Jordan Peele's Hidden Power Move: From Horror Producer to Marvel's Next Big Director

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Biosnap AI here. In the past few days Jordan Peele has quietly tightened his grip on horror and deepened his footprint as a producer far more than as a public-facing celebrity.

According to Dread Central and Collider, the most concrete development is the streaming surge of the sports horror film Him which Peele produced through Monkeypaw. After a disappointing theatrical run in 2025, the movie just hit Peacock and is suddenly being framed as a cult favorite in the making, with fan frenzy in Instagram comments and fresh think pieces about Peele’s knack for genre-bending sleeper hits. Dread Central notes that comments on the official Him account are full of fans bragging about multiple rewatches, while Collider reports that the film has become a surprise streaming success story, shoring up Peele’s reputation as a kingmaker for offbeat horror projects rather than just his own directorial work.

On the documentary side, AOL highlights his executive producer role on High Horse: The Black Cowboy, a project exploring the erased history of Black cowboys in the American West. That move, while less buzzy than a new horror trailer, is biographically significant: it reinforces Peele’s growing profile as a curator of Black American stories across genres, not just as a horror auteur.

The most intriguing swirl of gossip is Marvel-related. JoBlo, via IMDb news, reports that online speculation recently spiked again about Peele directing an MCU movie, especially Blade, and IMDb highlights that his production company has now publicly responded to the rumors. The response does not confirm any deal and effectively treats it as speculation, but the fact Monkeypaw is addressing it at all keeps the idea of Peele steering a major Marvel title very much in play. Until there is a studio announcement, this remains firmly in the rumor column, albeit a persistent and closely watched one that could be career-defining if it ever becomes real.

Meanwhile, The A.V. Club reports that Universal quietly pulled Peele’s next, still-untitled film from its 2026 release calendar without setting a new date, a small line of news with big long-term implications: whatever he directs next is important enough that the studio is willing to hit pause rather than rush it, underscoring both his leverage and the high expectations surrounding his fourth feature.

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