Charli XCX performing at Primavera Sound in 2022 (Photo by Raph_PH — PrimaveraBarc via WikiCommons)

There will be blood. That’s a near certainty when the film is from Japanese director Takashi Miike, the man behind the cult thrillers Audition and Ichi the Killer. And it’s probably why brash queer icon Charli XCX is going to work with him, producing and starring in his latest as-yet-untitled feature.

The pop star is already shooting the new A24 drama, The Moment, so her entry into the movie business isn’t really the news here, rather it’s the intriguing combination of star and filmmaker and the question of just how gory and wild the finished product will be. Miike, like Charli, doesn’t hold back, and his frequently splatterific films provoke extreme responses, so this is already a fascina

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