WWE wrestler Liv Morgan lands ‘Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo’ movie role

WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Liv Morgan has landed a starring role in the Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo film set to begin production in Tokyo next month.

Deadline reports that Morgan (Gionna Daddio) will star alongside Shun Oguri, and Lily James in the Neon-produced movie. 13 Assassins director Takashi Miike has been tapped to direct the picture.

The film will be theatrically released in North America by Neon, with international distribution rights for the project set to go on sale at the Cannes Film Festival in France next month.

Deadline describes the Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo plot:

“Written 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’s daughter (Morgan). Meanwhile, a deviant killer operating in the yakuza underworld seems to be shadowing their moves.”

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Morgan’s previous acting credentials include playing her WWE character in a 2022 episode of Chucky on USA, plus a role in the 2023 The Kill Room flick.