Hot Project: Grammy Winner Anderson .Paak To Make Feature Directorial Debut With Dramatic Comedy ‘K-POPS!’ For Stampede Ventures
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Anderson .Paak, the eight-time Grammy Award winner born Brandon Paak Anderson, will make his feature directorial debut with the dramatic comedy K-POPS!
for Stampede Ventures—starring in the film alongside his son, Soul Rasheed.The film centers on a washed-up musician who travels to Korea to write for K-pop stars, discovering that his long-lost son is set to front one of the country’s hottest new groups.
He then jumps at the opportunity to capitalize on his son’s stardom for his own renaissance, but learns that fatherhood is much more fulfilling and meaningful than stardom..Paak developed the project with rapper Jon “Dumbfoundead” Park, writing the screenplay with Khaila Amazan (A Cuban Girl’s Guide To Tea And Tomorrow).
Greg Silverman will produce on behalf of Stampede Ventures, with Jaeson Ma on behalf of EST Studios, Park on behalf of Big Dummie and .Paak via his company Apeshit Films.
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