Kid Cudi’s film career is on the rise after the announcement that he’s been working on his directorial debut for a feature film called Teddy. The Netflix project, which also stars Cudi, will be co-produced by Jay-Z.

Cudi said in a statement: “This is a story I started writing in 2013 because I always wanted to write my own movie, so I said f**k it and started doing it. The road has been long, from it being a tv show for years to finally being a film. So it means so f**kin 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: It’s as if I took the song ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ and wrote a movie about it. I 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 wouldn’t be me if I didn’t sprinkle some real sh*t in there. Its trippy, its fun, its sad, its life.”

Cudi will be starring in Brittany Snow’s new feature film directorial debut, September 17th. Cudi and Snow also co-starred in A24’s new horror movie X.

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