Yahoo Lifestyle Keke Palmer and SZA’s Comedy ‘One of Them Days’ Moves Up Release to MLK Weekend
Sony’s buddy comedy starring Keke Palmer and SZA, “One of Them Days,” is moving its release date to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. The film, previously dated for Jan. 24, will now hit theaters on Jan. 17.
A studio source tells Variety the shift was made to take advantage of the four-day holiday weekend, where no other comedies are currently slated. The TriStar Pictures movie is produced by Issa Rae‘s Hoorae, written by Syreeta Singleton and directed by Lawrence Lamont.
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“Best friends and roommates Dreux (Keke Palmer) and Alyssa (SZA) are about to have one of them days,” the logline says. “When they discover Alyssa’s boyfriend has blown their rent money, the duo finds themselves going to extremes in a comical race against the clock to avoid eviction and keep their friendship intact.”
Lil Rel Howery, Janelle James, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Maude Apatow, Katt Williams, Joshua Neal, Aziza Scott, Patrick Cage, Dewayne Perkins, Amin Joseph, Gabrielle Dennis and DomiNque Perry also star.
Palmer and SZA first teamed up for “Saturday Night Live” in Dec. 2022, when Palmer hosted and SZA was the musical guest. “One of Them Days” marks SZA’s acting debut.
The project came together from the CoCre lab at Sony Pictures. The lab was a previous pact between ColorCreative and Sony Pictures to source and incubate emerging, diverse screenwriters to develop and write their first studio feature based on original ideas.
“One of Them Days” is produced by Hoorae’s Rae and Sara Diya Rastogi, ColorCreative’s Deniese Davis and Macro Film Studios’ Charles D. King, James Lopez and Poppy Hanks. Singleton is co-producing. Palmer will executive produce for her Big Boss banner, alongside Sharon Palmer. Macro Film Studios is also co-financing the project.
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