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EXCLUSIVE: Searchlight has greenlit Lottery, a Permut Presentations play astir a young man pinch Down syndrome, who aft winning nan lottery, flees his estranged mother and hits nan roadworthy pinch a charming caller friend who has ulterior motives of her own.
Two-time Primetime Emmy victor Keke Palmer stars pinch The Peanut Butter Falcon‘s Zack Gottsagen. Diary of a Wimpy Kid filmmaker Thor Freudenthal directs disconnected a screenplay by Alexis C. Jolly (Baby Monster, Belly of nan Beast).
Producers are Hacksaw Ridge Best Picture Oscar nominated David Permut for Permut Presentations, Jen Dana for 3311, and Dan Crown for Red Crown. Permut’s caller movie retired of Sundance, Olivia Wilde’s The Invite, starring Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penelope Cruz and Edward Norton, sold to A24 successful a fierce bidding warfare for $10M+ arsenic Deadline first reported.
Co-producers are Alex Astrachan for Permut Presentations and Yoni Liebling for Red Crown. EPs are Keke Palmer and Sharon Palmer.
Overseeing nan task astatine Searchlight is accumulation executive Apolline Berty who reports into Co-Heads of Film Production & Development DanTram Nguyen and Katie Goodson-Thomas.
Palmer won Emmys for Outstanding Host of a Game Show for Password in 2023 arsenic good arsenic Outstanding Actress successful a short-form drama aliases play bid for Turnt Up With nan Taylors. She’s besides a New York Times best-selling writer and was honored pinch nan 2025 NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of nan Year. Feature headlining roles see One of Them Days, Jordan Peele’s blockbuster Nope, Hustlers, Good Fortune, The Pickup and nan upcoming NEON summertime drama I Love Boosters from Boots Riley. Palmer hosts nan podcast Baby, This is Keke Palmer. She tin now beryllium seen connected Peacock’s The Burbs. Palmer is repped by 3 Arts Entertainment, and Hertz Lichtenstein Young & Polk.
Gottsagen collapsed retired successful nan critically acclaimed and grant winning feature The Peanut Butter Falcon opposite Dakota Johnson and Shia LaBeouf. The character was honored pinch nan Palm Springs International Film Festival Rising Star Award for his move successful that pic. Other characteristic movie roles include God Save nan Queens, At Last and Night Always Comes. Gottsagen is repped by Worldwide Artists Group and Advanced Management.
German-born Freudenthal’s directing movie credits besides include Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, and Words connected Bathroom Walls. In television, he has directed pilots for bid including Carnival Row, La Brea, Quantum Leap, and The Hunting Party — which he went connected to nonstop four episodes of, besides executive producing connected 14. He has besides directed episodes of The Expanse, Arrow and The Bondsman. He is represented by Gersh, Gotham Group, and Eclipse Law.
Jolly presently has projects successful improvement pinch Amazon Studios, FX, and more. His script A Beautiful Day successful nan Neighborhood appeared connected nan 2013 Black List. The scribe is repped by CAA, Writ Large and Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Feldman, Rogal, Shikora & Clark.
