Isaa Rae has a buzzy new buddy comedy within the works starring Keke Palmer and Grammy winner SZA, IndieWire has confirmed.
Rae is ready to supply the untitled function for TriStar Footage. Rae’s “Rap Sh!t” director Lawrence Lamont will direct the movie utilizing a screenplay by “Rap Sh!t” showrunner Syreeta Singleton. The venture hailed from the ColorCreative’s lab at Sony Footage as a part of a program between ColorCreative and Columbia Footage to foster rising various screenwriters’ first studio options.
Palmer will government produce via her Massive Boss banner together with Sharon Palmer. Rae and Sara Diya Rastogi will produce via Rae’s banner Hoorae; ColorCreative’s Deniese Davis and Charles D. King and MACRO Movie Studios’ James Lopez and Poppy Hanks additionally produce. Singleton is co-producing.
Palmer and SZA did a December 2022 “Saturday Night time Life” collectively — Palmer as host and SZA as her musical visitor.
The venture marks SZA’s performing debut, although she has carried out in cinematic music movies. She collaborated with Kendrick Lamar for “All of the Stars” from the “Black Panther” soundtrack in 2018.
Lamont additionally has a background in music movies, having collaborated with J. Cole, Massive Sean, Kanye West, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Jhene Aiko, Nas, and Snoop Dogg.
Emmy winner Rae not too long ago spoke out concerning the cancellation of “Rap Sh!t” at Max after two seasons, telling Web-a-Porter that seeing TV executives cancel various collection proves that tales from Black filmmakers are “much less of a precedence.”
“You’re seeing so many Black reveals get canceled, you’re seeing so many executives — particularly on the DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion] facet — get canned,” Rae mentioned. “You’re seeing very clearly now that our tales are much less of a precedence.”
She added of the business as an entire, “I’m pessimistic, as a result of there’s nobody holding anyone accountable — and I can, positive, but in addition at what price? I can’t pressure you to make my stuff. It’s made me take extra steps to attempt to be impartial down the road if I’ve to.”
Rae later mentioned to Time journal that Hollywood is “scared and clueless” whereas being “on the mercy of Wall Road.”
“Now these conglomerate leaders are additionally making the selections about Hollywood. Y’all aren’t artistic individuals. Follow the cash. The individuals which might be taking likelihood is on platforms like TikTok: that’s what’s getting the eyeballs of the youth. So that you’re killing your individual business,” Rae mentioned. The filmmaker has an total cope with WarnerMedia via 2026.
Deadline first reported the information.