Monkeypaw Productions
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film and television production |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Founder | Jordan Peele |
| Headquarters | United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Jordan Peele (Founder) |
| Products | Films, Television series, Podcasts, Books, Video games |
Monkeypaw Productions is a U.S.-based film and television production company established by Jordan Peele in 2012. The company is widely known for its work in the horror genre, producing titles such as Get Out, Us, Candyman, Nope, and Wendell & Wild. Additionally, Monkeypaw has been involved with other projects including Keanu and Monkey Man.
On October 1, 2019, Monkeypaw entered into a five-year exclusive agreement with Universal Pictures.
Overview
Jordan Peele founded Monkeypaw Productions in 2012, debuting with the comedy series Key & Peele on Comedy Central. Following the conclusion of that series in 2015, Peele collaborated with Keegan-Michael Key to co-write the action-comedy film Keanu, which was released in April 2016 through New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures.
Peele's directorial debut came in 2017 with the social horror film Get Out, distributed by Universal Pictures. The film’s success resulted in a two-year first-look deal with Universal aimed at promoting underrepresented voices in the industry.
In 2015, Monkeypaw began developing the stop-motion animated horror-comedy Wendell & Wild alongside director Henry Selick, featuring voices from Key and Peele. Netflix acquired this project in 2018; it premiered at TIFF in September 2022 and became available for streaming in October 2022.
Collaborating with Bad Robot, Monkeypaw co-produced the horror television series Lovecraft Country for HBO and Warner Bros. Television. The show is an adaptation of Matt Ruff’s novel and counted Peele, J. J. Abrams, and Ben Stephenson among its executive producers. It debuted in August 2020.
Peele’s sophomore directorial effort, the horror movie Us, starring Lupita Nyong'o and Winston Duke, was released by Universal Pictures in March 2019 and featured prominently during Universal's Halloween Horror Nights events.
His third directorial feature, the sci-fi horror film Nope, starring Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer, premiered in July 2022 via Universal. Notably, the film’s fictional theme park set was incorporated permanently into Universal Studios Hollywood’s Studio Tour—marking the first time an attraction opened simultaneously with a movie release—and was also included in Halloween Horror Nights alongside Us.
In September 2021, Monkeypaw secured a multi-year television agreement with Universal Studio Group, consolidating its film and TV projects under Universal and concluding its prior first-look arrangement with Amazon Studios.
Peele’s fourth directorial feature was originally slated for release on December 25, 2024, by Universal but was postponed due to the 2023 Hollywood labor strikes; it is now scheduled for October 23, 2026.
On April 23, 2025, reports from Deadline highlighted layoffs at Monkeypaw affecting three vice presidents along with several junior employees, raising questions about the company’s future stability.
Released
| Release date | Title | Director(s) | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 29, 2016 | Keanu | Peter Atencio | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| February 24, 2017 | Get Out | Jordan Peele | Universal Pictures |
| August 10, 2018 | BlacKkKlansman | Spike Lee | Focus Features |
| March 22, 2019 | Us | Jordan Peele | Universal Pictures |
| August 27, 2021 | Candyman | Nia DaCosta | |
| July 22, 2022 | Nope | Jordan Peele | |
| September 2, 2022 | Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. | Adamma Ebo | Focus Features |
| October 28, 2022 | Wendell & Wild | Henry Selick | Netflix |
| April 5, 2024 | Monkey Man | Dev Patel | Universal Pictures |
Upcoming Films
| Release Date | Title | Director(s) | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 19, 2025 | Him | Justin Tipping | Universal Pictures |
| October 23, 2026 | Untitled Project | Jordan Peele | |
| Template:N/A | The People Under the Stairs | Template:N/A | |
| Template:N/A | Sinkhole | Template:N/A | |
| Template:N/A | Suicide by Sunlight | Nikyatu Jusu |
Short Films
| Release Date | Title | Director(s) | Distributor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 13, 2022 | Moshari | Nuhash Humayun | Little Big Films Monkeypaw Productions Left Handed Films |
| June 7, 2025 | Neverland | Ti West | Template:N/A |
Television Series
| Year(s) | Title | Creator(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012–2015 | Key & Peele | Keegan-Michael Key Jordan Peele |
Comedy Central |
| 2018–2021 | The Last O.G. | John Carcieri Jordan Peele |
TBS |
| 2019 | Weird City | Charlie Sanders Jordan Peele |
YouTube Premium |
| 2019 | Lorena | Joshua Rofé | Amazon Prime Video |
| 2019–2020 | The Twilight Zone | Simon Kinberg Jordan Peele Marco Ramirez |
CBS All Access |
| 2020–2023 | Hunters | David Weil | Amazon Prime Video |
| 2020 | Lovecraft Country | Misha Green | HBO |
| 2024–present | Scare Tactics | Scott Hallock Kevin Healey |
USA Network |
Podcasts
| Year | Title | Creator(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Jordan Peele Mimi O'Donnell Win Rosenfeld |
Spotify | |
| 2022 |
Chutzpah: Hunters Presents True Stories of Resistance |
Jordan Peele David Weil |
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Books
| Publication Date | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| November 26, 2019 |
Get Out: The Complete Annotated Screenplay |
Jordan Peele |
| October 3, 2023 |
Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror |
Various Authors |
| September 3, 2024 |
Us: The Complete Annotated Screenplay |
Jordan Peele |
Video Games
| Year | Title | Developer | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | OD | Kojima Productions | Xbox Game Studios |