VIDEO: Jordan Peele's WEIRD CITY Premieres on YouTube Today

By: Feb. 13, 2019
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VIDEO: Jordan Peele's WEIRD CITY Premieres on YouTube Today

The sci-fi comedy Weird City from Jordan Peele and Charlie Sanders premieres today on Youtube Premium.

Watch the first two episodes for free below!

WEIRD CITY is an anthology set in the not-too-distant future METROPOLIS of Weird. Told through the prism of sci-fi and comedy, each episode is an exploration of issues that pertain to present day life.

The all-star list of special appearances includes Sara Gilbert (The Conners, The Talk), Dylan O'Brien (Maze Runner Franchise, Teen Wolf), Ed O'Neill (Modern Family), Rosario Dawson (Luke Cage),Michael Cera (Arrested Development, Superbad), Laverne Cox (Orange Is The New Black), and LeVar Burton (Star Trek) along with Awkwafina (Crazy Rich Asians, Ocean's Eight), Yvette Nicole Brown(Community), Auli'i Cravalho (Moana), Trevor Jackson (Grown-ish, Superfly), Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead, Sorry To Bother You), Eugene Cordero (Kong: Skull Island), Gillian Jacobs (Community, Love), Hannah Simone (New Girl), Malcolm Barrett (Timeless, Preacher) and Mark Hamill (Star Wars).

All six episodes of WEIRD CITY are available on YouTube Premium TODAY, Wednesday, February 13, 2019.

WEIRD CITY is written by Jordan Peele (Get Out, Key & Peele, The Last O.G.) and Charlie Sanders (Key & Peele), and produced by Monkeypaw Productions, Sonar Entertainment, MOSAIC and Raskal Productions.

Emmy winner Adam Bernstein (Fargo, Scrubs, 30 Rock), directed the first two episodes. Amy Heckerling (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Clueless), and Tricia Brock (The Walking Dead, 30 Rock) each directed two episodes.

Jose Molina (The Tick, Marvel's Agent Carter, Sleepy Hollow) serves as showrunner and executive producer. Peele, Sanders and Bernstein serve as executive producers along with Win Rosenfeld through Monkeypaw, Tom Lesinski and Jenna Santoianni through Sonar Entertainment, Sam Hansen and Jimmy Miller through MOSAIC and Keith Raskin and Linda Morel through Raskal Productions.



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