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Jordan Peele is promising "awe, fear and wonder" in his upcoming third horror movie Nope, filmed with IMAX film cameras and representing Peele's most.

Despite the acting talent in the film being universally, well, amateur to say the least, Bill Hinzman is able to imbue Flesheater with a creepy sense of dread he sustains for a breezy 80 some odd minutes of undead fun. It’s not trying to be subversive. It’s not trying to be clever. It doesn’t need to be said that George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead is one of THE most influential independent films of all time. There is something about that Pennsylvanian countryside that makes for a spooky backdrop to your low budget zombie epic. What might not be as well-known however, is that Romero wasn’t the only bona-fide filmmaker of the crew that brought Night to life.

The director of Get Out and Us doesn't make ordinary movies, after all.

Even with the simple act of putting Black heroes in a movie like "Nope," Peele is already setting the film apart from so many entries in the alien invasion genre before it. More than just an acronym for "Not Of Planet Earth," the film's title is a nod to how having two Black leads sets the movie apart from other alien thrillers, be they "Signs" or " War of the Worlds." As Jordan Peele explained, it wouldn't feel authentic if he pretended their race didn't affect the way Kaluuya and Palmer's characters react to their situation in the film: They would go on to follow those films with a more ambitious if polarizing movie ("Us" and "Unbreakable") before trying their hand at an alien flick ("Nope" and "Signs").

Jordan Peele's third horror film promises to be like no other as Nope edges closer to its long-awaited premiere in theaters worldwide.

Some early fan theories have speculated whether Nope is really about aliens in the first place, as it would be incredibly on-brand for the director to misdirect audiences in such a way. Peele, who made his horror debut in the critically acclaimed Get Out, has said his main goal with Universal's Nope was to create a “great American UFO story,” albeit one that dabbles into the rest of the themes the director is associated with, including comedy. Jordan Peele's new movie Nope will premiere next week, merging horror and sci-fi in what’s already been teased as a mysterious alien movie with the director’s usual brand of social commentary.

Jordan Peele, who directs the new movie "Nope," talks with TODAY about how his race affects the films he makes.

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“My race, I think, has informed my entire artistic journey,” he told TODAY's Craig Melvin in an interview that aired Wednesday from a replica of the “Nope” set ...

To have a home on a lot, let alone this lot, is just very special to me.” We have a shorthand that is just the dream as a director,” he said. “It’s about a lot of things,” he added. “I think it’s impossible to make any movie without it being about race, because race is all around us,” he said. Peele, whose new movie, “Nope,” comes out July 22, is the son of a white mother and Black father. “My race, I think, has informed my entire artistic journey,” he told TODAY’s Craig Melvin in an interview that aired Wednesday from a replica of the “Nope” set at the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot.