{"id":834182,"date":"2026-07-30T20:33:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/834182\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T20:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:33:18","slug":"sonoya-mizuno-sets-cast-for-debut-feature-stages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/834182\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonoya Mizuno Sets Cast For Debut Feature \u2018Stages\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/focus-features\/\" id=\"auto-tag_focus-features\" data-tag=\"focus-features\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Focus Features<\/a> has picked up international rights to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/sonoya-mizuno\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sonoya-mizuno\" data-tag=\"sonoya-mizuno\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sonoya Mizuno<\/a>\u2018s directorial debut <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/stages\/\" id=\"auto-tag_stages\" data-tag=\"stages\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stages<\/a> and will distribute the film via Universal Pictures International.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe film\u2019s ensemble cast features Julie Delpy (Meet the Barbarians), Takehiro Hira (Rental Family), Kathryn Hunter (Poor Things), Kate Dickie (Dept. Q) and Emma D\u2019Arcy (Digger).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe film\u2019s story is said to follow a young dancer at an elite ballet school who finally earns the lead in a prestigious recital, but her focus is shattered by a family tragedy. Mizuno trained at the Royal Ballet School in London. She then danced in several ballet companies, including the English National Ballet, Dresden Semper Oper Ballet, and Scottish Ballet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tA24 has already acquired domestic rights to the pic, which will be produced by Peter Rice and Agile Films\u2019 Myles Payne and Sam Ritzenberg, alongside Alex Garland, with whom Mizuno has had a long on-screen collaboration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe production\u2019s creative team includes cinematographer Wyatt Garfield (Late Fame), costume designer Neesha Tulsi Champaneria (Ish), production designer Anna Rhodes (Urchin), editor Shahnaz Dulaimy (Top Boy), hair and make-up artist Natasha Lawes (100 Nights of Hero), casting director Lucy Pardee (Die My Love) and choreographer Hofesh Shechter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDiscussing the production, Ritzenberg said: \u201cSonoya\u2019s script is beautiful and heartfelt, and we\u2019re thrilled to be bringing it to the screen with her. She\u2019s assembled a wonderful cast and creative team, and stepped into directing with real confidence and instinct. We can\u2019t wait for audiences to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Focus Features has picked up international rights to Sonoya Mizuno\u2018s directorial debut Stages and will distribute the film&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":834183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134,114396,406121,353169],"class_list":["post-834182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-focus-features","tag-sonoya-mizuno","tag-stages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/834183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=834182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}