Key & Peele are gathering a strong cast for their feature debut, Keanu, with Will Forte (Nebraska, The Last Man on Earth) joining a group that already includes Method Man and Gabrielle Union. The film sees the comedy duo as mild-mannered friends who pose as gangsters in an effort to rescue a kidnapped kitten, only to attract the attention of an actual gangster. Forte will play “a low-level pot dealer obsessed with black culture although Peele’s character is the only black person he knows.” Keanu will be directed by Peter Atencio. [THR]
According to The Tracking Board, we may see Justin Timberlake and Josh Gad team-up for Bad in Bed, a sex comedy from The Wedding Ringer writers Pamela Falk and Mike Ellis. The story centers on a womanizing fitness instructor whose world is rocked when he learns he's a terrible sex partner, so he turns to a sensitive, less-attractive sex consultant to get in touch with his emotional side. This would be interesting if the roles were reversed and Gad was the fitness freak, but oh well. No deals have been signed and these are just the actors at the top of Paramount's wish list.
