Entertainment Weekly enlisted Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele — the titular Key and Peele of Key & Peele — to guest-edit its upcoming comedy issue. In a post today to promote the issue, the two discuss their super-full dance card of late: producing a Police Academy reboot, working with Judd Apatow, and apparently, turning one of their most popular sketches into a full-length feature film.
On top of that, the duo are also currently looking to get Mr. Garvey— a.k.a the star of their viral instant-classic “Substitute Teacher” sketch—his own movie.
“We’re in negotiations at Paramount to make a ‘Substitute Teacher’ movie,” says Key, who plays Mr. Garvey on the show. “Two of our writers are penning it. Well, they’re not penning it as we speak — it’s getting there.”
If we’re going by YouTube views alone, “Substitute Teacher” is the show’s most popular sketch by a wide margin (almost 60 million, compared to about 25 million for one of their other viral sketches, “East/West College Bowl“), so it’s certainly understandable that Hollywood would be willing to throw some money at it. But, man, I was really hoping thy’d go with “Magician Cop” first. That dude’s got some dark, dark secrets. I’m sure of it.
