‘Nope’ DP Hoyte Van Hoytema on His Biggest Challenge Shooting Jordan Peele’s Alien Movie

supports HTML5 videoIf there’s one takeaway from Jordan Peele’s new movie Nope, it’s that Keke Palmer and Daniel Kaluuya make one heck of a perfect sibling duo. The two star in Peele’s new horror sci-fi epic as brother and sister OJ (Kaluuya) and Emerald (Palmer) who own a California horse ranch and discover an otherworldly phenomenon taking over the skies. Their chemistry lights up the screen as though they’ve been friends for years, but even Keke, 28, admits she and Daniel, 33, had to dance around getting to know each other before becoming besties. Speaking to Metro.co.uk at the London premiere of Nope, the actress explained: ‘We spent a lot of time in rehearsals and when we first met we hung out and then just broke the ice, then we just became cool. ‘We’re together for so many days of the week and hours that you just get so comfortable with each other so I think that’s what comes through on film.’ Keke has earned rave reviews for her performance in the film, with Esmerelda quite literally bursting onto screens with a bang. With the Lightyear star equally vivacious in real life, it’s easy to draw parallels between the two and it’s no coincidence as Keke used her days as an aspiring actress to bring the character to life. ‘I think with Emerald’s performative personality I really pulled from elements of myself but obviously Emerald’s a little haphazard and all over the place,’ she said on the red carpet. ‘But I just pulled from an aspect of myself that I maybe if I never really got to the place that I’m in as a performer of just imagining how to get myself out there.’ It comes after the Akeelah and the Bee star was forced to respond to a viral tweet that compared her success to Zendaya’s. Nope star Brandon Perea totally

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killing it on the red carpet recently, and her latest look, courtesy of David Koma, yet again, proves that she is a force to be reckoned with. The actress has been busy promoting her latest film Nope, in which she stars alongside Get Out star Daniel Kaluuya. The sci-fi horror film, directed by Jordan Peele, tells the story of two siblings who work on a Californian ranch and discover something unexpected in the sky.

Universal Pictures' highly-anticipated Nope made quite the splash at the box office, featuring the latest in a string of hit performances from Daniel Kaluuya.The 33-year-old British actor had his breakout hit with Nope writer-director Jordan Peele's first movie Get Out, and won an Oscar last year for Judas and the Black Messiah.His co-star Keke Palmer revealed in a new interview with Revolt that she believes Kaluuya has already achieved 'legendary' status. Splash:Universal Pictures' highly-anticipated Nope made quite the splash at the box office, featuring the latest in a string of hit performances from Daniel Kaluuya Legend:His co-star Keke Palmer revealed in a new interview with Revolt that she believes Kaluuya has already achieved 'legendary' statusPalmer recently joined the HBO Max ballroom dance competition series Legendary as a judge, and she was asked what celebrity she thinks is a legend.'I would have to say Daniel Kaluuya is on legendary status — he’s so young and he’s an Oscar winner,' Palmer began.

The sun hit Keke Palmer‘s dress just right at the premiere of Nope held at Zoopalast on Tuesday night (July 26) in Berlin, Germany.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWhen director Jordan Peele was in discussions about his box office hit “Nope,” he knew one thing: He wanted the film to be a vast spectacle. His first step was calling on cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema to work with him on what he calls “my most ambitious film to date.

Keke Palmer is quickly becoming one of the biggest names in Hollywood, and now, she's taking over a whole new world: the Metaverse.ET spoke with the 28-year-old ahead of the premiere of her new metaverse show, The series will air on Meta's Facebook and Instagram pages and aims to help shine a light on developments in the Metaverse. "[The show] does exactly what I always wanted to do, which is just inform everybody about all the great things that are happening digitally," Palmer tells ET's Lauren Zima. «I remember when I first worked on expanding my work on Instagram — I was really able to become not only a creator but a producer.

Zack Sharf SPOILER ALERT: Do not read unless you have seen “Nope,” in theaters now. A November 2014 social media post from Jordan Peele has resurfaced following the release of his third directorial effort, “Nope,” due to the filmmaker revealing he had a disturbing dream about a chimp attack.“Dreamt that a baby chimp attacked some people then ran to me and hugged me all scared,” Peele wrote on Twitter nearly eight years ago. “I woke up with tears streaming down my face.”A chimp attack factors prominently into “Nope,” although it’s a side story that only thematically connects to the main narrative about two siblings (Keke Palmer and Daniel Kaluuya) on a mission to record a UFO above their horse farm.

Warning: Major spoilers for Jordan Peele's NOPE ahead.Jordan Peele's newest social thriller Nope finally arrived on July 22, and the Daniel Kaluuya and -led sci-fi horror comedy tale has since taken the world by storm—and we're not talking about the dusty whirlwind the film's alien creates before it strikes.Nope seems to be the Academy Award-winning filmmaker's most divisive film yet, receiving both critical acclaim for the cinematography, direction, the cast's performances, and the plot, while also being criticized for ” and thematic storytelling. After trying to piece together the puzzling storyline that Jordan Peele has become renowned for, you might have exited the theater feeling exhilarated or disoriented—or both.Nope tells the story of Otis Haywood Jr.

hired Palmer, 28, to host “Are We There Yet?” — a video series that explains the metaverse.The series will hype the “boundless possibilities” of Meta’s virtual reality platforms, according to Variety.The first episode of the series was released Tuesday and shows the star of Jordan Peele’s latest film behind the wheel of a car alongside Vishal Shah, Meta’s VP of metaverse. “Could I reconstruct the Titanic, sail past an iceberg and scream, ‘Not this time, suckers!’?” Palmer asks Shah, 39.“You can do a version of that now,” Shah responds.“Are We There Yet?” is a “road trip into the metaverse” where Palmer will chat with “creators, educators and experts to find out where the metaverse stands now — and what’s coming in the future.”With Palmer as host, she’ll have different guests in the virtual passenger seat in every episode. Shah, the first guest, told Palmer that “the metaverse is the next phase of the internet.“And the main difference between the internet we use today and the next phase is that we can feel like we are there with other people in a way we can’t feel in our digital experiences today,” he continued.Before the premiere of Jordan Peele’s “Nope,” Meta launched a VR experience for the movie.

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is another winner. The completely see-through midi dress is embellished with orange beads on the skirt, which gives it a touch of color. Palmer wore the off-the-runway dress over a white ribbed tank and high-waist black briefs.

Nope,” and the internet had some thoughts about his take.“‘NOPE’ is one of the worst movies I’ve seen in a long time,” Paul started off his thread of 13 tweets about the movie.“I love Jordan Peele and Keke Palmer can act her ass off, but this movie is objectively slow and confusing with stretched themes that don’t justify the pace (a thread).”The 27-year-old YouTube star went on to say that a disturbing concept in the plot “was done remarkably poor here” and listed 10 questions that contained spoilers.Paul continued to say the storyline was “all over the place” and that Daniel Kaluuya was cast as a “mundane, vanilla character.”“But my thesis is this: I can feel him attempting to recreate the shock from ‘Get Out’ and ‘Us.’ Mystery, violent allure & cinematic choices made for the sake of reaction instead of legitimate contribution to the storyline killed this movie for me,” he wrote in the final tweet of the thread.Fans of the movie couldn’t miss the irony of Paul’s reaction to the movie, which has an underlying theme of society’s obsession with screens and social media.logan paul missing the point of nope pic.twitter.com/xLuWzzSuJY“Logan Paul not understand ‘Nope’ is so funny when the film is literally about people like him,” one person tweeted. “So you’re telling me the movie’s very clear commentary on spectacle (and the lengths people will go to capture it) was totally missed by Logan Paul, the guy that vlogged himself and his friends laughing at a dead body in the Aokigahara forest in Japan.

Donna Mills was used to keeping tight-lipped about many a juicy plot twist.But the TV legend had to cope with a whole new level of top-secret security clearance when she signed on to appear in director Jordan Peele’s latest creepy hit “Nope,” which just opened atop the box office this weekend.“I’d signed an NDA, and I couldn’t tell anybody [about it],” Mills, 81, told The Post about her as role as Bonnie Clayton in a key early scene of the sci-fi thriller. “I mean, I literally couldn’t tell my daughter.

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Keke Palmer always delivers. In addition to giving award-worthy performances on the big and small screen, the actress is known to serve drama in the fashion department.

Nope. The brief flashes of her mystery-shrouded character in the have only sparked more questions about its , including the possible involvement of aliens, Palmer's character Emerald and Daniel Kaluuya's character Otis, and the mind-melting twists that are sure to follow in any of Peele's movies. Fans finally got their answers last week on Nope's official release date Friday, July 22.

Zack Sharf Keke Palmer stood up for herself as an “incomparable talent” following a comparison to Zendaya that went viral on social media. A tweet posted July 23 compared Palmer and Zendaya’s careers as an example of “how colorism plays out in Hollywood.” Both stars got their starts on popular children’s TV shows before having careers that include music, Emmy wins and headlining Hollywood tentpoles.“I’d like someone to do a deep-drive on the similarities and differences between Keke Palmer and Zendaya’s careers,” the viral tweet reads. “This may be one of the clearest examples of how colorism plays out in Hollywood.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterJordan Peele, of all filmmakers, shouldn’t be surprised that the conversation around “Nope’s” box office performance has stirred up several hot takes.The director’s cerebral science-fiction thriller took in $44 million in its box office debut, easily leading domestic charts and impressively landing one of the biggest opening weekends in years for a film that’s not based on existing IP.And yet, there’s still debate about the film’s first weekend in theaters, with suggestions that initial numbers for “Nope” were “disappointing” or “lackluster.” Like any good Peele movie, there’s plenty to unpack about opening weekend revenues for “Nope.” And in fairness, the movie — starring Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer as siblings who discover something spooky around their family’s ranch — had a lot to live up to at the box office. “The bar has been raised so high,” says Paul Dergarabedian, a senior ComScore analyst.Peele can thank his last film, 2019’s doppelgänger horror story “Us,” for those sky-high expectations.

Keke Palmer is not interested in being compared to anyone else. The 28-year-old actress clapped back at an online debate that caught fire over the weekend, with one Twitter user opening a dialogue about whether, despite a seemingly similar career trajectory beginning as child stars, Zendaya's perceived mainstream popularity is «one of the clearest examples of how colorism plays out in Hollywood.»The controversy comes as Palmer is enjoying a bright spot in her own career, soaking in critical and commercial acclaim for her starring role in Jordan Peele's. But Palmer was quick to shut down the conversation with nothing but love for the career she has built. «A great example of colorism is to believe I can be compared to anyone,» she clapped back on Twitter. «I'm the youngest talk show host ever.

Keke Palmer pushed back on comparisons of her to Zendaya on social media, calling it an 'example of colorism' that she would be 'compared to anyone' with her respective career achievements.The 28-year-old actress spoke on the topic amid chatter about her presence in the Jordan Peele thriller Nope, which opened atop the box office with $44 million on the weekend, as some suggested the role in the hit movie could elevate her star stature to that of Zendaya's.The Harvey, Illinois native noted her achievements in a pair of tweets, and how it correlated with the colorism she said was in play amid the tenor of the discussion on social media. The latest:Keke Palmer, 28, pushed back on comparisons of her to Zendaya, 25, on social media, calling it an 'example of colorism' that she would be 'compared to anyone' with her respective career achievements.

Jordan Peele is at it again with his latest thriller, Nope, which topped weekend box office sales during its grand opening in theaters.Universal's suspenseful horror flick garnered a total of $44 million, reported Deadline.Thor: Love And Thunder was consequently dropped to the number two spot in the box office, with Minions: The Rise Of Gru falling closely behind but still hanging in the top three. Number one: Nope topped the number one slot in box office sales at $44 million during its opening weekendWhile $44 million might not seem like a whopping number, that is the highest opening box office sale for an original film since Jordan’s previous hit, Us (2019), according to Variety.