What Travis did next | Super Bowl LVIII hero & Taylor Swift squeeze to produce new film, “My Dead Friend Zoe”
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“My Dead Friend Zoe” is described as a dark dramedy that follows a US Army veteran coming to terms with the death of both her best friend and her estranged father. The news comes after comments made by Kelce to the Los Angeles Times last week that although he’s focused his efforts on football, “there’s definitely Hollywood talks out there. I’m comedy all the way,” he said. “I just like to have a fun time and make people laugh.”
The film, directed and co-written by Kyle Hausmann-Stokes who has had a clutch of short films under his belt, will star Ed Harris, Sonequa Martin-Green and Natalie Morales, who will act as an executive producer alongside Kelce. No word if Taylor Swift will be involved in the production somehow, but if she was it might add more fuel to the idea that Swift is an “enemy” of the Republican Party.
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When is “My Dead Friend Zoe” set for release?
The Travis Kelce-produced film is set to make its premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival on March 9 2024, with a general theatrical release date to foll
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