Keke Palmer and SZA have signed on for the leading roles in an untitled buddy comedy movie from producer Issa Rae.
This won’t be the first time that Palmer and SZA were first seen onscreen together. The duo previously appeared in an episode of Saturday Night Live over a year ago.The untitled buddy comedy will be directed by Lawrence Lamont from a screenplay written by Syreeta Singleton. The creative duo is best known for their work on the Rap Sh!t series, where Rae also served as the creator and executive producer. The film will be produced by Rae, Singleton, Sara Diya Rastogi, Deniese Davis, and Charles D.
The upcoming movie marks SZA’s acting debut. The award-winning singer is best known for her hit songs “Snooze,” “Kill Bill,” “Nobody Gets Me,” and more. In 2019, SZA nabbed her first Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song in recognition for her “All the Stars” with Kendrick Lamar from the Black Panther soundtrack.
Meanwhile, Keke Palmer was most recently seen in Jennifer Lopez’s Prime Video movie This Is Me… Now: A Love Story. Besides the upcoming comedy, she is also currently attached to star in two high-profile project, including Aziz Ansari’s Good Fortune with Keanu Reeves, and the heist film The Pickup with Eddie Murphy.Maggie Dela Paz has been writing about the movie and TV industry for more than four years now.
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