‘Police Academy’ Reboot With Key & Peele Was Scrapped After Mike Brown Shooting, Says Writer: “We’re Not Making A Cop Comedy Right Now”
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Glenn Garner
2h ago
More than a decade later, Ike Barinholtz is opening up about the Police Academy reboot that was scrapped amid a rise in lethal police brutality. The comedian noted that Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele were set to star in the “dirty, R-rated, modern” take on the 1984 Hugh Wilson-helmed police comedy that spawned six sequels […]
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