Rapper will appear and direct K-Pops!
Stampede Ventures has announced that 8x Grammy award-winning artist Anderson .Paak will make his feature directorial debut with the upcoming dramedy K-Pops!. .Paak is also set to star alongside his son Soul Rasheed, with a screenplay written by .Paak and Khaila Amazan (A Cuban Girl’s Guide To Tea And Tomorrow; Freeridge). Greg Silverman will produce on behalf of Stampede Ventures, Jaeson Ma on behalf of EST Studios, and Jon “Dumbfoundead” Park on behalf of Big Dummie, along with .Paak via his company Apeshift Films. Khaila Amazan will executive produce alongside Stampede Ventures’ Gideon Yu, Chris Bosco, and Grant Torre, EST Studios’ Eric Tu. EST Studios’ Juefang Zhang will co-produce.
When a washed-up musician travels to Korea to write for K-pop stars, he discovers that his long-lost son is set to front one of the country’s hottest new groups. He 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 worked with Dumbfoundead on the inception of this project.
“My mom is from Korea but she was adopted so I never knew anything about my Korean heritage until I met my wife. This movie is a reflection on my experience learning about this part of myself alongside my wife and son – and spending even more time with them! I knew this would be something I should write and direct, and Stampede Ventures took a chance and trusted that I could pull this off. I’m excited to bring it to the big screen,” .Paak shares.
The film is set for a Q4 2022 production start.
Fresh off of his Grammy domination with four wins, including “Record of the Year” and “Song of the Year” with his R&B superduo Silk Sonic with fellow artist Bruno Mars, .Paak is an 8x Grammy Award winner, producer, songwriter, artist and director. His last album Ventura landed at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and won him two Grammys. .Paak released his highly regarded 2020 single “Lockdown” on Juneteenth, winning a Grammy Award for Best Melodic Performance for his politically charged video inspired by .Paak’s participation in Los Angeles protests against police brutality. His directing credits now include the highly regarded Bonnie and Clyde-esque music video for Leon Bridges’ “Motorbike,” and “Smile” for DOMi and JD Beck’s debut music video released last Friday and produced by .Paak’s Apeshift Films. Most recently, .Paak’s Silk Sonic’s debut single “Leave The Door Open” garnered over 460 million streams and 350 million official video views, receiving worldwide critical acclaim as well as record and song of the year and a Vegas residency through May. .Paak is a multi-hyphenate superstar who uses his platform to propel new talent into the spotlight with the creation of his very own label APESHIT in collaboration with UMG.
