Travis Kelce Set to Make His Movie Producing Debut

Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs

Travis Kelce's film-producing debut is just around the corner! Yes, really.

Fresh off the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl LVIII win, the NFL tight end will mark his executive producer debut in March. An indie film titled My Dead Friend Zoe—starring Natalie Morales, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, and Sonequa Martin-Green—is set to premiere at the SXSW Conference on March 9 in Austin, Texas.

Interestingly, the film's investors (which includes Kelce, Mike Field and Ray Maiello) are the first to use the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act to finance a film, Variety reported. My Dead Friend Zoe, which cost less than $10 million to make, used money from Field (a green energy businessman) selling surplus tax credits,

Although details about My Dead Friend Zoe are sparse, the film's plot follows a female Afghanistan veteran "engaged in a mysterious relationship with her dead best friend from the Army" as she "comes head to head with her Vietnam vet grandfather at the family's ancestral lake house," per IMDb. Kyle Hausmann-Stokes directed the low-budget dark comedy.

Sports fans worried about what Kelce's foray into films means for the next NFL season can rest easy. The tight end has already shared that he will return for the 2024-25 season—along with head coach Andy Reid—to hopefully secure a three-peat at Super Bowl LVIIII. However, Kelce could very well be building a foundation for post-retirement plans down the line.

Who knows? Perhaps Kelce will pull a Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and transition from pro athlete to movie star. Or, like Tom Brady did, in 80 for Brady. Whatever the future holds for #87, fans of the Chiefs and his girlfriend, Taylor Swift, will likely be there to support him.

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