Jon Hamm, Kevin Hart Eye Richard Linklater's 'Mr. Limpet'; New Clip from 'Boyhood'

In a couple of weeks Richard Linklater will finally release his 12-year coming of age epic, Boyhood (catch my review here), and he'll be following it up with another project that has been in the works for some time. Zach Galifianakis has long been attached to star in Linklater's remake of Don Knotts comedy, The Incredible Mr. Limpet, and with the project officially moving forward a talented cast is starting to assemble around it.

Jon Hamm, Kevin Hart, Josh Gad, Key & Peele, Sarah Silverman, and Danny McBride are in talks to join the film, a live-action/animated hybrid based on the Theodore Pratt novel that inspired the 1964 movie. Galifianakis plays a bearded beach bum and activist who is turned into a fish and sets out to save the aquatic population and his town. Hamm would play the villain, a businessman who mines the ocean floor. McBride and Silverman are expected to take human roles while the rest will be voicing animated fish.

Linklater will be employing an animated style still similar to his Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly, which may take kids a little getting used to. Filming could begin this fall if everything comes together.

But first Linklater has Boyhood to open in theaters, and even if it's not your typical summer tentpole it's an achievement bigger films can't come close to matching. Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Linklater's daughter Lorelai shot the movie over the course of twelve years, filming a few weeks at a time. It allows us to see these characters evolve naturally, and the same goes for the actors portraying them. The story centers on Mason (Coltrane) as he grows up in a broken-but-loving home, and in this scene he's getting a lecture from his Dad about having a natural conversation.

Boyhood opens in limited release July 11th, here in DC a week later.[TheWrap]

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Key & Peele Producing 'Police Academy' Reboot

The Police Academy franchise is one of the most memorable in Hollywood, but it's been dormant for quite awhile. We've seen seven films and a pair of TV series based on the bumbling cops, with the last movie being 1994's Mission to Moscow. But last year we learned New Line Cinema was looking to revive Police Academy with a big screen reboot, and now its gotten a much-needed comedic boost.

The Wrap has confirmed an earlier Tracking Board report that Comedy Central duo  Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele are in talks to produce the reboot, with the possibility they could come aboard and star. Scott Zabielski (Tosh.0) had been set to direct but he's now dropped out, and a rewrite is underway from Jeremy Garelick (The Break-Up).

As it stands right now they are only producing, and chances are they will wait for a completed script before making any further decisions. It certainly seems like the sort of project they'd be quick to join, considering they've recently appeared in stuff like Hell Baby, Wanderlust, and Let's Be Cops. As distasteful as the idea of bringing back Police Academy is, Key & Peele could at least make it worth paying attention to.

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'Key & Peele' Finally Meet their Hero, Liam Neeson!

I have to admit to being late to the Key & Peele party, but now I think they're the funniest duo on TV and the only reason to ever turn on Comedy Central. And the skits I've responded to most seems to be the ones most people feel the same way about, and it's their pair of action movie-loving, Liam Neeson-worshipping hotel valets. In a hilarious new skit titled 'What About Non-Stop, Though?', the duo finally meet Neeson and, as expected, get way too hyped over Non-Stop.  Check it out below, then book passage for Non-Stop when it opens on February 28th.

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