Charli XCX Is a Demonic Brat in Takashi Miike’s ‘Untitled Tokyo’

Final yr, we discovered pop star Charli XCX would headline and produce a brand new horror flick from Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike. What first gave the impression of an odd team-up is now… effectively, nonetheless odd, however it sounds prefer it’s bought the potential to be enjoyable as hell when it comes out.

Per Deadline, the movie’s formally dubbed Untitled Tokyo and sees XCX “possessed by a violent, tortured spirit.” She’ll play Katie, certainly one of three greatest buddies who’ve reunited in Japan after years aside. Sadly, their women’ journey takes a flip when a spirit takes her over and hell breaks unfastened. Manufacturing for Untitled will start in March, and now we all know who else is becoming a member of the solid alongside Charli: Supergirl star Milly Alcock, Strolling Useless’s Norman Reedus, and Present Kasamatsu (Tokyo Vice). Actress-model-singer Kiko Mizuhara (Assault on Titan) will play the spirit on the coronary heart of all of it.

Untitled Tokyo marks the most recent performing flip for Charli XCX, who featured in final yr’s 100 Nights of Hero and on this yr’s The Second (which she additionally wrote and produced) and The Gallerist. This additionally isn’t her first time with horror, as she’ll be within the Faces of Demise remake arriving in April. We’ll have extra about Untitled Tokyo as information emerges.

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