Two years after her guest appearance on the “Chucky” television series, Deadline reports tonight that WWE superstar Liv Morgan has landed a gig in Japanese master of horror Takashi Miike’s (Ichi the Killer, Audition) next movie, Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo.
Shun Oguri (Godzilla v. Kong, No Longer Human) and Lily James (Pam and Tommy, Yesterday) will also star in Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo, a U.S./Japan co-production from NEON.
If that title sounds familiar, Deadline notes that the upcoming film is indeed an extension of the IP that launched in 1992 with the film Bad Lieutenant starring Harvey Keitel and directed by Abel Ferrara. The late Edward R. Pressman subsequently produced Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans starring Nicolas Cage, which was directed by Werner Herzog.
Deadline details, “Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo will follow the Bad Lieutenant (Shun Oguri), a corrupt gambler in the Metropolitan Police Force, who finds himself thrown into a tangled case after an enigmatic FBI agent (Lily James) arrives in Tokyo to investigate the disappearance of a politician’s daughter (Liv Morgan).
“Meanwhile, a deviant killer operating in the yakuza underworld seems to be shadowing their moves.”
Daisuke Tengan (Audition, 13 Assassins) wrote the screenplay.
Takashi Miike will also be directing an untitled movie starring Charli XCX.
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