Keke Palmer Joins Eddie Murphy in Amazon MGM Heist Comedy ‘The Pickup’ (Exclusive)

Keke Palmer will play the female lead opposite Eddie Murphy in The Pickup, a heist comedy Tim Story is directing for Amazon MGM Studios.

Murphy is leading the cast that also includes Pete Davidson and will produce along with Story and John David and John Fox via David Entertainment. Charisse Hewitt-Webster of Eddie Murphy Productions is also producing.

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Plot details are being kept in the vault but the Matt Mider and Kevin Burrows-penned script is being described as a heist comedy.

A February start is being planned.

Executive producing are The Story Company’s Vicky Mara Story, Davis Entertainment’s Jeremy Stein, along with Kevin Burrows, Ross Fanger, and Matt Mider.

The feature’s go status marks the second Murphy-centric project for Amazon and follows the successful launch of Prime Video’s Candy Cane Lane. That Christmas comedy, which Murphy starred in and produced, was its most-watched Amazon MGM Studios-produced movie debut ever in the U.S. and among its top 10 worldwide film debuts for the streamer in its first three days of release.

Palmer most recently starred with Daniel Kaluuya in Jordan Peele’s monster movie Nope, released by Universal Pictures. She also did voicework in Pixar’s Lightyear and the Disney series The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder. Other credits include Alice, which she also executive produced, and Hustlers, alongside Jennifer Lopez.

Palmer is repped by 3 Arts, LUNA Entertainment, and Hertz Lichtenstein.

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