TAG: Shia LeBeouf

Nov01

Kid Cudi ft. Cage :: “Maniac” (Directed by Shia Lebeouf) (Video)

Kid Cudi has been working out his acting chops a lot lately. His role as the dog walking, weed dealing Domingo Brown on this season’s How To Make It In America has been taken up a few notches, and now he’s released this short film for the song “Maniac” where he flashes that winning Cudi grin while going on a murderous rampage with fellow serial killer Cage.

Shot in Detroit last winter, but with dialog entirely in French, this clear hommage to the 1992 film Man Bites Dog offers the similar premise of a film crew following around a killer as he does his grizzly deeds. But even if you’ve seen the Gen-X cult classic, that doesn’t …

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Jun07

Shia LeBeouf, Kid Cudi & Cage’s Violent Short Film Preview (Video)

Last winter, newly minted buddies Kid Cudi and Shia LeBeouf headed out to Detroit with Rhymesayers rapper Cage to run around in the cold and film an ultra-violent short film, just for the hell of it, with Shia directing the two MC/actors. Here’s a sneak peak at the result, a :30 preview for Maniac. We won’t tell you too much about the flick, only to tell you it’s not what you’re used to seeing from these various artists. But I guess a couple weeks in The D in December might make anyone a little “dark.” You’ll have to wait until October to find out more.

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