Travis Kelce’s First Film as a Producer, My Dead Friend Zoe, to Debut at SXSW

Travis Kelce’s next big move won’t be on the football field. Instead, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end is breaking into filmmaking.

The 34-year-old Super Bowl champion is an executive producer on My dead friend Zoea film that will debut at South By Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas on March 9. The Kyle Hausmann-Stokes-directed film is also the first film funded by the renewable energy tax credit, PEOPLE confirms.

Investors took advantage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law in August 2022. The production used funds from the sale of excess tax credits from entrepreneur Mike Field, reports Diversity. Field is also a producer My dead friend Zoe.

‘My Dead Friend Zoe’ stars Ed Harris, Natalie Morales and Sonequa Martin-Green.

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The Inflation Reduction Act is “the largest single investment in climate and energy in American history, enabling America to tackle the climate crisis, advance environmental justice, secure America’s position as a world leader in domestic clean energy production, and put the United States on a path to achieving the Biden-Harris administration’s climate goals, including a net-zero economy by 2050,” according to the Department of Energy website.

“Hollywood is risky, isn’t it? On a scale of one to 10, Hollywood, that’s a 9.5. Especially in terms of independent film,” said producer Ray Maiello Diversity. “These federal tax credits reduce the risk to a five.”

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Kelce previously worked in show business, after being a presenter Saturday night live in March 2023.

“I’ve been fortunate enough to do a few things outside of sports that I’ve enjoyed, like being on camera,” Kelce told reporters last month.

“The SNL “things kind of opened up new happiness and a new career path for me, but it’s funny to even say that at this point in my career because I think it’s a lot further than it is now,” he continued.

Travis Kelce in January 2023.

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“He really enjoyed hosting, and after he retires, he wants to focus on acting and hosting,” a source told PEOPLE in January. “He was delighted SNL.”

On Sunday, Kelce played a key role in the Chiefs’ 25-22 Super Bowl victory over the San Francisco 49ers. This is the Chiefs second straight Super Bowl win and third in five years.

My dead friend Zoe written by Hausmann-Stokes and AJ Bermudez and starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Natalie Morales, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman, Utkarsh Ambudkar and Gloria Reuben.

The film’s synopsis reads: Entangled in a mysterious relationship with her wisecracking (and dead) best friend from the military, an Afghanistan veteran reluctantly reunites with her estranged Vietnam veteran grandfather at the family’s lake house.

My dead friend Zoe marks Hausmann-Stokes’ directorial debut. He enlisted a month before 9/11 and served 5 years in the US Army as a paratrooper, receiving a Bronze Star in Iraq.

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