The Pickup trailer released: Details explored about the upcoming heist comedy

Legendary comedian Eddie Murphy teams up with Keke Palmer and Pete Davidson in The Pickup, a new action comedy coming to streaming platforms this August. Murphy and the SNL alum play an unlikely duo—armored truck drivers whose ordinary day is ruined by a robbery.

After releasing first-look stills in May 2025, Prime Video has unveiled the official trailer for The Pickup. In the trailer, Murphy and Davidson's cash delivery goes sideways when a thief, played by Keke Palmer, intercepts their delivery and forces them to help rob $60 million from a casino. Should Murphy's character refuse to help in the heist, his wife, played by Eva Longoria, would be dead.

The footage teases Murphy and Davidson as an unlikely duo with opposing personalities. It also features plenty of explosions, figuratively and literally, from comedic lines to cars getting blown up with colored smoke bombs.

Directed by Tim Story, the filmmaker behind Ride Along and Barbershop, and written by Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider, the movie promises a blend of action-packed scenes and funny shenanigans from the cast.

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When will The Pickup be released, and where can you watch it?

The fast-paced heist comedy movie will make its streaming debut on Wednesday, August 9, 2025. For those wanting to watch the new action-comedy movie, it will be released exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. It will be available to watch globally through the streaming app on the release date.

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What is The Pickup all about?

In the action-comedy movie, two armored truck drivers get tangled up in an elaborate robbery scheme. Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson lead the cast as two armored truck drivers. While they work together, they are as different as two people can be. During a routine cash pickup, with Davidson as the driver, they are targeted by a group of professional thieves, led by Keke Palmer.

They are not being robbed, but they are being recruited to play a part in Palmer's more elaborate heist, which is to rob a casino. While they could say no, Murphy's character doesn't have much of a choice after his wife's life is threatened. Their ordinary day goes bad when they are intercepted by the criminal, but with them being forced to commit a crime, their bad day is bound to go even worse.

Here's what the movie's synopsis teases about the story:

"In the action-comedy The Pickup, a routine cash pickup takes a wild turn when two mismatched armored truck drivers, Russell and Travis, are ambushed by ruthless criminals led by a savvy mastermind, Zoe, with plans that go beyond the cash cargo."

The synopsis further teases chaos unfolding as Zoe targets Russell and Travis, who are forced to navigate risk and danger with their clashing personalities.

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Cast and characters in the movie

Eddie Murphy plays Russell opposite Pete Davidson's Travis, the two male leads working as armored car drivers in The Pickup. Keke Palmer stars as Zoe, the mastermind of the heist and the film's female lead. Joining them in the movie are:

• Eva Longoria as Russell's wife
• Jack Kesy
• Joe Anoa'i
• Ismael Cruz Cordova
• Marshawn Lynch
• Andrew Dice Clay
• Vinnie Varone
• Charles Green
• Christopher Cocke
• Josh Turner
• Leydi Morales
• Chelsea Rivera
• Jeff Holbrook
• Marvon Hardy
• Gabriel Drum
• Keith Paul Carpenter
• Toby Kibue

The movie marks the second partnership between Eddie Murphy and Amazon, following Candy Cane Lane, Prime Video's Christmas comedy that became the most-watched Amazon-produced movie debut in the US, per The Hollywood Reporter.

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Catch The Pickup on August 9, 2025, only on Prime Video.