K-Pops!

K-Pops! is a 2024 comedy drama film and the directorial debut debut of musician Anderson .Paak, who also stars in the film and wrote the screenplay alongside Khaila Amazan.

Premise
A Los Angeles musician hoping to revive his career moves to South Korea to join a K-pop band and compete in a televised music contest. He soon discovers that his long-lost son is poised to become a K-pop superstar. While initially clinging to his son for another shot at fame, he decides to prioritize his role as father as the two grow closer.

Cast

 * Anderson .Paak
 * Soul Rasheed
 * Yvette Nicole Brown
 * Dumbfoundead
 * Cathy Shim

Production
Drawing from his own life in conceiving the film, .Paak developed K-Pops! with rapper Dumbfoundead and collaborated with Khaila Amazan on the screenplay. The project was first announced in 2022. Filming began in Los Angeles in October 2023 after the production company Stampede Ventures reached an interim agreement with SAG-AFTRA amidst the union's 2023 strike. Additional filming took place in South Korea and Al-Ula; locations in the Saudi Arabian city were scouted by the film department of the Royal Commission for Al-Ula.

Release
K-Pops! will premiere as a Special Presentation at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.