Update on Liv Morgan Taking Break from WWE for Filming Project – Morgan Reportedly Lands Role in “Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo” Film

As noted before, Liv Morgan will be taking a break from WWE for a new filming project that will be officially unveiled next week.

Deadline reported that their sources stated that Morgan has joined the cast for the upcoming new film titled Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo.

It was reported that this upcoming film is being co-produced by Neon Pictures and Recorded Picture Company and Takashi Miike to be its director.

It was also reported that production for this new film is currently scheduled to start this May.

Besides Morgan, this new film reportedly also stars Shun Oguri and Lily James.

Neon reportedly will be releasing the film theatrically in Normal America and will represent the international sales rights for it at this May’s 2025 Cannes Film Festival event.

Official synopsis:

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.