It's been just a couple of weeks since Us hit theaters, but the film has already become one of the most successful horror films in cinema. Even when Jordan Peele was directing short skits on Key & Peele, his talent for horror was clear as day. If there was any doubt about that back then, it disappeared with the release of his first feature horror film, Get Out, in 2017. Several months later in June 2018, it was reported that the Academy Award-winning writer and director had pitched a film to Disney: A film adaptation of the cult classic animated series Gargoyles.

It's been nine months since that report came out, and while Disney hasn't officially rejected his pitch, the project hasn't developed into anything more than an idea. It's a shame, because now is the perfect time for it, and Peele is the perfect filmmaker to put to together. Here's why.

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Contemporary Hollywood horror films generally revolve around monsters or killers chasing, terrorizing or gradually eliminating a small group of people that is more or less comprised of several intentionally underdeveloped archetypes, save for the main protagonist. Of course, you'll find a number of exceptions and numerous variations, but that is -- again, generally speaking -- the formula for the majority of the genre. Peele does not follow the formula.

Get Out and Us featured monsters (in a sense) that killed characters off, but it was never for its own sake. Those films were not just horror films.

This was especially true for Get Out, which many critics agree possessed a mix of different genre elements. Its themes revolved around racism and slavery. That was made evident from the beginning in its depiction of the kind of prejudice that is unfortunately commonplace in the real world, from unjust traffic stops to the metaphorical exploration of race-driven anxiety in modern society.

The familiar trappings of a psychological horror film are still present, they just don't take precedence over the deeply unsettling themes. The same can be said for Us, even if the film does feature more blood and jump scares.

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Peele's most recent horror masterpiece is a combination of different horror subgenres. The first half is very much a home invasion film, followed by what can easily be described as an event akin to a zombie apocalypse. The reason why Peele is able to shift between these two vastly different types of films is because the murderous doppelgängers featured in the plot are more than just eerie film monsters, they serve to illustrate the underlying messages of Us. What those messages are is largely left up to the audience.

That's one more thing unique to Peele's horror films in modern cinema. They both serve as commentary on modern day society and leave plenty of room for interpretation so that everyone can walk away with a slightly different experience of the films.

So, Get Out and Us show that Jordan Peele knows what he's doing. What does that have to do with Gargoyles? To answer that, let's take a look a what the series actually was.

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The Disney animated series aired from 1994 to 1996. It lasted two seasons before virtually the entire creative team was changed and the series was renamed to The Goliath Chronicles. While that third season is generally reviled by fans, the show itself has maintained a small but passionate fanbase for the past two decades, including it seems, filmmaker Jordan Peele.

The Gothic story of Gargoyles follows a small clan of ancient winged beings who soar across the sky at night and stand dormant in stone by day. After an ancient curse is lifted, the gargoyles, led by Goliath, awaken from their thousand year-long slumber to find themselves in modern day New York, under threat by enemies such as the megalomaniac David Xanatos, with only detective Eliza Maza to help guide them through this new world.

There are many reasons why Gargoyles was unique among animated Disney shows, chief among them being its diverse cast of complex characters, some of whom oscillated between heroism and villainy, which helped to explore murkier moral areas. It drew inspiration from Shakespearean plays, incorporated elements of Celtic and Scottish myth and was unafraid of appearing far darker than the average children's show at the time.

Multifaceted characters, terrifying monsters and thought-provoking exploration of complex themes is what Gargoyles was all about and, right now, it's clear that's all right up Jordan Peele's alley.

The show spawned video games and comic books, but has yet to be adapted to film. There was a project in 2010 titled Gargoyles over at Disney, but it was an attempt at creating a brand new mythos. In any case, nothing ultimately ever came of it.

Fast forward almost an entire decade and we're starting to see Disney capitalize on nostalgia by adapting animated classics to live-action. The merits of this particular campaign are debatable, but the financial success of these projects is undeniable, so it's going to continue. That being said, audiences need something new.

Admittedly, Gargoyles was not one of its most popular properties at the time, but that doesn't mean it is any less capable of widespread success now, especially with a quickly rising star like Jordan Peele attached and the enthusiasm of its established fanbase.

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Unlike many of the live-action projects currently in development at Disney, Gargoyles would not be driven purely by desire for profits, but by true creative passion, which is tragically rare nowadays.

According to insiders such as writer Richard Rushfield, Disney -- unwilling to outright reject Peele's pitch -- is hoping that the filmmaker will become occupied with other projects. If that happens and the pitch never develops into anything more, it will have doubtlessly been a missed opportunity. Audiences crave something unique and, despite its age, Gargoyles can easily provide that.