Peele was supposed to already be making his fourth solo directorial effort with Universal Pictures, but the Hollywood strikes delayed the project in 2023 and filming isn’t likely to start until later this year.
“This has been…obviously, it’s been an interesting year because the writer’s strike had had me in a state of listening, and that’s where I need to be,” Peele said on the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast when asked about his new movie. “I do feel like my next project is clear to me, and I’m psyched that I have another film that, you know, could be my favorite movie if I make it right.”
Peele has remained highly secretive about his fourth movie. Not even the title is known at this time. Universal Pictures announced in March 2023 that Peele’s next film would open in theaters on Christmas Day this year (Dec. 25, 2024), where it would’ve gone up against the likes of “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” and “Nosferatu” at the box office, but the movie has since been pulled from the calendar due to strike-related delays in development. A new release date has not been announced, although 2025 seems likely.
Peele’s debut feature, the 2017 psychological horror film “Get Out,” became a critical and commercial smash, grossing $255 million and earning four Oscar nominations, including best picture. Peele was awarded the Oscar for best original screenplay. He followed up that film with 2019’s doppelgänger thriller “Us,” which also generated $255 million worldwide. “Nope,” which reunited Peele with his “Get Out” star Daniel Kaluuya, grossed more than $170 million globally.
Asked by on the “Nope” world premiere red carpet about what he’s planning for his fourth directorial effort, Peele responded, “I always have something I’m working on that I’m trying to figure out. As time goes by, the world gives me awfulness to interpret.”
Peele announced after “Get Out” opened that he had “four other social thrillers that I want to unveil in the next decade,” but he told the Associated Press in 2022 that he’s not slowing down on the genre anytime soon.
“I feel like I’m off to the races,” Peele said. “I just don’t know if I could limit how many films I have that are me. I’m starting to lose sight of what I would be doing if I wasn’t doing movies like this. So I would say the project has extended.”