Charli XCX is about to make her characteristic movie debut as a star in an upcoming reboot of the 1978 cult traditional, Faces Of Dying, alongside Stranger Issues‘ Dacre Montgomery and Euphoria‘s Barbie Ferreira. The challenge might be co-written and directed by Daniel Goldhaber and Isa Mazzei, who some may acknowledge because the current minds behind the most recent cinema flick, How To Blow Up A Pipeline.
Based on Billboard, the challenge is a “fashionable replace” on the found-footage model of the unique that was first created by John Alan Schwartz. It’s additionally reportedly been labeled as “banned in 46 nations.”
“Faces of Dying was one of many first viral video tapes, and we’re so fortunate to have the ability to use it as a leaping off level for this exploration of cycles of violence and the best way they perpetuate themselves on-line,” the duo shared in a press release by way of the publication.
Whereas it’s unclear nonetheless what Charli’s function might be, the film is at the moment in manufacturing in New Orleans, in accordance with The Wrap.
Nonetheless, she’s been in entrance of the digital camera earlier than, as a part of her real-life 2021 documentary, How I’m Feeling Now, the place she was recorded making an album in the course of the pandemic — as everybody was remoted.
Charli XCX is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an unbiased subsidiary of Warner Music Group.