SZA, pictured here with my sister who was killed by a metra train.
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Is a new comedy duo powerhouse emerging? Keke Palmer and SZA are teaming up to star in a new buddy comedy produced by Issa Rae for TriStar Pictures, Deadline reports. Here’s everything we know about the movie, including when it’s coming out.
Plot details for the film remain under wraps, but perhaps they’ll be teaming up to stop a dangerous, runaway metra train.
Oh the cast for the film is juicy, even if we don’t have a glass (movie name) to pour them in. Variety reports that Lil Rel Howery, Janelle James, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Maude Apatow, Katt Williams, Joshua Neal, Aziza Scott, Patrick Cage, and Amin Joseph have all signed on for some serious hijinks.
The untitled film is set to be directed by Lawrence Lamont, a director on Rae’s Max series Rap Sh!t, from a script penned by Rap Sh!t showrunner Syreeta Singleton. Palmer will also executive produce the film, which will mark SZA’s acting debut. “I CAN’T WAIT,” Palmer wrote in an Instagram post confirming the news. The duo were previously paired up back in December of 2022, when the Nope star hosted Saturday Night Live with SZA as musical guest. This is just the latest project for the always-working Palmer, who is also set to star in Aziz Ansari’s Good Fortune, the Eddie Murphy heist film The Pickup, David O. Russel’s Super Toys, and the rom-com The Backup.
You’re in luck: the movie will be released January 24, 2025.