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‘Nope’-Inspired Docuseries About Black Cowboys Set At Peacock From Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw & UTAS
EXCLUSIVE: Jordan Peele is getting back on the documentary horse and is using his movie Nope as inspiration. The Get Out filmmaker is producing a documentary series that dismantles the whitewashed mythology of the cowboy for Peacock. Produced through his Monkeypaw Productions label, Peele is producing the untitled series with Universal Television Alternative Studio (UTAS) as […]
The series is inspired by themes from his movie Nope, which starred Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer as horse-wrangling siblings attempting to capture evidence of a UFO in Agua Dulce, California. It is the latest move into documentaries for UTAS, which produced LA Fire & Rescue from Dick Wolf and is behind upcoming NBC wildlife series The Americas. “Nope gave a nod to the deep history of Black cowboys in America, and this docuseries offers a full exploration of their lives and contributions to today’s cultural landscape,” said Pearlena Igbokwe, Chairman, Universal Studio Group.
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