{"id":21499,"date":"2024-01-15T21:22:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T02:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21499"},"modified":"2024-01-15T21:22:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T02:22:05","slug":"marlon-wayans-to-star-in-jordan-peele-produced-film-goat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21499","title":{"rendered":"Marlon Wayans to Star in Sports-Themed &#8216;Goat&#8217; for Universal\/Monkeypaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>@Photo by NBC &#8211; \u00a9 2016 NBCUniversal Media, LLC<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Actor Marlon Wayans will be starring in <strong><em>Goat<\/em><\/strong>, an upcoming psychological horror film being developed by Universal in tandem with <a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/news\/jordan-peele-says-hes-glad-he-turned-down-akira-remake\/\">Jordan Peele<\/a>\u2019s Monkeypaw Productions. In the film, Wayans will be playing the role of a veteran athlete who serves as a mentor for a younger man who aims to carry on the older man\u2019s legacy.<br \/><br \/><em><strong>Goat<\/strong> <\/em>will be directed by Justin Tipping. The film is being produced by a quartet consisting of Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Ian Cooper, and Jamal Watson. News of the project was revealed in an exclusive story by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/marlon-wayans-to-star-in-goat-for-jordan-peele-1235788284\/\"><em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a>.<br \/><br \/>The 51-year-old Wayans made his acting debut in 1992, when he appeared with his siblings on the comedy show <em><strong>In Living Color<\/strong><\/em>. Most recently, Wayans has been involved in another locker-room film, <a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/interviews\/air-press-conference-with-actors-matt-damon-viola-davis-marlon-wayans-julius-tennon-and-screenwriter-alex-convery\/\"><em><strong>Air<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, about Nike\u2019s efforts to enlist a young Michael Jordan as a spokesperson for its sneakers. The cast of <em><strong>Air<\/strong> <\/em>also included Ben Afffleck, Viola Davis, and Matt Damon.<\/p>\r\n<p>Wayans also appeared in <em><strong>Respect<\/strong><\/em>, a biopic about Aretha Franklin, and in <strong>On the Rocks<\/strong>, Sofia Coppola\u2019s movie for Apple-A24. The versatile performer is also touring as a stand-up comedian, having released <em><strong>Marlon Wayans: God Loves Me<\/strong><\/em> in March of 2023, his third special for HBO Max. His first comedy film, <em><strong>Woke-ish<\/strong><\/em>, had its premiere on Netflix in 2018.<br \/><br \/>For his part, the 38-year-old Justin Tipping cowrote and directed <em><strong>Kicks<\/strong><\/em>, a Focus Features film starring Mahershala Ali. For television, he directed <em><strong>The Chi, Flatbush Misdemeanor, Joe Vs Carole, Black Monday<\/strong><\/em>, and <em><strong>Dear White People<\/strong><\/em>.<br \/><br \/>Monkeypaw Productions was founded in 2012 by Jordan Peele. It has established a reputation as a producer of horror films such as <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/trailers\/universal-picturess-candyman-director-nia-dacostas-message-on-juneteenth\/\">Candyman,<\/a> Get Out, Us<\/strong><\/em>, and <em><strong>Nope<\/strong> <\/em>as well as the HBO series <a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/news\/hbos-lovecraft-country-not-returning-for-season-2\/\"><em><strong>Lovecraft Country<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. In 2019, the company signed a five-year exclusive deal with Universal Pictures, which will distribute <em><strong>Goat<\/strong><\/em>. Peele is also the author of <em>Get Out: The Complete Annotated Screenplay<\/em> (2019) and was a contributor to <em>Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror<\/em> (2023).<br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-moran\/\">Check out more of Edward\u2019s articles.\u00a0<\/a><br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>@Photo by NBC &#8211; \u00a9 2016 NBCUniversal Media, LLC Actor Marlon Wayans will be starring in Goat, an upcoming psychological horror film being developed by Universal in tandem with Jordan Peele\u2019s Monkeypaw Productions. In the film, Wayans will be playing the role of a veteran athlete who serves as a mentor for a younger man&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[19934,19932,17956,19935,1976,19933,974,3694],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Marlon Wayans to Star in Jordan Peele Produced Film &quot;Goat&quot;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Marlon Wayans will play the role of a veteran athlete in &#039;Goat,&#039; directed by Justin Tipping for Universal Pictures and Monkeypaw Productions.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21499\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Marlon Wayans to Star in Jordan Peele Produced Film &quot;Goat&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Marlon Wayans will play the role of a veteran athlete in &#039;Goat,&#039; 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