Charli XCX to Produce & Possibly Star in New Movie ‘The Moment’ Based on Her Original Idea
Charli XCX is producing — and will possibly star in — a new movie she conceptualized.
As announced by Variety on Thursday (Jan. 23), the 32-year-old singer/songwriter will team up with A24 for a film titled The Moment, which will be based on her own original idea. Details about the plot and characters have not yet been revealed, but the publication reports that Charli may also star in the project.
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Aidan Zamiri will make his directorial debut on the project. The Scottish photographer and filmmaker also wrote the screenplay with Bertie Brandes; A.G. Cooke, who produced much of Charli’s year-defining 2024 album Brat, is locked in to compose the score.
The Moment marks the first undertaking of the “Apple” singer’s new production company, Studio365. It’s also part of a larger career pivot from Charli, who has previously opened up about wanting to shift from music to acting; coming up, viewers will see the pop star play roles in Benito Skinner’s Overcompensating series, Gregg Araki’s upcoming thriller I Want Your Sex, Daniel Goldhaber’s Faces of Death remake and Julia Jackman’s 100 Nights of Hero graphic-novel adaptation.
“I’m enjoying learning about being on a set and learning from great directors and actors,” Charli told Variety of her new ventures in December. “I hate it when musicians dive into a different field head-first without really researching or learning much of anything about it. So I did a lot of reading to educate myself over the past three or four years before I actually did anything.”
News of Charli’s next film arrives on the same day the 2025 BRIT Awards nominations went live, with the singer sweeping nods in five categories — more than any other act this year — including artist of the year, pop act and dance act. She’s also up for album of the year with Brat, while “Guess” is in the running for song of the year.
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