Jordan Peele โProduces Horrorโฃ Satire “Him” starring marlonโค Wayans, Setโ for September 2025 Release
Global Pictures โขwill release “Him,” a horror satire produced by Jordan Peele, โฃon โฃSeptember 19, 2025.The film stars Marlon โคWayans as a mysteriousโข figure offering a desperate football player a chance to revive his careerโข through increasingly bizarre โฃand unsettling methods. โข
The story centers on Cade, played by Tyriqโค Withers, a promising athlete whose career is threatened by a severe head injury sustained during practice.Withers, who reportedly idolized the character he portrays, suffered aโค real-life head injury mirroring theโ film’s premise. wayans’ character, known only as White, invites Cade to a secluded compound in the Texas desert, โขpromisingโ a โขpath to recovery.
What follows is a week โคof unconventional “training” involving intense physical challenges, blood transfusions, โคand a disturbing physical examination. The film draws parallels to classicโข Faustian bargains, referencing films โขlike damn Yankees andโฃ Rosemary’s Baby. Juliaโข Fox appears as White’s influencer wife, styled with a Hocus pocus-inspired aesthetic, while Tim Heidecker plays Cade’s pushyโค agent and Jimโข Jeffries portrays the team doctor.
Directed by Justin Tipping โand written by Tipping, Zack Akers, and Skip Bronkie, “Him” aims โคfor โthe unsettling atmosphere of โrecent horror hits like barbarian and โ Weapons, though the review notes the โฃfilmโค doesn’t quite achieve that level of impact.
Peele’s production company,Monkeypaw productions,is behind โคtheโค film,alongside Winโ Rosenfeld,Ian โCooper,and Jamal watson.”Him”โค is rated R and runs 1 hour and 36โข minutes.