Peele , as other directors have before , could suffer from the " sophomore economic crisis " after find out such success with his first film . Other with child - prison term directors who endure the sophomore falling off admit Richard Kelly , who watch - upDonnie Darkowith the 2006 filmSouthland Tales . Then , there ’s Neil Blompkamp , whose 2013 filmElysiumwas turn over a major letdown after he line up success with 2009’sDistrict 9.Spike Lee suffered the sophomore slump with his 1988 filmSchool Daze , but still went on to become one of the most iconic director ever . Jordan Peele ’s continued winner is n’t guaranteed , but his talent should surmount any future obstruction he may confront .
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origin : Deadline