Get ready to enter the bizarre world ofJordan PeelesWeird City, as EW got the exclusive first trailer for the six-part YouTube Originals series from the Oscar and Emmy-winning creator on Wednesday.
Michael Cera, Awkwafina, Rosario Dawson, Dylan OBrien, Laverne Cox,The Walking Deadalum Steven Yeun,Modern Familystar Ed ONeil, andNew Girls Hannah Simone are among the cast recruited by Peele in the anthology series that will debut on YouTube Premium on Feb. 13.
Peele teamed up withKey and Peelewriter Charlie Sanders to penWeird City,which is set in a near-future metropolis called Weird.
Each episode takes on present-day issues within a sci-fi comedic world, and the episodes are directed byCluelessfilmmaker Amy Heckerling, Tricia Brock, and Adam Bernstein (each directing two episodes).
Channeling a tone and world akin toBlack MirrorandThe Twilight Zone(the latter of which Peele is rebooting for CBS All Access this year), theWeird Citytrailer shows a high-tech, sleek urban town and an impoverished, unpolished neighborhood, divided by The Line.
Peele, who won an Oscar last year for his directorial debut, the searing social satire horror filmGet Out, is fast becoming the busiest man in showbiz across film, television, and streaming platforms.
His next horror movieUs, starring Lupita Nyongo and Winston Duke, is in theaters in March (read Peeles breakdown of the bone-chillingUstrailerhere), and hes an executive producer on Amazon Videos true crime docu-seriesLorena, about the infamous 1993 Lorena Bobbitt court case, debuting on Feb. 15 (see the trailerhere).
Peeles also narratingThe Twilight Zonereboot,voicing a bunnyinToy Story 4, starring in horror movieAbruptioand reuniting with hisKey and Peeleco-star Keegan Michael-Keyto write and star inWendell and Wildfor Netflix.
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