The Moment: Cast, plot details, and more”>
Charli xcx. Photo by Charlotte Hadden
After conquering the pop world with brat, Charli xcx quickly channelled her newfound career momentum into a pivot to movies. One of those projects is The Moment, a film out in 2026. With today’s announcement of the cast, here’s everything we know about the movie.
Who’s making The Moment?
The Moment is coming from Charli’s production company Studio365 and venerated arthouse label A24. Based on an original idea from Charli, The Moment is directed by Aidan Zamiri and co-written by Zamiri with Bertie Brandes. Zamiri is best known as a music video director, helming two visuals from brat (“Guess” feat. Billie Eilish, “360”) as well as videos for FKA twigs, Yung Lean, and more.
Who’s in the cast of The Moment?
The cast was revealed in a video heavily inspired by the title sequence to Gaspar Noe’s Enter The Void, soundtracked by the remix of Icona Pop’s Charli-featuring hit “I Don’t Care” that’s appeared at a few concerts. Charli xcx will play the film’s lead. Hollywood heavyweights Rosanna Arquette and Alexander Skarsgard will join alt-comedy stars Kate Berlant and Rachel Sennott alongside Charli’s musical collaborators Shygirl and A.G. Cook (Cook will also compose the film’s score). See the full cast in the very seizure-unfriendly video above.
What’s The Moment about?
A press release offers a little more insight into the film’s plot: “A rising pop star navigates the complexities of fame and industry pressure while preparing for her arena tour debut.”
Without knowing the exact genre of the film (or indeed, much of anything about it), that synopsis and the tense sound of the trailer’s music strongly reminds me of Hurry Up Tomorrow, a film inspired by The Weeknd’s pop star struggles co-written by Abel Tesfaye and directed by Trey Edward Shults. That film, of course, was a critical and commercial flop, though the soundtrack continues to do very well.
The Moment could end up being a totally different film! But right now the prospect of getting two identically-plotted autofictional pop star psychodramas in two years is too hilarious to resist.
