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Teddy: Kid Cudi to Make and Star in Feature Directorial Debut Produced by Jeymes Samuel and Jay-Z

'I cant wait for u all to meet Teddy, his friends, his family and take a walk in his world for a bit,' the rapper explained.

On Tuesday, Kid Cudi announced his latest endeavor and no, unfortunately, itโ€™s not about his forthcoming album.

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Per Variety, the Man on the Moon III artist announced heโ€™d be making and starring in his feature directorial debut, Teddy, which he describes as: โ€œIf I took the song โ€˜Pursuit of Happinessโ€™ and wrote a movie about it.โ€

According to Cudiโ€™s post on social media, the film concept began to take form back in 2013. But now, after nearly 10 years, itโ€™ll finally be coming to fruition and to Netflix screens in the near future. Itโ€™s also set to be produced by Jay-Z and Jeymes Samuel, director of The Harder They Fall. Cudi previously collaborated with the two artists on the song โ€œGuns Go Bangโ€ for the popular Black Western film.

โ€œIโ€™ve been waiting to tell you all about this for a long time,โ€ he explained. โ€œThis year Iโ€™m directing my first feature film, โ€˜Teddy,โ€™ at Netflix, which I wrote and will also be starring. This is a story I started writing in 2013 because I always wanted to write my own movie, so I said fuck it and started doing it. (MESSAGE!) The road has been long, from it being a tv show for years to finally being a film. So it means so fuckin much to finally be able to bring it to the screen next year, and I cant wait for u all to meet Teddy, his friends, his family and take a walk in his world for a bit. If I could sum up what the movie is about in one sentence, id say this: Itโ€™s as if I took the song โ€˜Pursuit of Happinessโ€™ and wrote a movie about it.

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He continued, โ€œI added a lot of my own personal struggles and experiences in it, so this film is very close to my heart. I know, that deep down, this movie will help people in the same ways my music has. Im continuing my mission. Now this is a comedy, but It wouldnโ€™t be me if I didnโ€™t sprinkle some real shit in there. Its trippy, its fun, its sad, its life. The film is produced by the almighty Jeymes Samuel, Shawn โ€˜Jay Zโ€™ Carter, James Lassiter, MAD SOLAR and BRON. Special shout out to the homie Tendo Nagenda for seeing the vision!!โ€

While thereโ€™s no potential premiere date set yet, I have no doubt that the forthcoming film will be nothing short of amazing. Cudi is true music gem and I canโ€™t wait to see what he does in the film space.

He can currently be seen in the Oscar-nominated film, Donโ€™t Look Up, currently streaming on Netflix.

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