Kid Cudi Preparing To Film “F*ckin Gnarly” Followup To Directorial Debut ‘Doe’, Both Set For 2027
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- Kid Cudi announced on X that he begins shooting his second directorial feature 'in a few weeks,' calling himself 'officially a filmmaker' and saying both films will arrive within a year of each other
- Doe, Cudi's directorial debut, is described as 'a really intense drama, 24hrs in the life of an addict who's living on the streets in LA,' with production beginning in Los Angeles in April
- Cudi stars in Doe alongside Mark Webber, Leah McNamara, Brandon Scott, and Brandon Perea, and is also recording original songs for the film
- The followup film is a horror/thriller that Cudi says mixes in 'a lot of laughs,' explaining 'I am a firm believer in mixing horror with comedy. So I incorporated that into it,' and called it 'fuckin gnarly'
- Doe is set to premiere in 2027, with the horror/thriller followup targeting late summer of the same year, per Cudi's own timeline
- Cudi wrapped his headlining Rebel Ragers Tour in June after directing Doe in April, making 2025 his pivot from touring artist to writer-director Scott Mescudi
Why it matters: Cudi is betting his post-rapper identity on filmmaking, front-loading two very different genres — street-level addiction drama and horror-comedy — in a single calendar year. With him writing, directing, and starring in Doe plus scoring original music, the dual 2027 release slate reframes him from guest-scoring credits (Entourage, Donnie Darko adjacent) to a full auteur pipeline.
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