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More than a decade later, Ike Barinholtz is opening up about the Police Academy reboot that was scrapped amid a rise in lethal police brutality. The comedian noted that Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele were set to star in the \u201cdirty, R-rated, modern\u201d take on the 1984 Hugh Wilson-helmed police comedy that spawned six sequels [\u2026]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
More than a decade later, Ike Barinholtz is opening up about the Police Academy reboot that was scrapped amid a rise in lethal police brutality. 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