Us is the second movie from the acclaimed director Jordan Peele! His first one, Get Out, was a commercial and artistic success!
So his second has a lot to live up to!
- Us is a 2019 American psychological horror thriller film
- It is written and directed by Jordan Peele
- The film stars Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, and Tim Heidecker
- And follows a family who are confronted by a group of doppelgängers
- The project was first announced in February 2018
- And much of the cast joined that summer
- Peele produced the film alongside Jason Blum and Sean McKittrick
- With the trio previously having collaborated on Get Out and BlacKkKlansman
- As well as Ian Cooper
- Filming took place from July to October 2018 in California
- Us had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 8, 2019
- It was theatrically released in the United States on March 22, 2019
- By Universal Pictures
- The film received praise from critics for its screenplay, direction and acting
- Particularly Nyong’o and Duke
- After being dismayed by the “genre confusion” of Get Out, Peele opted to make Us a full-on horror film
- Peele has said that an inspiration for Us was The Twilight Zone episode “Mirror Image”
- That episode was centered on a young woman and her evil doppelgänger
- Principal photography began on July 30, 2018 in Santa Cruz, California
- Including the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
- Most of the film was shot in Los Angeles
- The main house featured is located in Pasadena
- The Stone/Wilson house had remodifications
- The team spent six weeks there
- Filming wrapped on October 8, 2018
- The visual effects are provided by Industrial Light & Magic and supervised by Grady Cofer
- Michael Abels, who previously scored Peele’s Get Out, provided the soundtrack
- The official trailer was released on December 25, 2018
- Featured a similar tone, editing, and shots as Peele’s Get Out
- Prompting speculation that the two films were set in the same universe
- A second trailer was released on February 3, 2019 for Super Bowl LIII
- The new theatrical release date for March 22 was announced at the end of the trailer
- The film had its world premiere at the South by Southwest festival on March 8, 2019
- The film was originally scheduled for theatrical release in the United States on March 15, 2019
- But was pushed back a week to March 22, 2019
- Following the announcement of its South by Southwest premiere
- In the United States and Canada, initial tracking had Us grossing $35-40 million in its opening weekend
- By the week of its release, the estimates had risen to $45- 50 million
- With advance ticket sales on Fandango outpacing A Quiet Place and Get Out
- The film made $7.4 million from Thursday night previews
- One of the best-ever for a horror film
- And far higher than the $1.8 million made by Get Out
- On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 95% based on 220 reviews
- With an average rating of 8.04/10
- On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 81 out of 100, based on 52 critics, indicating “universal acclaim”
