Key & Peele's 'Substitute Teacher' is becoming a movie

Mr. Garvey
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Good news, A-aron! Key & Peele's "Substitute Teacher" sketch will soon hit the big screen.

Paramount purchased a pitch for the movie, which will star Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, Deadline reports. The film will focus on Mr. Garvey (played by Key), an inner city teacher for 20 years who has a very hard time pronouncing names and cutting kids slack, and a rival teacher loved by all, to be played by Peele. The original "Substitute Teacher" sketch spawned a few sequels, and has been viewed more than 72 million times on YouTube. —Catherine Garcia

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.