Kid Cudi Preps Horror-Comedy Followup to Directorial Debut 'Doe' — SkimNews
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- Kid Cudi announced on X that he'll begin filming his second directorial feature "in a few weeks," weeks after wrapping production on debut Doe in Los Angeles this past April.
- Doe, described by Cudi as "a really intense drama, 24hrs in the life an addict who's living on the streets in LA," will premiere in 2027, with Cudi starring alongside Mark Webber, Leah McNamara, Brandon Scott, and Brandon Perea.
- The untitled sophomore film will be a horror/thriller that Cudi described as "fuckin gnarly," noting he's "a firm believer in mixing horror with comedy" — and it's targeted for a late-summer release.
- Cudi is also recording original songs for Doe, the 2x Grammy winner confirmed, giving him writer, director, star, and songwriter credits on his debut feature.
- Cudi's directing push comes directly off his headlining Rebel Ragers Tour, which wrapped in June, making for back-to-back creative sprints between music and film.
- Both films are, in Cudi's words, "very different from the other" — a stark tonal contrast between an addiction drama and a horror-comedy released within months of each other.
Why it matters: Cudi is now juggling four credited roles on Doe — writer, director, star, and songwriter — while lining up a second feature before the first even premieres; for a 2x Grammy winner whose filmmaking ambitions were just publicly declared, releasing two tonally opposite films in one year is a concrete signal that music is no longer his only creative lane.
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