Keke Palmer, SZA R-Rated Comedy Lands Early 2025 Release From Sony
Keke Palmer and SZA will soon be sharing the screen again.
Sony Pictures announced Friday that the untitled R-rated comedy movie starring the pair will hit theaters Jan. 24, 2025. Lawrence Lamont is directing the TriStar Pictures film from a script by Syreeta Singleton. Plot details have not been shared.
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Rounding out the cast are Lil Rel Howery, Janelle James, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Maude Apatow, Katt Williams, Joshua Neal, Aziza Scott, Patrick Cage and Amin Joseph.
Producers include Issa Rae and Sara Diya Rastogi for Hoorae, Deniese Davis for ColorCreative, Charles D. King for Macro Film Studios, James Lopez and Poppy Hanks. Macro Film Studios is also financing the project that counts Singleton as a co-producer. Palmer and Sharon Palmer of Big Boss are executive producing.
The film originated as part of Sony’s CoCre lab, which was a previous collaboration between the studio and ColorCreative to help on-the-rise, diverse screenwriters develop original feature ideas.
Keke Palmer previously hosted a 2022 episode of Saturday Night Live that featured SZA as musical guest.
Lamont worked as a director on the Rae-created comedy series Rap Sh!t. Singleton previously wrote for Rap Sh!t and Insecure.
Palmer is known for features including Nope and Hustlers. Her busy slate of future projects includes heist comedy The Pickup opposite Eddie Murphy and the Aziz Ansari-directed Good Fortune that also stars Seth Rogen and Keanu Reeves. She is set to star in Peacock’s series remake of The Burbs and is attached to the Kevin Hart comedy The Backup.
Acting is a new venture for SZA. The singer is currently riding the smash success of her latest album SOS, which earned nine Grammy nominations and spawned the hit singles “Kill Bill” and “Snooze.”
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