Jordan Peele

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q3371986: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Toy Story 4 (2019); Keanu. Count them as director (4 films), writer (3 films), producer (1 film) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Wendell and Wild (2022): 1 line

  1. lineage (origin of film) · them, directly: Jordan Peele ⇒ Wendell and Wild (the maker said so: Selick's account of seeing Key and Peele). Selick saw Key and Peele on Comedy Central and realized they were Wendell and Wild.
    “then it hit me, Wendell and Wild.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Wendell & Wild · 0:53:45 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (14) everyone in directing

Writing (5) everyone in writing

Acting (2) everyone in acting

Producing (1) everyone in producing

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (4)

  1. career (career parallel): Zach Cregger → Jordan Peele. Cregger's first three films resemble Peele's: a short window, escalating ambition, genre with Carpenter influence; both come from sketch comedy.
    “The thing that it reminds me of the most is Jordan Peele.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · 1:14:16 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. career (career comparison): Jordan Peele → M. Night Shyamalan. Adam says the next-Spielberg mantle thrust on Peele is what happened to Shyamalan, who has come out the other end better.
    “It's what happened to Shamalan, who, by the way, has come out the other end to me better in M 90 year than, than ever”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:32:30 · Adam Nayman (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. career (career comparison): Jordan Peele → Christopher Nolan. Sean says Peele and maybe Nolan are the only ones who get a huge check and use it to blow your mind.
    “Like maybe Christopher Nolan is the only person you could say who's like, okay, you have a $100000000 check, blow my mind.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:34:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Jordan Peele → Candyman (remake). Peele is producing the Candyman remake, which Chris calls iterative next to the original script of Us.
    “he's producing the Candyman remake, which is coming out next year.”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:51:38 · unknown (Alexander or Karaszewski) (0.50 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Jordan Peele → John Carpenter. Peele, unlike Carpenter, won't stay in horror and sci-fi forever.
    “They're not the John Carpenter.”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:07:34 · unknown (Alexander or Karaszewski) (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (studio-notes buffer): Jordan Peele → Henry Selick. Peele was good at dealing with studio notes and calming Selick down.
    “He was really good at dealing with studio notes.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Wendell & Wild · 1:03:00 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (origin of film): Jordan Peele → Wendell and Wild. Selick saw Key and Peele on Comedy Central and realized they were Wendell and Wild.
    “then it hit me, Wendell and Wild.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Wendell & Wild · 0:53:45 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Gremlins 2: The New Batch → Jordan Peele. A Key and Peele sketch about Gremlins 2 shows why Peele is who he is.
    “There's a legendary Key and Peel sketch about gremlins, too”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:14:48 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (story note): Jordan Peele → Wendell and Wild. Peele pushed to make teen Kat the protagonist instead of the nun, to make the movie accessible to kids.
    “And Jordan Peele was like, cat should be the protagonist.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Wendell & Wild · 1:01:45 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (near-miss production): Jordan Peele → Weapons. Peele reportedly wanted to produce Weapons or Barbarian and changed management companies when he did not.
    “Peel wanted to produce, was it weapons or barbarian?”
    The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · 1:14:53 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Jordan Peele → Us. Wins 'existential carnival-based horror film of the year', tied with Toy Story 4.
    “Jordan Peele existential carnival-based horror film.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:18:05 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Jordan Peele: Sean says Peele's movies play better on the tenth watch than the first.
    “his movies actually now to me play better on like the 10th watch than they do on the first.”
    The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 0:42:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)