I Love Boosters trailer sends Keke Palmer on a fashion heist – Keke Palmer leads a team of professional shoplifters in the official trailer for I Love Boosters, the new film from writer-director Boots Riley.
The surreal comedy opens in Australian cinemas on 12 November 2026. It brings Palmer together with Naomi Ackie and Taylour Paige as three women whose work targets the fashion industry from the shop floor to the supply chain.
For Australian audiences, the local date arrives several months after the film’s initial overseas launch. The new release puts its vibrant visual style, large ensemble and sharp ideas about fashion, labour and ownership at the centre of the campaign.
What is I Love Boosters about?
The film follows Corvette, Sade and Mariah, professional shoplifters who operate as “boosters”. The term describes people who obtain goods illicitly and resell them at a discount.
Corvette is played by Palmer, while Ackie plays Sade and Paige plays Mariah. Their operation moves from Oakland shopping malls to factories in China, widening the story beyond a single theft or store.
The group targets clothing created by Christie Smith, a powerful and cutthroat fashion designer played by Demi Moore. They then redistribute the pieces at prices that people in their community can afford.
However, Corvette’s relationship with Christie’s work is more complicated than simple opposition. She wants to become an artist like the designer, and that ambition pulls the team into what the release describes as a consciousness-splitting adventure involving new dimensions.
Keke Palmer leads the I Love Boosters cast
Palmer, Ackie and Paige head an ensemble that also includes Poppy Liu, Eiza González, LaKeith Stanfield, Will Poulter, Don Cheadle and Demi Moore.
The cast gives Riley room to build the story around both the booster crew and the institutions they confront. The trailer presents bright colour, elaborate styling and offbeat humour while pointing to a wider conflict about who makes fashion, who profits from it and who gets to wear it.
Boots Riley returns with a new original film
Riley wrote and directed I Love Boosters. His new film continues his interest in using heightened comedy and surreal turns to examine work, money and power.
The title refers directly to the crew at the centre of the story. Rather than treating them only as criminals, the premise frames their redistribution scheme as an act aimed at an industry figure whose success has made her an obvious target.
When is I Love Boosters in Australian cinemas?
I Love Boosters runs for 113 minutes and is presented in English. Maslow Entertainment will release the film in Australian cinemas on Thursday, 12 November 2026.
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