EXCLUSIVE: Neon is gearing as much as start manufacturing on Dangerous Lieutenant: Tokyo in Might, with Takashi Miike (Audition, 13 Assassins) set to direct. The thriller will star Shun Oguri (Godzilla v. Kong, No Longer Human) and Lily James (Pam and Tommy, Yesterday), and WWE star Liv Morgan (Gionna Daddio).
The movie shall be a US-Japan co-production, produced by Jeremy Thomas for Recorded Image Firm, Sam Pressman for Pressman Movie, Naoaki Kitajima for Nippon TV, and Misako Saka for OLM. Government producers embrace Tom Quinn, Yuzo Kuwahara, Tetsu Fujimura, Paula Paizes, Alainée Kent, Peter Watson, Ivan Kelava, Max Loeb, and Mike Apgar. Neon Worldwide will launch overseas gross sales on the Cannes Movie Pageant.
Written by Daisuke Tengan (Audition, 13 Assassins) and primarily based on the IP first produced by Edward R. Pressman, Dangerous Lieutenant: Tokyo will observe the Dangerous Lieutenant (Oguri), a corrupt gambler within the Metropolitan Police Pressure, who finds himself thrown right into a tangled case after an enigmatic FBI agent (James) arrives in Tokyo to analyze the disappearance of a politician’s daughter (Morgan). In the meantime, a deviant killer working within the yakuza underworld appears to be shadowing their strikes.
Neon is coming in sizzling following a profitable award season with Sean Baker’s Anora starring Mikey Madison, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, Darya Ekamasova, and Aleksei Serebryakov. The movie acquired 5 Academy Awards, together with Greatest Image, Greatest Director for Baker and Greatest Actress for Madison.
Extra Neon titles headed to the French movie competition embrace Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Worth, Julia Ducournau’s Alpha, Raoul Peck’s Orwell, and Michael Angelo Covino’s Splitsville.
