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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Inga Parkel

Key and Peele Police Academy reboot was canceled due to tragic real-life incident, writer says

Comedian Ike Barinholtz has said that a planned reboot of the cult-comedy franchise Police Academy was shelved after the fatal 2014 shooting of Michael Brown rocked the nation.

The Studio’s Emmy-nominated Barinholtz, along with his writing partner David Stassen, was originally hired to pen a screenplay for a revival of the 1980s crime comedy classic, which featured Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, Michael Winslow and Bubba Smith as an oddball class of cadets. The project was expected to star and be produced by Key & Peele stars Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele.

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