Award-winning studio Neon announced today that Eiza González (“Baby Driver”), Poppy Liu (“Hacks”), Taylour Paige (“Zola”), and Will Poulter (“The Bear”) have joined the cast of Boots Riley’s highly anticipated next feature “I Love Boosters,” alongside the previously announced Keke Palmer (“Nope”), Naomi Ackie (“Blink Twice”), LaKeith Stanfield (“Judas and the Black Messiah”), and Demi Moore (“The Substance”). Principal photography is set to commence this fall. Aaron Ryder and Andrew Swett will produce on behalf of their Ryder Picture Company (RPC) with Savage Rose Films’ Allison Rose Carter and Jon Read, under their production and development partnership with Neon. Executive producers include Mike Jackman, Gus Deardoff, Ken Kao and Josh Rosenbaum for Waypoint Entertainment, Megan Ellison for Annapurna, and Neon. Neon is financing the film with Waypoint Entertainment and 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. Below the line team includes a score by Tune-Yards (“Tomboy”), cinematography by Natasha Braier (“The Neon Demon”), editing by Matthew Hannam (“The Iron Claw”), and production design by Christopher Glass (“The Jungle Book”).

González is best known for her roles in films such as Edgar Wright’s “Baby Driver” and Netflix’s “I Care A Lot” in addition to her television work such Netflix series “3 Body Problem” and Hulu’s “La Máquina.” Up next, she will be seen in both of Guy Ritchie’s new films “In The Grey” and “Fountain of Youth” along with the mystery sci-fi movie “Ash.” She most recently wrapped production on “Mike and Nick and Nick and Alice” opposite James Marsden and Vince Vaughn.

Liu is a Chinese American actress and activist who has starred in the series “Hacks,” “The Afterparty,” “Better Call Saul,” and can be seen in the upcoming “No Good Deed.”

Paige had her breakout performance as the title character in Janicza Bravo’s 2020 comedy/crime film “Zola,” for which she won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. She also starred in Ma Rainey’s “Black Bottom,” the music video for Kendrick Lamar’s “We Cry Together,” “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F,” and can be seen in the upcoming HBO series “It: Welcome to Derry.”

Poulter is an English actor who gained recognition in 2013 for his role in “We’re the Millers,” going on to star in “The Maze Runner” film trilogy, Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s “The Revenant,” “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch,” and Ari Aster’s “Midsommar.” He also starred in Hulu’s “Dopesick” in 2021 and FX’s “The Bear” for both of which he was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards.

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; 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 “Anora,” the highly-anticipated new film from Sean Baker starring Mikey Madison, which won the coveted Palme d’Or in Cannes and opened in select theaters October 18 to the highest per-screen average of 2024; Osgood Perkins’ horror film “Longlegs;” and “Immaculate” starring Sydney Sweeney.

González is repped by CAA, Linden Entertainment, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Sample & Klein. Liu is repped by Buchwald, Framework Entertainment, and Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham. Paige is repped by CAA, Entertainment 360, and Granderson Des Rochers. Poulter is repped by WME, Hamilton Hodell, and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.

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: “Anora” from Sean Baker, which won the Palme d’Or in Cannes and released in theaters on October 18 to the highest per-screen average of 2024; “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: Michael Angelo Covino’s “Splitsville” starring Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona; 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.