{"id":339878,"date":"2026-03-20T22:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T22:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/339878\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T22:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T22:58:09","slug":"takashi-miikes-charli-xcx-milly-alcock-film-now-shooting-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/339878\/","title":{"rendered":"Takashi Miike\u2019s Charli\u00a0Xcx\u00a0& Milly Alcock Film Now Shooting In Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Cameras are rolling in Japan on Takashi Miike<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0untitled Kyoto movie starring Charli xcx<\/a>, Milly Alcock, Norman Reedus, Kiko Mizuhara and Show Kasamatsu.<\/p>\n

\n\tHailey Benton Gates, who recently starred with Charli xcx in A24\u2019s The Moment and has the same studio\u2019s Zendaya-Robert Pattinson pic The Drama out next week, has joined the cast in a key role. <\/p>\n

\n\tAlso joining the project are Live Nation Studios<\/a>, the film and TV production division of ticketing giant Live Nation Entertainment. Live Nation Studios will serve as executive producer and contribute to the financing. Another new member of the project is Aidan Zamiri, who is joining as a producer. Zamiri most recently co-wrote and directed the aforementioned Sundance pic The Moment.<\/p>\n

\n\tSet in Kyoto, the slasher horror follows three best friends who reunite and rekindle their lifelong friendship during what is intended to be a carefree girls trip. The getaway spirals into terror when Katie (Charli\u00a0xcx) becomes possessed by a violent, tortured spirit (Mizuhara), unleashing a nightmare steeped in Japanese horror tradition.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe screenplay, inspired by an original idea from\u00a0Charli xcx\u00a0and Miike, was written by Ross Evans and Yumiko Aoyagi.<\/p>\n

\n\tXcx is producing through her studio365 banner. Misako Saka, Miike\u2019s longtime producing partner, continues to produce on behalf of OLM, in conjunction with Live Nation Studios and Good World Productions.\u00a0Executive producers include Michael Rapino and Kroft for Live Nation Studios, Youree Henley, Alex Peace-Power and Evans.<\/p>\n

\n\tInternational sales were launched by The Veterans and CAA Media Finance at the European Film Market in Berlin.<\/p>\n

\n\tModel and former States of Undress host Gates directed Sundance 2025 winner Atropia, which was recently released domestically by Vertical. Nexus Point News was first to report that she was is in talks to join\u00a0the Miike movie.<\/p>\n

\n\tLive Nation Studios has previously helped produce movies with strong musical angles including Oscar winner A Star Is Born, Moonage Daydream and Hurry Up Tomorrow.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cLive Nation Studios helps artists tell bold stories that go beyond the stage,\u201d said Ryan Kroft, Head of Film & Television at Live Nation Studios. \u201cThis film represents the kind of creative collaboration we love to champion from top filmmakers with distinctive voices that can connect to global audiences.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tGates is repped by WME. Zamiri is represented by Gang, Tyre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Cameras are rolling in Japan on Takashi Miike\u2019s\u00a0untitled Kyoto movie starring Charli xcx, Milly Alcock, Norman Reedus,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,19219,156,36674,111,139,69,26514],"class_list":["post-339878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-charli-xcx","tag-entertainment","tag-live-nation-studios","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-takashi-miike"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}