Award-winning studio NEON announced today that it has partnered with Boots Riley (“Sorry to Bother You”) on his new film, “I Love Boosters,” with Keke Palmer (“Nope”), Naomi Ackie (“Blink Twice”), LaKeith Stanfield (“Judas and the Black Messiah”), who is re-teaming with Riley following the success of “Sorry to Bother You,” and Demi Moore (“The Substance”) set to star. Additional casting is currently underway, with principal photography set to begin this fall. Aaron Ryder and Andrew Swett are producing the film on behalf of Ryder Picture Company (RPC) with Savage Rose Films’ Allison Rose Carter and Jon Read. Mike Jackman and Gus Deardoff will serve as executive producers. Neon is financing the film with Waypoint Entertainment and acquired the worldwide rights. Neon will release the film theatrically in the US and handle international sales.

“I Love Boosters” is about a ring of enterprising boosters (aka shoplifters, equal opportunists), who take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven. Additional plot details are currently being kept under wraps.

Riley is a multihyphenate working across film and music as a director, producer, screenwriter and best-known for his 2018 feature debut “Sorry to Bother You,” starring LaKeith Stanfield and Tessa Thompson. Riley also created the Amazon original miniseries “I’m a Virgo” with Jharrel Jerome in the leading role.

Palmer is an Emmy Award-winning multi-hyphenate entertainer across film and television, music, and literary spaces. Most recently, she starred in Jordan Peele’s “Nope,” “Alice” from Krystin Ver Linden, Lorene Scafaria’s “Hustlers” alongside Constance Wu and Jennifer Lopez and appears opposite Jimmy Fallon in “Password.” Her book “Master of Me” will be released 11/19 from Flatiron.

Ackie made her breakthrough as an actor in William Oldroyd’s “Lady Macbeth” alongside Florence Pugh, earning her the British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer. Ackie has gone on to portray singer Whitney Houston in the biopic “I Wanna Dance with Somebody,” and recently starred in the leading role of Zoe Kravitz’s directorial debut, “Blink Twice.” She can next be seen in Bong Joon-ho’s “Mickey 17” alongside Robert Pattinson.

Stanfield continues to bring unparalleled passion and reverence to each of his roles, most recently starring in Sony and Legendary’s “The Book of Clarence,” Disney’s “The Haunted Mansion,” and starring in and executive producing the Apple TV+ series “The Changeling.” He also lent his voice to the documentary “Ernest Cole: Lost and Found,” which premiered at Cannes this year. In 2021, he was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in “Judas and the Black Messiah.” Upcoming projects include “Lear Rex,” opposite Al Pacino and Jessica Chastain, “Play Dirty” alongside Mark Wahlberg, Dermot Mulroney and Tony Shalhoub, and starring in and producing the film adaptation of “El Paso, Elsewhere.”

Actress, producer, and New York Times bestselling author Moore has proven herself to be one of the industry’s most accomplished performers, lending her talents to an array of revered films and television both in front of and behind the camera; including “St. Elmo’s Fire,” “G.I. Jane,” “A Few Good Men,” and “Ghost,” which earned her a Golden Globe nomination. Moore most recently starred in the second season of “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans,” and can soon be seen in the upcoming Paramount+ drama “Landman” from Taylor Sheridan. She is currently receiving rave reviews for her role in the body horror feature, “The Substance,” in theaters now.

Over the past couple of years, Neon has expanded more widely into the production space, with recent titles including: Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The End,” a golden-age musical starring Tilda Swinton, George McKay, Moses Ingram, and Michael Shannon; Tilman Singer’s “Cuckoo” with Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens; David Robert Mitchell’s sequel to the modern horror classic “It Follows,” titled “They Follow”; and Michael Covino’s “Splitsville” starring Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona, which began shooting last month. They recently released Osgood Perkins’ horror film “Longlegs” which just surpassed $75 million in the U.S. box office, becoming the highest grossing independent film of the year and “Immaculate” starring Sydney Sweeney. Upcoming releases include: “Anora,” the highly-anticipated new film from Sean Baker starring Mikey Madison, which won the coveted Palme d’Or in Cannes and “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” from director Mohammad Rasoulof.

RPC is prepping Michael Sarnoski’s “The Death of Robin Hood,” with Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer, and “Onslaught” from Adam Wingard, under their first-look with Lyrical Media. The company recently premiered the sci-fi romance “All of You” with Brett Goldstein and Imogen Poots at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, and is also in post on “At the Sea,” starring six-time Academy Award-nominee Amy Adams and directed by Kornel Mundruczo. Up next for RPC is “Office Romance” with Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein for Netflix.

Producing partners Allison Rose Carter and Jon Read are Savage Rose Films. Together, they have produced and co-produced over twenty five films, including The Daniels’ Academy Award-winning film “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” and recently inked a production and development partnership with Neon.

Riley is repped by WME and Cohen & Gardner. Palmer is repped by 3Arts and Hertz Lichtenstein Young & Polk, LLP. Ackie is repped by CAA, Hamilton Hodell, Range Media Partners, and Peikoff Mahan Law Office. Stanfield is repped by CAA, Stark Management, and Ginsburg Daniels Kallis. Moore is repped by CAA, Untitled, and Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman.

About Neon
In only seven years, Neon has garnered 32 Academy Award nominations (7 this year), 6 wins, including Best Picture, and has grossed over $300M at the box office. The company continues to push boundaries and take creative risks on bold cinema such as Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite,” which made history winning four Academy Awards, becoming the first non-English-language film to claim Best Picture. The film also unanimously won the Palme d’Or at Cannes and grossed over $54M at the domestic box office.

Recent and upcoming Neon releases include: Osgood Perkins’ “Longlegs” starring Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe, which surpassed $73M at the box office to become the highest-grossing indie horror film of the last decade; “Anora” from Sean Baker, which won the Palme d’Or in Cannes and will release in theaters on October 18; and “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” from Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, which Neon picked up out of this year’s Cannes Film Festival and has been selected as the German entry for Best International Feature at the 97th Academy Awards.

As a burgeoning leader in the production space, Neon’s recent and upcoming in-house productions include: David Robert Mitchell’s “They Follow” starring Maika Monroe; Brandon Cronenberg’s “Infinity Pool;” Bishal Dutta’s “It Lives Inside;” and Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The End,” a golden-age musical starring Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton.

Neon launched its international sales outfit ahead of the Venice Film Festival in 2023, handling titles including: Kogonada’s “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” starring Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell; Jason Buxton’s “Sharp Corner” starring Ben Foster and Cobie Smulders, which premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival; and Steven Soderbergh’s “Presence,” which made its world premiere in Sundance, where Neon picked up the worldwide rights.

Neon has amassed a library of over 110 films, with noteworthy releases including: “Anatomy of a Fall” from Justine Triet, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and earned Neon its fourth consecutive Palme d’Or win at its world premiere in Cannes; Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days,” which was the Japanese nomination for the 96th Academy Awards; and “Robot Dreams” from Pablo Berger, which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature. It also includes the Oscar-nominated documentaries “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed and Fire of Love;” 2022’s highest grossing documentary, “Moonage Daydream;” and three-time Academy Award nominee Ruben Östlund’s “Triangle of Sadness;” “Flee,” which made history becoming the first film to score an impressive trifecta of Oscar nominations; “The Worst Person in The World,” which was nominated for Original Screenplay and International Feature Film at the Academy Awards; Julia Ducournau’s Palme d’Or winner, “Titane;” and Craig Gillespie’s “I, Tonya,” which garnered multiple Academy Award nominations, one win for Allison Janney and amassed over $30M in domestic box office.