{"id":64913,"date":"2025-05-01T05:59:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T05:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/64913\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T05:59:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T05:59:08","slug":"tokyo-movie-to-star-shun-oguri-lily-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/64913\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo’ Movie To Star Shun Oguri & Lily James"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: <\/strong>Neon<\/a> is gearing up to begin production in May on Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo<\/a>, with Takashi Miike<\/a> (Audition, 13 Assassins) set to direct. The thriller will star Shun Oguri<\/a> (Godzilla v. Kong, No Longer Human), Lily James<\/a> (Pam and Tommy, Yesterday), and WWE star Liv Morgan (Gionna Daddio).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film will be a U.S.-Japan co-production, produced by Jeremy Thomas for Recorded Picture Company, Sam Pressman for Pressman Film, Naoaki Kitajima for Nippon TV and Misako Saka for OLM. Executive producers include Tom Quinn, Yuzo Kuwahara, Tetsu Fujimura, Paula Paizes, Alain\u00e9e Kent, Peter Watson, Ivan Kelava, Max Loeb and Mike Apgar. The deal was negotiated by Neon\u2019s Sarah Colvin, VP of Acquisitions, and Paula Paizes from Pressman Film and Recorded Picture Company\u2019s Ivan Kelava on behalf of the filmmakers.<\/p>\n

\n\tNeon will release the film theatrically in North America and represent the international sales rights in Cannes<\/a> this month.<\/p>\n

\n\tWritten by Daisuke Tengan (Audition, 13 Assassins) and based on the IP first produced by Edward R. Pressman, Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo will follow the Bad Lieutenant (Oguri), a corrupt gambler in the Metropolitan Police Force, who finds himself thrown into a tangled case after an enigmatic FBI agent (James) arrives in Tokyo to investigate the disappearance of a politician\u2019s daughter (Morgan). Meanwhile, a deviant killer operating in the yakuza underworld seems to be shadowing their moves.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cA team of incredibly talented actors and crew has gathered in Tokyo. Now. I\u2019m about to throw a fastball straight down the middle of your strike zone \u2013 no tricks, no gimmicks. I\u2019m confident we are about to break through every limit, to create unforgettable entertainment. Get ready for the ride with us,\u201d shared Miike excitedly.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re all delighted to reinterpret this iconic IP with a master filmmaker like Takashi Miike,\u201d said producer Jeremy Thomas of Recorded Picture Company. \u201cWe\u2019ve produced 10 films in Japan, most recently Grand Maison Paris, which has grossed over $28M domestically, and it\u2019s a fertile place to create and distribute films. I feel the time is right for this irreverent hybrid.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNeon is coming in hot following a successful award season with Sean Baker\u2019s Anora starring Mikey Madison, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, Darya Ekamasova, and Aleksei Serebryakov. The film won five Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director for Baker, and Best Actress for Madison.<\/p>\n

\n\tAdditional Neon titles headed to the French film festival include Joachim Trier\u2019s Sentimental Value, Julia Ducournau\u2019s Alpha, Raoul Peck\u2019s Orwell, and Michael Angelo Covino\u2019s Splitsville.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDirector Miike brings a fearless new vision to the Bad Lieutenant, a character defined by the auteur. Just as maestros Ferrara and Herzog delivered films as radically different as their own voices, Miike\u2019s adaptation is unrelentingly wild and unique,\u201d said Sam Pressman, CEO of Pressman Film, \u201cMy father Edward R. Pressman, always believed this story of corruption, both of police and the human soul, has a global resonance. To realize this next evolution now in Tokyo with Director Miike, NEON and my father\u2019s lifelong friend Jeremy Thomas \u2014 all true believers in the power of independent cinema \u2014 is both an honor and a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTakashi Miike has directed over 100 feature films and built a filmography that has gained an ever-expanding cult fanbase in the West. His films include his international film festival breakouts Audition, the yakuza trilogy Dead Or Alive, and thriller Ichi The Killer, as well as other titles including Sukiyaki Western Django, Visitor Q, 13 Assassins, and his 100th film, Blade of the Immortal. He is a favoured filmmaker at Cannes, with films such as Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai and Shield of Straw having been nominated for the Palme d\u2019Or. He is represented by CAA.<\/p>\n

\n\tOguri is one of Japan\u2019s best-regarded actors, best known for his roles in Boys Over Flowers and Weathering With You, and made his Hollywood debut in Adam Wingard\u2019s Godzilla vs Kong. He previously collaborated with Miike on Crows Zero and its sequel Terra Formars, as well as Sukiyaki Western Django. Oguri will next be seen in the series Romantics Anonymous and Human Vapor for Netflix. Oguri is represented by Tristone Entertainment Inc.<\/p>\n

\n\tJames first gained recognition for playing Lady Rose in the British drama series Downton Abbey. She followed with starring roles in films like Baby Driver, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, and Cinderella. She earned critical acclaim and a BAFTA nomination for her transformation into Pamela Anderson in the hit Hulu series Pam & Tommy. She is repped by Tavistock Wood Management, Independent Talent Group, and UTA.<\/p>\n

\n\tWWE star Liv Morgan is coming off making a special appearance at WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas. In 2022, she ascended to the company\u2019s upper echelon as the Women\u2019s World Champion. Morgan has evolved into one of WWE\u2019s greatest antagonists and has been featured in major matches on the company\u2019s milestone events, including WrestleMania and SummerSlam. She is repped by Paradigm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Neon is gearing up to begin production in May on Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo, with Takashi Miike (Audition,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[33284,5839,4080,77,33285,32591,33286,33287,33288,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-64913","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-bad-lieutenant-tokyo","9":"tag-cannes","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-lily-james","13":"tag-neon","14":"tag-shun-oguri","15":"tag-takashi-miike","16":"tag-the-dish","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114431050732747968","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}