{"id":127824,"date":"2018-12-28T19:30:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-29T00:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=127824"},"modified":"2018-12-30T03:51:21","modified_gmt":"2018-12-30T08:51:21","slug":"showtime-to-premiere-pimp-starring-keke-palmer-on-dec-28-at-11pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/showtime-to-premiere-pimp-starring-keke-palmer-on-dec-28-at-11pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Showtime To Premiere ‘Pimp’ Starring Keke Palmer On Dec. 28 at 11pm"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Vertical Entertainment’s film ‘”PIMP'”<\/strong> starring Keke Palmer, will premiere on Showtime on Friday December 28 at 11PM ET\/PT<\/strong>. “PIMP” was released in select theaters and is available on all digital platforms including, iTunes, Amazon Video, VUDU, Google Play, Microsoft Movies & TV, Sony Playstation, Redbox On Demand. The film is also available on Cable & Satellite providers: Comcast, Cox, Charter \/ Time Warner.<\/p>\n

Written and directed by Christine Crokos and executive produced by Lee Daniels, Pimp\u2018s cast also includes Haley Ramm, Aunjanue Ellis, Edi Gathegi, Vanessa Morgan, Mike E. Winfield,<\/strong> and Paola Lazaro<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Pimp revolves around the character Wednesday (Palmer), who is in a relationship with a woman that she has grown up with, and decides to be a pimp. She soon realizes that in order for her and her girlfriend Nikki (Haley Ramm) to obtain a better life, she has to make far more money than she is currently making. With this in mind, Wednesday decides to steal a beautiful woman from a major pimp in the neighborhood, and winds up making more money than she anticipated. She gets caught up in the \u201cpimp life,\u201d and decides to pimp out Nikki; however, problems arise when Nikki fails to make as much money as the other woman.<\/p>\n

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The multifaceted entertainer considers this a passion project, as she’s been working on the film, since the age of 18. Keke tell’s EW \u201cI heard about this project when I was coming out of doing a lot of kid work, I\u2019d just turned 18, I\u2019d been working a lot with Nickelodeon and Disney Channel, and I really was looking for some cool, interesting projects that could give me the opportunity to show different female characters. I wanted to do something different and give a voice to a character that really doesn\u2019t often get a voice. I came across this script and I loved it, and I thought it was going to be challenging, so I immediately wanted to try and get an audition. I couldn\u2019t get one because they said they weren\u2019t really sure it was something that would be a good fit for me. So, I went to my old neighborhood and a created a documentary-style acting tape, and I sent it in, and that\u2019s why I got the role.”<\/strong><\/p>\n