Travis Kelce in December 2023.Photo:David Eulitt/Getty
David Eulitt/Getty
Travis Kelce’s next big move won’t be on the football field. Instead, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end is breaking into filmmaking.
Investors took advantage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law in August 2022. The production used funds from entrepreneur Mike Field’s sale of surplus tax credits, reportsVariety. Field is also a producer onMy Dead Friend Zoe.
‘My Dead Friend Zoe’ stars Ed Harris, Natalie Morales and Sonequa Martin-Green.Legion M/SXSW
Legion M/SXSW
“Hollywood is risky, right? On a scale of one to 10, Hollywood, it is a 9.5. Especially in terms of independent film,” producer Ray Maiello toldVariety. “These federal tax credits take the risk down to like a five.”
Kelcehas worked in showbusiness before, having hostedSaturday Night Livein March 2023.
“I’ve been fortunate to do a few things outside of the sports world that I’ve been enjoying doing, like getting on camera,”Kelce told reporters last month.
“TheSNLstuff kind of opened up a new happiness and a new career path for me, but it’s funny for me to even say that at this point in my career because I think it’s so much further down the road than it is right now,” he continued.
Travis Kelce in January 2023.Patrick Smith/Getty
Patrick Smith/Getty
“He’s really enjoyed hosting, and after he retires, he wants to lean into acting and hosting,”a source told PEOPLE in January. “He had a blast atSNL.”
On Sunday, Kelce played an integral role in the Chiefs’ 25-22Super Bowlvictory over the San Francisco 49ers. It is the Chiefs’ second consecutive Super Bowl win and third in five years.
The logline for the film reads: Engaged in a mysterious relationship with wise-cracking (and dead) best friend from the Army, a female Afghanistan veteran reluctantly reunites with her estranged Vietnam vet grandfather at the family’s ancestral lake house.
My Dead Friend Zoemarks Hausmann-Stokes' directorial debut. He enlisted a month before 9/11 and served 5 years in the US Army as a paratrooper, receiving the Bronze Star in Iraq.
source: people.com
