Jamie Foxx and John Boyega find themselves at the center of eerie events and nefarious government conspiracy in the first clip fromThey Cloned Tyrone. Released courtesy ofIGN,They Cloned Tyronecomes from co-writer and director Juel Taylor, and is all set to debut on Netflix this Friday, July 21. Check out the first clip from the sci-fi comedyThey Cloned Tyronebelow.
The reviews forThey Cloned Tyronehave now started to emerge, with critics heaping praise on the sci-fi comedy caper. Currently sitting at a very fresh 97% on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes,MovieWeb’s own David ReddishapplaudsThey Cloned Tyronefor its tonal balancing act saying, “It takes a bold filmmaker to pull off a feat likeThey Cloned Tyrone’sblending of tone, and with this movie, Juel Taylor establishes himself as an artist both audacious and promising.”
We got our first look the upcoming sci-fi comedyThey Cloned Tyroneduring theNetflix TUDUMevent last year, with Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx sharing an exclusive first look at the movie, which finds Foxx, John Boyega, and Teyonah Parris at the center of a mysterious caper as they uncover a conspiracy taking place in their neighborhood. You can check out the first look atThey Cloned Tyronebelow.
They Cloned Tyronecenters on three lifelong friends, who suddenly find themselvesat the center of a mind-bending conspiracy. While there are still many mysteries surroundingThey Cloned Tyrone, it can no doubt be safely assumed that the movie will involve cloning and someone named Tyrone. A scheme that has likely been orchestrated by the titular “they.”They Cloned Tyronewill follow the trio of companions as they begin to investigate a series of strange happenings in their neighborhood.
Speaking of the three friends,They Cloned Tyronestars a hugely talented trio in John Boyega (The Woman King, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker), Academy Award winnerJamie Foxx(Ray, Spider-Man: No Way Home), and Teyonah Parris (If Beale Street Could Talk, Candyman), whose characters will be named Fontaine, Slick Charles, and Yo-Yo respectively.Just Mercyactor J. Alphonse Nicholson will also star.
Wider plot descriptions have claimed that the central mystery ofThey Cloned Tyronewill kick off when Fontaine, a local drug dealer, is killed at the hands of his rival. But rather than stay dead, Fontaine wakes up in his bed the next morning. Thus, Fontaine, Slick Charles and Yo-Yo begin to look into this peculiar incident, with their search leading them to an underground complex where a shady government agency are performing experiments on the Black community.
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John Boyega Has Compared They Cloned Tyrone to His 2011 Sci-Fi Comedy Attack the Block
John Boyega has since teased the tone ofThey Cloned Tyrone,comparing it favorably to one of his earlier, similar science fiction capers;the brilliantAttack the Block.“The film is going to be like Attack the Block for stateside, I’ll give you that,” Boyega revealed. “Juel’s making his directorial debut with the movie and he wrote a brilliant script. I mean, you don’t just attract Jamie Foxx with nothing, this is a really well-written one that I think is going to be a lot of fun.”
Released in 2011 and directed by Joe Cornish,Attack the Blockfollows a group of teenagers who must venture out to battle a savage alien incursion. With the invasive species jeopardizing their vicinity in Southern London, they are forced to band together and fight to save the Earth. Critically acclaimed for its perfect balance of comedy, horror, science fiction trappings, and social commentary, the comparison Boyega makes betweenThey Cloned TyroneandAttack the Blockcertainly bodes well for the latter.
Directed by Juel Taylor in his feature film directorial debut, from a screenplay by Taylor and Tony Rettenmaier,They Cloned Tyronepremiered at the American Black Film Festival on June 14, as well as beginning a limited theatrical release.They Cloned Tyronewill land on Netflix on August 07, 2025.
