{"id":254688,"date":"2026-01-27T20:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/254688\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T20:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:39:07","slug":"keke-palmer-stars-in-boots-rileys-new-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/254688\/","title":{"rendered":"Keke Palmer Stars in Boots Riley&#8217;s New Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSeven years after his acclaimed debut \u201cSorry to Bother You,\u201d filmmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/boots-riley\/\" id=\"auto-tag_boots-riley\" data-tag=\"boots-riley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boots Riley<\/a> is returning with his highly anticipated sophomore feature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tNeon has released the first trailer for \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/i-love-boosters\/\" id=\"auto-tag_i-love-boosters\" data-tag=\"i-love-boosters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I Love Boosters<\/a>,\u201d a heist comedy centered on a crew of professional shoplifters who target a ruthless fashion mogul. The film features an ensemble cast led by <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/keke-palmer\/\" id=\"auto-tag_keke-palmer\" data-tag=\"keke-palmer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keke Palmer<\/a> and Naomi Ackie, alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/lakeith-stanfield\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lakeith-stanfield\" data-tag=\"lakeith-stanfield\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LaKeith Stanfield<\/a>, Taylour Paige, Poppy Liu, Eiza Gonz\u00e1lez, Don Cheadle and Demi Moore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRiley again serves as writer and director, continuing the socially conscious, boundary-pushing approach that defined his 2018 SXSW breakout \u201cSorry to Bother You.\u201d That film, which starred Stanfield alongside Tessa Thompson, established Riley as a filmmaker unafraid to blend satire with surreal, often dissonant ideas. In 2023, his Amazon series \u201cI Am A Virgo\u201d further cemented his reputation for politically charged, genre-defying storytelling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI Love Boosters\u201d reunites Riley with Stanfield and marks another collaboration with Neon, which is producing and financing the project. Aaron Ryder and Andrew Swett are producing for Ryder Picture Company, joined by Allison Rose Carter and Jon Read of Savage Rose Films. Executive producers include Mike Jackman, Gus Deardoff, and Waypoint\u2019s Ken Kao and Josh Rosenbaum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI Love Boosters\u201d will make its world premiere as the opening night film of the South by Southwest Film and Television Festival\u2019s 40th edition, bringing Riley back to Austin, where he first debuted as a feature filmmaker. The opening slot underscores the festival\u2019s continued relationship with Riley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI Love Boosters\u201d will release in theaters on May 22.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWatch the teaser trailer below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seven years after his acclaimed debut \u201cSorry to Bother You,\u201d filmmaker Boots Riley is returning with his highly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[147253,156,147254,134789,9314,409,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-254688","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-boots-riley","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-i-love-boosters","11":"tag-keke-palmer","12":"tag-lakeith-stanfield","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-new-zealand","15":"tag-newzealand","16":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}