There is a familial connection that’s very strong. In some ways, it’s completely unexplainable. “It was like a blur,” Key says of the five seasons of “Key & Peele.” “There’s a general feeling that there was passion, that there was focus, that there was love. With that Peele and Key launch again into an impromptu bit, muttering a secret plan over frenetic phone calls into their hands and making mock Facetimes. “Certainly this is the first but I do not think it will be the last by any means.” It’s going to be very intentional,” Peele says. “I think people sort of get that when Key and Peele does something, it’s going to be very special. Since “Key & Peele” concluded in 2015, Peele has, of course, embarked on an ambitious and acclaimed filmmaking career with a trilogy of mind-bending thrillers in “Get Out,” “Us” and this year's “Nope." Key has greatly extended his acting career in film, television and on Broadway. In the stop-motion animation world, “Wendell and Wild” also stands out for its bold, punkish Black protagonist.īut for many, the appeal of seeing, even in demon-form, Key and Peele reunited is something special. It's first film by Selick, the celebrated animator of “The Nightmare Before Christmas," since 2009's “Coraline," a 13-year spell during which he spent years on a Pixar film that was abruptly canceled. “Wendell & Wild," which Netflix will release in theaters Oct. “It’s not the funniest improv game,” deadpans Peele. Key and Peele work in syncopated harmony, with a symphony of bleeps and blurps, while Selick and Ross look on uncertain of their role in this still finely-tuned comedy machine. In the recording booth voicing the scene, they drew from an old Second City improv game they used to do called Make-a-Machine where a string of people mime a different part of an assembly line.Īnd in a moment, the cogs of one of the century's greatest comic duos again whirls into motion. In the film's opening scene, Wendell and Wild operate a strange machine in a spooky netherworld, and yet, even in this dark, fantastical realm, the tempo of Peele and Key’s unique comic rhythm is unmistakable. Peele co-wrote and produced the film with the “Coraline” filmmaker, and in it, he and Key voice the titular demon brothers who manipulate a goth teenager (voiced by Lyric Ross) into summoning her dead parents to the land of the living. They're sitting in a Toronto hotel the day before the premiere of Henry Selick's stop-motion-animation marvel “Wendell & Wild” at the Toronto International Film Festival. Executive producers include The Gotham Group’s Lindsay Williams and Eddie Gamarra, Monkeypaw’s Ian Cooper, and Kamil Oshundara.TORONTO, ONT – It's seven years almost to day since the last episode of “Key & Peele” aired, but Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key are once again riffing together. In addition to Selick and Peele, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein produced the film for The Gotham Group and Win Rosenfeld produced through Monkeypaw. “Wendell and Wild” premieres in select theaters October 21 and on Netflix October 28.
The IndieWire review for the film called the feature a “delightful return to form” for Selick, who “put stop-motion back on the map,” while also acting as a “charmingly devious collaboration” between Key and Peele. “I love anything that shows an alternative representation of people like me in weird, quirky ways.
“I’ve been a big fan of Jordan Peele and Henry Selick for a long time, so being able to help provide music to this trailer was awesome,” Doechii said in a press statement.
The latest trailer features an original unreleased track from rapper Doechii, titled, “I Told Em.” Music for “Wendell & Wild” is produced by Academy Award nominee Bruno Coulais (“Les Choristes”). ‘Schmigadoon!’ Season 2 Is Perfect for Anyone Who Thought the First Season Wasn’t for Them
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