Amazon Studios Lands ‘Moxie’ Starring Keke Palmer – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: After touchdown the recent package deal Purple Shirt earlier within the week, Amazon Studios has added one other high-profile property to their slate as Sources inform Deadline the studio has landed the motion comedy Moxie starring Keke Palmer. Deadline broke the information that the package deal was out to consumers earlier than the Thanksgiving Vacation and Amazon moved quick to land the rights tot pic that includes one of many greater stars of 2022. Hawkeye director Bert is on board to direct with Heather Quinn penning the script. Palmer, Peter Lawson and Kate Churchill are producing. Sharon Palmer is exec producing.

The movie is a few foul-mouthed stripper who pisses off the FBI in an enormous means when she by some means turns into the perfect candidate for his or her fancy new agent program.

Since Deadline broke the information, Palmer has already added two extra high-profile accolades as she is ready to host Saturday Night time Reside tomorrow night time and was additionally feted with Greatest Supporting Actress by the New York Movie Critics Affiliation for her scene-stealing position in Nope. The Jordan Peele directed horror comedy, Nope, which bowed earlier this yr and has grossed $171 million on the box-office. Palmer additionally voiced Izzy Hawthorne in Pixar’s Lightyear.

Bert lately directed a handful of episodes for the hit Marvel sequence Hawkeye. Previous to that she additionally directed the Viola Davis pic Troop Zero.

Quinn additionally labored on Hawkeye and in addition wrote the Marvel halloween particular Werewolf By Night time.

Palmer is repped by 3 Arts Leisure, Bert is repped by Verve and Quinn is repped by Curate.