Last Updated on April 21, 2025 by Angel Melanson
Jordan Peele-produced sports horror HIM gets a first teaser today from Universal ahead of its September 19 theatrical release – and folks, it looks like we're in for a wild ride with this one.
Directed by Justin Tipping (Kicks) from an acclaimed Black List screenplay by Zack Akers and Skip Bronkie (creators of the sci-fi crime series Limetown) and Tipping, HIM stars Tyriq Withers (Atlanta, the upcoming I Know What You Did Last Summer), Marlon Wayans and Julia Fox.
Originally titled GOAT, the film follows:
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 (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 (Fox).
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.
Also starring are Tim Heidecker (First Time Female Director, Us) and Australian comic Jim Jefferies (The Jim Jefferies Show), plus MMA heavyweight fighter Maurice Greene and hip hop phenoms Guapdad 4000 and Grammy nominee Tierra Whack, all three in their feature film debuts.
Alongside Peele, HIM is produced by Ian Cooper (Nope, Us), Win Rosenfeld (Candyman, Lovecraft Country) and Jamal M. Watson (Hala, Sprinter) for Monkeypaw Productions and is executive produced by David Kern and Monkeypaw’s Kate Oh.
Watch the new teaser for HIM below and look out for updates as we get them:
