{"id":64540,"date":"2013-01-14T22:06:33","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T22:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2013\/01\/14\/kid-cudi-joins-aaron-paul-in-need-for-speed\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T09:46:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T09:46:39","slug":"kid-cudi-joins-aaron-paul-in-need-for-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/kid-cudi-joins-aaron-paul-in-need-for-speed\/","title":{"rendered":"Kid Cudi joins Aaron Paul in ‘Need for Speed’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kid Cudi joins Aaron Paul in ‘Need for Speed’<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

January 12, 2013<\/p>\n

Source: THR<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hip-hop artist Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi <\/strong>has joined Aaron Paul<\/strong> in DreamWorks\u2019 racing action pic Need for Speed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Also joining the adaptation of the Electronic Arts video game are Ramon Rodriguez, Rami Malek<\/strong> and Harrison Gilbertson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Dominic Cooper<\/strong> and Imogen Poots<\/strong> are already on board the production, which has been dated for release on Feb. 7, 2014. Scott Waugh<\/strong>, one half of the Act of Valor helming team, is directing.<\/p>\n

The company has said it\u2019s aiming for the tone of the car-culture game of the 1970s. The story sees Paul play a local street racer who, after being framed for the death of a friend, joins a New York to Los Angeles race in order to get revenge.<\/p>\n

Cudi will play a member of the racer\u2019s crew.<\/p>\n

Mescudi, a record producer and singer-songwriter who has worked with Kanye West<\/strong> and David Guetta<\/strong>, made his acting debut on HBO\u2019s How to Make It in America<\/strong> and recently wrapped Two Night Stand<\/strong>, an indie romantic comedy produced by Beau Flynn<\/strong> and Ruben Fleischer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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