Keke
Palmer
and
SZA
in
a
buddy
comedy
produced
by
Issa
Rae?
Sign
us
the
hell
up
for
that.
Deadline
exclusively
reports
the
four-time
Grammy
winner
will
make
her
acting
debut
alongside
Palmer
in
a
buddy
comedy
film
that
Rae
will
produce
under
her
HOORAE
banner.
ColorCreative’s
Deniese
Davis,
Charles
D.
King,
James
Lopez,
and
Poppy
Hanks
from
Macro
Film
Studios
will
also
produce.
Rap
Sh!t
director
Lawrence
Lamont
will
sit
in
the
director’s
chair
for
the
project,
with
his
Rap
Sh!t teammate
Syreeta
Singleton
handling
the
script.
The
news
comes
after
Keke
Palmer
and
SZA
recently
teamed
up
for
an
episode
of
Saturday
Night
Live
with
Palmer
hosting while
SZA
was
the
night’s
musical
act.
Deadline
notes
the
film’s
plot
remains
a
secret
and
that
the
film
was
a
product
of
the
CoCre
lab
at
Sony
Pictures.
The
lab
was
created
by
a
previous
pact
between
ColorCreative
and
Columbia
Pictures
to
find
and
raise
emerging
diverse
screenwriters
and
help
them
develop
and
write
their
first
studio
feature
using
original
ideas.
This
Role
Was
An
Opportunity
SZA
Couldn’t
Pass
Up
SZA
was
considering
numerous
projects
before
joining
the
buddy
comedy
because
working
alongside
Palmer
was
an
opportunity
she
couldn’t
say
no
to.
As
for
Rae,
she
has
been
the
talk
of
the
internet
lately
after
her
Insecure
co-star,
Amanda
Seales,
mentioned
their
lack
of
a
relationship
on
a
recent
episode
of
Shannon
Shape’s
podcast,
Club
Shay
Shay.
It
looks
like
Issa
Rae
is
just
focusing
on
rooting
for
everyone
Black,
putting
people
on,
and
ignoring
the
outside
noise.
For
Palmer,
this
latest
project
follows
her
stellar
performance
on
Jordan
Peele’s
NOPE,
as
well
as
her
other
successful
endeavors
like
her
Emmy
Award-winning
self-created
project
Turnt
Up
With
the
Taylors,
and
her
gameshow
hosting
gig,
Password,
which
also
earned
her
an
Emmy.
We
love
to
see
it.