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The pandemic lockdowns had different effects on just about everyone, but writer-director-producer Judd Apatow simply embraced it, sitting down to wrote a low-budget Jurassic Park takeoff as if it was directed by Mel Brooks in the heart of Covid. This is Apatow out on a limb, and his Netflix movie is, in a nutshell, a…

Key and Peele‘s Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele are reteaming as part of the cast of Wendell & Wild, a new animated film that Oscar nominee Henry Selick (Coraline) is directing for Netflix, which will also star Lyric Ross (This Is Us), Angela Bassett (Black Panther), James Hong (Kung Fu Panda), Tamara Smart (A Baby…

Sneaking out. Hooking up. Melting down. And bottled up. Welcome to The Bubble, Judd Apatow’s stacked-cast lockdown comedy that looks at the high stakes and high jinks involved in filming a studio tentpole movie during Covid. Check out the first trailer above. The scenario unfolds somewhere in England during the dark…

Hulu has ordered the Steven Levitan and 20th Television comedy Reboot to series. Judy Greer has notched the female lead character role of Bree Marie Larson in the Keegan-Michael Key and Johnny Knoxville comedy series, replacing Leslie Bibb. Deadline hears that the writers took the direction of the female lead…

Illumination and Nintendo have put together a powerhouse voiceover cast for their upcoming Super Mario Bros. animated movie which will hit cinemas on Dec. 21, 2022; that date also being news today. Playing the fraternal, mushroom digesting plumbers and squashers of turtles are Chris Pratt as Mario and Charlie Day as…

EXCLUSIVE: Primetime Emmy winner Keegan-Michael Key has joined the cast of Wonka, the origin tale about Roald Dahl’s famed Willy Wonka character. His role and character details are under wraps. Wonka will focus on a young Willy Wonka and his adventures prior to opening the world's most famous chocolate factory. Key…

Steve Levitan is headed to streaming. In the first non-network green light for the Emmy-winning Modern Family co-creator, Hulu has formally picked up comedy pilot Reboot, with Keegan-Michael Key and Johnny Knoxville tapped to star. In Reboot, created by Levitan and clearly inspired by the recent wave of comedy…

Apple+ has unveiled the official trailer for Schmigadoon!, a comedy musical starring Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong as a couple whose relationship is on the rocks. Set to bow Friday, July 16, the six-episode musical comedy follows Josh (Key) and Melissa (Strong) who, when their backpacking trip goes wrong…

Ken Jeong, Keegan-Michael Key, Debi Mazar, Richard McCabe, Jennifer Saunders and Lydia West have joined the cast of The Pentaverate, Netflix’s previously untitled half-hour comedy limited series, produced by and starring Mike Myers. Production has begun on the six-episode series in which Myers plays seven new…

After Saturday Night Live‘s ratings rose sharply with host Elon Musk last week, they dropped to pre-Musk levels last night. The season’s penultimate episode, hosted by Keegan-Michael Key with Olivia Rodrigo as musical guest, drew a 3.5 household Live+Same Day rating in the 44 metered local markets and a 1.5 adults…

The worlds of Saturday Night Live and The Muppets collided as Kermit the Frog, Statler and Waldorf appeared at Studio 8H for Keegan-Michael Key’s hosting debut. In a spoof of The Muppets Show, Kermit welcomes Melissa Villaseñor’s Lily Tomlin, who’s passing by for a guest appearance. Heckling from their theater boxes…

Just when sports fans moved on from The Last Dance, Saturday Night Live gave them never-before-seen footage featuring first-time host Keegan-Michael Key as the basketball G.O.A.T. Key took Michael Jordan’s competitive spirit to a new level, with the all-star athlete participating in a coin toss bet with bodyguard John…