Jordan Peele, Issa Rae Team Up for Universal's 'Sinkhole' | THR News - video Dailymotion

Jordan Peele and Issa Rae are teaming for a new genre movie for Universal.

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00:00Jordan Peele and Issa Rae are teaming up for a new Supernatural feature for Universal.

00:04The duo will partner to produce an adaptation of short story Sinkhole about a young family who moves into their dream home,

00:10except for the gaping sinkhole in the backyard.

00:12As the story goes, the sinkhole manages to take all things that are broken and destroyed and make them perfect again.

00:18But what if that thing is a person?

00:20The announcement offers a message that the project is a quote,

00:22genre piece that engages on the question of female perfection and identity.

00:26Issa Rae is potentially set to star in the film as she's producing the feature through her Issa Rae Productions banner.

00:31Meanwhile, Jordan Peele and Wynne Rosenfeld will produce for their Monkeypaw Productions.

00:35Rae recently worked with Universal on the romantic drama The Photograph and comedy Little.

00:40Meanwhile, Peele has a rich first-look film deal with Universal, which released his Oscar-winning hit Get Out.

00:45Under the deal, the studio also released the filmmaker's follow-up, Us.

00:49For more casting news and updates, head to THR.com.

00:52For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.

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