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Searchlight Greenlights “Lottery” Starring Keke Palmer, Zack Gottsagen

4/30/2026

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Searchlight Pictures has greenlit the film “Lottery,” starring Keke Palmer and Zack Gottsagen.
Thor Freudenthal directs from a screenplay by Alexis Jolly, with producers David Permut, Jen Dana and Dan Crown.
Keke Palmer and Sharon Palmer serve as executive producers.
Apolline Berty oversees the project for Searchlight.
Palmer, an Emmy winner, and Gottsagen, a Rising Star whose film sold for over $10 million, headline the cast.

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Story summary

Searchlight Pictures has greenlit the film “Lottery,” starring Keke Palmer and Zack Gottsagen.
Thor Freudenthal directs from a screenplay by Alexis Jolly, with producers David Permut, Jen Dana and Dan Crown.
Keke Palmer and Sharon Palmer serve as executive producers.
Apolline Berty oversees the project for Searchlight.
Palmer, an Emmy winner, and Gottsagen, a Rising Star whose film sold for over $10 million, headline the cast.