EXCLUSIVE: Charli xcx can be possessed by a violent, tortured spirit in Takashi Miike‘s anticipated untitled slasher-horror movie, which is because of begin filming in Japan subsequent month, we will reveal.
The Brat star is joined within the film by Milly Alcock (Supergirl), Norman Reedus (The Strolling Lifeless), actres-model-singer Kiko Mizuhara (Assault on Titan) and Present Kasamatsu (Tokyo Vice).
Often called Untitled Kyoto, the movie will comply with three finest buddies who meet up in Kyoto to rekindle their lifelong friendships. What is meant to be a carefree women journey devolves right into a nightmare, unfolding when Katie (Charli xcx) turns into possessed by a violent, tortured spirit (Mizuhara) within the Japanese horror custom.
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The Veterans and CAA Media Finance are launching worldwide gross sales on the buzzy bundle forward of subsequent week’s European Movie Market in Berlin the place horror films are clearly the order of the day.
Ross Evans and Yumiko Aoyagi wrote the script, which is impressed from an unique thought of Charli and Miike. Miike’s longtime producing companion Misako Saka will executive-produce on his behalf.
Charli xcx is producing by way of her studio365 banner whose The Second is at present in theatrical launch by way of A24 and simply racked up the studio’s third-biggest restricted launch. Additionally producing are Good World Productions, Yumiko Aoyagi Productions and OLM. Alex Peace-Energy will executive-produce.
Amongst Miike’s 59 options, notable credit embody the cult classics Audition (1999), Ichi the Killer (2001), 13 Assassins (2010) which premiered in Venice Movie Competition, and Hara-Kiri: Demise of a Samurai (2011) which premiered at Cannes. The filmmaker is famend for his film’s singular violence and transgressive content material, typically exploring horror, samurai and yakuza genres.
Not too long ago shot for Charli xcx are Daniel Goldhaber’s remake of the 1978 cult horror movie Faces of Demise, Greg Araki’s erotic thriller I Need Your Intercourse, Cathy Yan’s The Gallerist, Julia Jackman’s interval fantasy 100 Nights Of Hero, Romain Gavras’ satirical motion Sacrifice, and Pete Ohs’ intimate drama Erupcja.
Home of the Dragon star Alcock, who has DC’s Supergirl upcoming, not too long ago wrapped filming the lead function in Daina Oniunas-Pusić’s darkish comedy Thumb. The Strolling Lifeless star Reedus will quickly reprise his function within the upcoming third installment of The Boondock Saints. Mizuhara not too long ago wrapped manufacturing on Eugene Kotlyarenko’s Classic Violence, starring reverse Cole Sprouse. Kasamatsu, identified for HBO Max’s Tokyo Vice and acclaimed drama The Slender Street To The Deep North, will quickly make his English-language characteristic debut reverse Cynthia Erivo and Isabel Might in Takashi Doscher’s Liongsate thriller Karoshi.
Ross Evans is finest identified for his black comedy How To Save A Marriage that bought to Sony with Rob Pattinson hooked up after a seven-figure multi-studio bidding conflict. He’s attributable to make his directorial debut this summer time, directing Lakeith Stanfield and Keke Palmer in DeNovo. Yumiko Aoyagi is one among Japan’s finest identified writer-producers with credit together with DCU: Deep Crime Unit, the Japan-Hollywood co-production and one of many nation’s highest-rated reveals; remaking Emmy winner Orphan Black in Japan’s first remake of a BBC sequence; and Lonelygirl15, which was a success for YouTube.
Miike is represented at CAA and Greenberg Traurig. Charli xcx is represented at Good World & Mission Gold, CAA and Huxley. Milly Alcock is represented at Leisure 360, CAA, Curtis Brown and Goodman, Genow. Norman Reedus is represented by CAA, Linden Leisure, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.
Kiko Mizuhura is represented at Mild Home Administration + Media and CAA. Present Kasamatsu is represented at Brookside Administration and CAA. Ross Evans is represented at Leisure 360, UTA and The Nord Group. Yumiko Aoyagi is represented at CAA, Greenberg Traurig, and Principal Communications Group.
