{"id":8073,"date":"2022-03-23T19:44:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T19:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=8073"},"modified":"2023-07-21T22:38:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T22:38:40","slug":"kid-cudi-to-make-his-feature-directorial-debut-with-new-netflix-film-teddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/kid-cudi-to-make-his-feature-directorial-debut-with-new-netflix-film-teddy\/","title":{"rendered":"Kid Cudi To Make His Feature Directorial Debut With New Netflix Film \u2018Teddy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cudi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8074\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cudi.jpg 800w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cudi-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cudi-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cudi-220x150.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The gifted musician and actor Kid Cudi announced Tuesday that a project he\u2019s been writing since 2013 is finally heading to the big screen. <\/strong><strong><em>Teddy<\/em><\/strong><strong> is Cudi\u2019s feature directorial debut, and it is set to premiere on Netflix.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cI always wanted to write my own movie, so I said f*** it and started doing it,\u201d he wrote in a <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KidCudi\/status\/1506304749372649476\/photo\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a><strong> post. \u201cThe road has been long, from it being a tv show for years to finally being a film. So it means so f***** much to finally be able to bring it to the screen next year, and I can\u2019t wait for u all to meet Teddy, his friends, his family and take a walk in his world for a bit.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cudi described <\/strong><strong><em>Teddy<\/em><\/strong><strong> as a visual rendition of his popular 2009 track \u201cPursuit of Happiness.\u201d&nbsp; \u201cI added a lot of my own personal struggles and experiences in it, so this film is very close to my heart,\u201d he continued. \u201cI know that deep down, this movie will help people in the same ways my music has. I\u2019m continuing my mission. Now this is a comedy, but it wouldn\u2019t be me if I didn\u2019t sprinkle some real sh** in there. It\u2019s trippy, it\u2019s fun, it\u2019s sad, it\u2019s life<\/strong>.<strong>\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The project is produced by Jay Z, filmmaker Jeymes Samuel (<\/strong><strong><em>The Harder They Fall<\/em><\/strong><strong>), and Mad Solar and Bron.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cudi\u2019s latest role is in Ti West\u2019s <\/strong><strong><em>X<\/em><\/strong><strong>, the horror film that debuted earlier this month at SXSW. Previously, he\u2019s starred in films and series including <\/strong><strong><em>Don\u2019t Look Up<\/em><\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong><em>We Are Who We Are<\/em><\/strong><strong>, and <\/strong><strong><em>Westworld<\/em><\/strong><strong>.&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><em>Teddy<\/em><\/strong><strong> is currently in the pre-production stage of development.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gifted musician and actor Kid Cudi announced Tuesday that a project he\u2019s been writing since 2013 is finally heading to the big screen. Teddy is Cudi\u2019s feature directorial debut, and it is set to premiere on Netflix.&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cI always wanted to write my own movie, so I said f*** it and started doing it,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[345,31,888,255,50,51],"class_list":["post-8073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-tv","tag-black-film","tag-featured","tag-kid-cudi","tag-netflix","tag-new-releases","tag-trending"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}