On December 9, 1996, MCA was reincorporated and renamed as "Universal Studios". In 1990, MCA/Universal was acquired by Matsushita Electric and later sold to Seagram and Sons in 1995. This led to Universal-International being renamed into the current Universal Pictures. As a result of a consent decree with the justice department, MCA divested itself of its talent agency business. Jules Stein (Board Chairman) and Lew Wasserman (President) guiding MCA. In 1962, Music Corporation of America (MCA) purchased Decca Records and with it, Universal-International Pictures, leaving Milton Rackmil and Edward Muhl in charge, while Dr.
The 100 greatest horror movies ever made. It’s in cinema in Australia on August 4 and the UK on August 12.Įverything we know about Jordan Peele’s new horror epic. It opens on the same day as Nope lands in US theaters: July 22 – a first in the world of movie/amusement park crossovers. The new attraction will sit alongside some iconic sets in the Universal backlot, including the house from Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and Back to the Future ’s Courthouse Square. Since then, I’ve been fortunate enough to direct three movies for Universal.’ ‘That experience reinforced my passion and drive to someday join in on the meta-magic of “backlot life”.
‘I remember visiting Universal Studios when I was 12 years old and being mesmerised,’ says Peele in a statement. Photograph: Universal Pictures Steven Yeun in ‘Nope’ Short of a tour-guided trip to the Sunken Place, it’s as close as anyone can get to Peele’s unsettling, uncanny worlds. Visitors will be able to experience the set in its film-ready form, along with props from the movie. The project has been overseen by the movie’s production designer Ruth DeJong, so the authenticity levels should be off the charts. Jupiter’s Claim will be central in Nope – it’s here that Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer investigate some strange goings-on – and the entire set is being reconstructed at the LA theme park. The theme park recreates the look, feel and ugly power dynamics of the California Gold Rush. The movie is set in SoCal’s Santa Clarita Valley at a theme park called Jupiter’s Claim, run by Steven Yeun’s ex-child star, Ricky Park.
Anyone excited for Jordan Peele’s mysterious new horror film, Nope, will be intrigued to discover that it’s providing Universal Studio Hollywood with its latest attraction.
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