Universal Pictures has dropped a TV spot for their Jordan Peele-produced sports horror Him, which stars Tyriq Withers as a young American Football player who makes a Faustian pact with Marlon Wayans’ legendary quarterback.
Directed by Justin Tipping (Kicks), and co-written by Skip Bronkie, Zack Akers, and Tipping, Him has a roster that also includes Julia Fox (Uncut Gems), Tim Heidecker (Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie), Australian comedian Jim Jefferies, former American sprinter Maurice Greene, American rapper Guapdad 4000, and singer Tierra Whack. Check out the video below…
“HIM stars former college wide-receiver Tyriq Withers (Atlanta, the upcoming I Know What You Did Last Summer) as Cameron Cade, a rising-star quarterback who has devoted his life, and identity, to football. On the eve of professional football’s annual scouting Combine, Cam is attacked by an unhinged fan and suffers a potentially career-ending brain trauma.
Just when all seems lost, Cam receives a lifeline when his hero, Isaiah White (Marlon Wayans), a legendary eight-time Championship quarterback and cultural megastar, offers to train Cam at Isaiah’s isolated compound that he shares with his celebrity influencer wife, Elsie White (Julia Fox; Uncut Gems, No Sudden Move). But as Cam’s training accelerates, Isaiah’s charisma begins to curdle into something darker, sending his protégé down a disorienting rabbit hole that may cost him more than he ever bargained for.”
Him arrives in cinemas on September 19th.