Pop Smoke is heading to the movie screen!
The rapper will make his posthumous acting debut in an upcoming film called
Boogie.
Deadline reports the movie is a “coming-of-age” story. The plot is about a man named Alfred “Boogie” Chin who lives in Queens, New York, and is passionate about basketball. Boogie has big dreams of one day playing in the NBA but his parents want him to focus on getting a scholarship to an elite college. Boogie’s challenge is having to find a way to navigate “a new girlfriend, high school, on-court rivals and the burden of expectation”, the article reports.
Boogie, a film written and directed by Eddie Huang.
Focus Features is set to release the film on March 5, 2021, in select US theaters amid what exhibitors hope will be the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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This marks the directorial debut of Huang, who is also a restauranteur. Huang is known for penning
Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir, which was successfully adapted by ABC into the popular Fresh Off the Boat television series. Boogie is officially described as “the coming-of-age story of Alfred “Boogie” Chin, a basketball phenom living in Queens, New York, who dreams of one day playing in the NBA. While his parents pressure him to focus on earning a scholarship to an elite college, Boogie must find a way to navigate a new girlfriend, high school, on-court rivals and the burden of expectation.”