Keegan-Michael Key Teases 2 “Bucket List” Projects In Development

Keegan-Michael Key is shaping up for a busy 2025 as he has two dream projects currently in development.

The Emmy winner said he “has a good feeling” about what this year has in store while teasing an upcoming sports project and another in the action genre. “We’ll see how it goes,” he added.

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“I don’t know how to answer without saying things I can’t say. If only I could tell you,” Key told People.

“I have two projects in development that I’m very excited about,” he noted. “Both are checks on my bucket list. One goes in the sports world direction and one goes in the action direction, which is very different than a lot of the work that I have done in the past.”

In March, Deadline announced Key was cast in the Amazon MGM Studios crime thriller Play Dirty, based on Donald E. Westlake’s Parker novels. Directed by Shane Black, the film also stars Mark Wahlberg, LaKeith Stanfield, Rosa Salazar, Tony Shalhoub, Nat Wolff, Chukwudi Iwuji and Thomas Jane.

The film centers on Wahlberg’s professional thief, Parker, who after being double-crossed and left for dead, sees his hunt for revenge bring with it a shot at the biggest heist of his career. But even with the help of his partner, actor/con artist Grofield (Stanfield), he’ll still need to outsmart a South American dictator, the New York mob and the world’s richest man if he hopes to stay alive.

In July, Keegan-Michael and wife Elle Key signed with CAA, along with her Bigger Picture Media Group banner. Keegan-Michael, Elle and Bigger Picture are repped by Range Media Partners.

Key was previously in development on ABC series August Snow, set to executive produce and star as the titular Detroit private investigator in the adaptation of Stephen Mack Jones’ novels. Paul Eckstein was co-creating the series before he died at age 59 in 2023.

Key had another busy year in 2024, recently appearing alongside Jack Black in Dear Santa, in addition to voicing roles in IF and Transformers One. He also guest starred on Elsbeth and Abbott Elementary.

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