‘Keanu’ First Look: Key And Peele Reunite To Save An Adorable Kitten
Comedy fans mourned whenKeegan-Michael KeyandJordan Peeledecided to endtheir Comedy Central seriesKey & Peele(pictured above) after five razor-sharp seasons. But in the duo’s defense, they had a pretty good reason for doing so: they wanted to move on to other things. LikeKeanu, an upcoming comedy which reunites Key and Peele so they can dish out more satirical social commentary.
Look, we’re not sayingKeanuis a feature-length version of aKey & Peelesketch, or that it makes up for the fact that we’ll never get aKey & Peeleseason 6. But it might be close enough. Get your Keanu first look after the jump.
Like all those other first looks, this onealsocomes fromEntertainment Weekly’s 2016 preview issue.
Despite the title,Keanuis not about the actor Keanu Reeves. But like Reeves’John Wick,Keanucenters on the lengths people will go to for their beloved pets. “Keanu” here is the name of a cat — presumably one you see above. When the kitty gets stolen, two “blerds” (that is, black nerds) played by Key and Peele go undercover as gangsters and infiltrate a drug cartel to get him back. Which might sound like an awful lot of trouble to go through for a cat, but c’mon. Look at that guy. Wouldn’t you?
“This entire movie was basically the most expensive adorable-kitten video of all time,” Peele joked. In all seriousness, though, it seems there’s a bit more toKeanuthan your average Grumpy Cat YouTube compilation. Peele continued: “Overall it’s meant to satirize how pop culture paints masculinity and what it means to be African-American — and how many of us don’t fit into the mold expected of us.” Which, yeah, definitely sounds up Key and Peele’s alley.
In addition to Key and Peele,Keanualso starsMethod Manas a drug lord who buys into the blerds' gangster act,Nia Longas Key’s wife, andWill Forteas “a low-level pot dealer obsessed with black culture although Peele’s character is the only black person he knows.” (You know that guy. Everyone knows that guy.)Rob HuebelandStraight Outta ComptonbreakoutJason Mitchellalso appear.
KeanuopensApril 22, 2016.Peter Atencio, who directed every single episode ofKey & Peele, directedKeanufrom a script by Peele andKey & PeelewriterAlex Rubens. We can probably expect the firstKeanutrailer in the not-too-distant future, but until then, why not psych yourself up with a few choice clips fromKey & Peele?
