Key and Peele's Keanu

[Octoberist]

I love that it has nothing to do with Keanu Reeves!

Anyway, Will Fote has joined the cast:

Will Forte, the former Saturday Night Live player who currently stars in The Last Man on Earth, has joined the cast of Keanu, New Line’s comedy featuring Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele.

Keanu, which is being directed by Peter Atencio, follows two friends (Key and Peele) who decide to act like gangster drug-dealers in order to retrieve a stolen kitten.

Method Man is already on board as a murderous drug lord who believes the duo are a pair of legendary gangsters while Gabrielle Union is playing Key’s wife.

Forte will play a low-level pot dealer obsessed with black culture although Peele’s character is the only black person he knows.

The movie is due to shoot this summer in New Orleans.

Forte had a ten year run on SNL while also popping up in movies and TV shows. He made an acclaimed dramatic turn by starring in Alexander Payne’s 2013 drama Nebraska.

He is now generating Emmy buzz for his work on Last Man on Earth, which he created and co-writes and in which he walks a fine line of sympathetic and unlikeable. The show returns for its second season this fall.

Forte, who just wrapped an appearance in Adam Sandler comedy Ridiculous Six, is repped by UTA, Mosaic and Hansen Jacobson.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/will-forte-star-key-peele-798567

 

[Voltron]

The kitten they cast better be fluffy and super cute!

 

[terry78]

 

[kvz5]

OMG that trailer!

Keanu is so cute.

 

[Galactus10]

LOVE Key & Peele, def going to watch this. Those guys play off each other so well. Sometimes, a mere expression from Peele has me audibly laughing.

Some of the content - white guy who wants to be black, dorky guys who act gangster, etc. has been done many times but Key and Peele are talented enough to make it seem fresh and hilarious because they are much more culturally aware than most comedic entertainers

 

[Galactus10]

You sound like John Ritter . . . ALL the time. t:

Will never be able to unhear that

 

[Boy Scout]

Yep. I'm there. No questions asked.

 

[Guts]

 

[Sithborg]

I laughed. A lot.

The kitten is cute.

 

[Galactus10]

It'll be funny to hear all the Keanu Reeves references as surely the cat is named after him.

Seems like such a K&P type of joke

 

[CaptainWagner]

This looks like a riot. It's basically a feature length Key & Peele skit, and that is such an amazing thing to exist.

 

[dark_b]

''John Wick was a movie about Keanu avenging his dog by taking on the criminal underworld. This movie is about Key and Peele avenging a cat named Keanu by taking on the criminal underworld.''
http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2016/01/21/rejoice-the-first-trailer-for-key-peeles-keanu-is-here

t:

 

[Lencho01]

Looks great!

 

[Slick]

Looks funny

 

[DrCosmic]

There are few times that I look at something and say 'This is a movie that needs to be made.'

This is one of those times.

 

[The Shape]

This looks as great as I thought it would. Count me in.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

This will be a spiritual experience.

 

[Silvermoth]

Aw kitty! We don't see enough movies about people helping kitties

 

[Lencho01]

More like "Kitty Cent".

 

[TheVileOne]

''John Wick was a movie about Keanu avenging his dog by taking on the criminal underworld. This movie is about Key and Peele avenging a cat named Keanu by taking on the criminal underworld.''
http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2016/01/21/rejoice-the-first-trailer-for-key-peeles-keanu-is-here

t:

They aren't avenging a cat, they are trying to save the cat after it gets kidnapped.

 

[MurkeNyou]

Loved this trailer, I thought at first it was an unaired skit of a fake trailer from their show. I hope Keanu Reeves actually shows up in it at one point.

 

[Ossian]

I hope Keanu Reeves actually shows up in it at one point.

I concur, but I insist that he only appear in the movie if he's playing the role as a John Wick cameo. t:

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

It's unhealthy how many times I've seen this trailer. Already shot to the top of my list of "Must See" films of 2016.

 

[jmc]

Well, wasn't expecting that.

 

[mclay18]

I actually laughed at some parts of the trailer. And the kitten is ridiculously cute.