Date: 29th February 2024

Eva Longoria, Marshawn Lynch Join Eddie Murphy in New Heist Comedy Movie.


Eddie Murphy heist comedy The Pickup has four new additions: Eva Longoria, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Jack Kesy, and Marshawn Lynch.

The script for The Pickup was written by Matt Mider and Kevin Burrows, who previously created the animated series Gentlemen Lobsters together. John Davis and John Fox produce the movie alongside Murphy, Story, and Charisse Hewitt-Webster, while Jeremy Stein, Vicky Mara Story, Burrows, Mider, and Ross Fanger serve as executive producers.

Details as to their roles are under wraps, as is the plot of the film. Others set for roles, as previously announced, are Pete Davidson, Keke Palmer and Andrew Dice Clay.

Eva Longoria made her feature directorial debut with the dramedy Flamin’ Hot, which brought Searchlight its biggest ever streaming premiere as the first title ever to debut simultaneously on Hulu and Disney+, Longoria’s most recently appeared on screen in the TIFF drama Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, as well as the Oscar-nominated anthology Tell It Like a Woman. Up next, she’ll be seen starring on the Apple TV+ series Land of Women, based on Sandra Barneda’s bestseller, as well as the fourth season of Hulu’s hit comedy Only Murders in the Building.

Source: Press Release