Musician turned filmmaker Boots Riley is set to begin production on that always critical sophomore feature with a quartet of players that include muse LaKeith Stanfield (toplined Riley’s debut Sorry to Bother You), Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, and the Demi Moore who is riding a nice career boost with the release of The Substance. The trades a reporting that the NEON project will shoot shortly which either means we can expect I Love Boosters to drop sometime in late 2025 or wait for a Sundance drop in 2026. This is being produced by Ryder Picture Company’s Aaron Ryder and Andrew Swett, and Savage Rose Films’ Allison Rose Carter and Jon Read. We’re getting Steve McQueen’s Widows vibes with this one.
I Love Boosters centers on a ring of female enterprising boosters (aka shoplifters, equal opportunists) who take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven. We thought that Riley’s debut was “a singular, wildly inventive, socio-political satire that ultimately loses its grip on the reins, the film is part sci-fi/fantasy dystopia, part workplace comedy, and all political commentary. Given Riley’s well-established anti-establishment background, you can expect shock & awe — but this first feature effort is mesmerizingly inventive only up to the moment where it explodes in your face.” (read review)
