‘Ghosts’ Star Utkarsh Ambudkar Sets Rap Musical Comedy Feature At Disney+
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Utkarsh Ambudkar is on a hot streak.The actor is the star of CBS’ breakout comedy Ghosts, which wraps up its first season tonight, and appeared in Hulu’s Theranos drama series The Dropout.He has now set a feature film that he conceived, co-wrote, produced and is co-starring in at Disney+.World’s Best tells the story of a young math kid who vows to become the world’s best MC.Roshan Sethi, who made his feature directorial debut with 7 Days, the 2022 Independent Spirit Award winner for Best First Feature, directs.
Principal photography starts in May.It co-stars Space Force’s Punam Patel, who Ambudkar worked with on Netflix’s Special and also played his sister on Ghosts, and Manny Magnus, who stars in Amazon’s I Want You Back.World’s Best follows 12-year-old Prem, played by Magnus, as he navigates life as that junior high kid in the high school math class.
After his best friend Jerome abandons him for the popular group, Prem never feels more alone, despite the support of his mother Priya, played by Patel).
But when Prem discovers that his late father Suresh, played by Ambudkar, was a great rapper, his new destiny is sealed. With renewed purpose (and some helpful, albeit imaginary, appearances from Suresh), Prem vows to break out of the mold of “math kid” and become the world’s best MC.Ambudkar initially pitched the idea to Disney’s Sean Bailey in February 2020 and wrote the feature with Jessica Jones writer Jamie King.
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