Marlon Wayans and Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions are teaming up for a new horror/thriller called HIM. The movie is a look at the pursuit of fame and greatness –at any cost. The movie offers funnyman Wayans a chance to showcase his oft-underrated dramatic chops.
HIM also stars Tyriq Withers, former wide receiver, as Cameron Cade — a rising football star who wants nothing more than to take his career to the highest heights. After a brutal attack, that career is thrown into jeopardy, until Cam gets to meet his hero, football legend Isaiah White (Wayans.) White offers to re-train Cam but getting close to his idol shows Cam that White has a dark side — that gets darker than anyone imagined.
Wayans posted the latest teaser trailer to Instagram with the caption, “Bro… it’s different.”
The movie is directed by Justin Kipping and also stars Jim Jefferies and Julie Fox, along with Tierra Whack, making her feature film debut.
2025 is already shaping up to be a banner year in Black horror space. Ryan Coogler’s Sinners is expected to have strong numbers at the box office, and Flying Lotus has released the ambitious ASH. In an Instagram post, famed director Spike Lee recently praisedSinners at an early screening.
“His magnificent artistry as a storyteller is on another level,” Lee said of Coogler, adding later in the post, “I haven’t felt this way in a movie theatre in a minute.”
“Last thing I told my brother, Ryan, ‘He really, 100, tapped into our ancestors on this joint,” he said.
HIM hits theaters on September 19. You can check out the official teaser below.
