Pete Davidson's ready for his close-up in the first trailer for Judd Apatow's The King Of Staten Island

So, yes, this is a Judd Apatow movie. What distinguishes it from his previous flicks, however, is its personal nature; Davidson co-wrote the script with the filmmaker and Dave Sirus, weaving in the loss of his father, a firefighter who died on 9/11. His character, Scott, lives with his mom (Marisa Tomei) in Staten Island and bristles when she begins dating another firefighter (Bill Burr), who then tries to take Scott under his wing. Scott, meanwhile, tries to find meaning through weed, sex, and his dreams of becoming a tattoo artist.

“A lot of what we discussed was how when you have a loss in your family it brings up all of these issues that take a long time to work through,” Apatow continued. “By writing this movie and thinking through his life, he hopefully had a cathartic experience trying to let go of a lot of the obstacles that have complicated his life.”

Steve Buscemi, Pamela Adlon, Bel Powley, and Moisés Arias round out the cast of the comedy, which appears to posit that people don’t know the lyrics to “One Headlight,” which is absolutely false. It hits VOD on June 12.