The Earthquake Bird (film)

The Earthquake Bird is an upcoming mystery film written and directed by Wash Westmoreland based on the novel of the same name by Susanna Jones. It stars Alicia Vikander, Riley Keough, Naoki Kobayashi and Jack Huston.

Premise
Set in 1989 Tokyo, Lucy Fly, a young female expat, is suspected of murder when her friend Lily goes missing in the wake of a tumultuous love triangle with Teiji, a handsome local photographer.

Cast

 * Alicia Vikander as Lucy Fly
 * Riley Keough as Lily Bridges
 * Naoki Kobayashi as Teiji
 * Jack Huston as Bob
 * Kiki Sukezane as Natsuko
 * Ken Yamamura as Oguchi

Production
In August 2016, it was announced Wash Westmoreland would write and direct the film, based upon novel of the same name by Susanna Jones. Michael Schaefer, Michael Pruss, Ann Ruark, Georgina Pope will produce the film, while Ridley Scott will serve as an executive producer on the film, under their Scott Free Productions and Twenty First City banners, respectively. Amazon Studios will distribute. In March 2018, Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough joined the cast of the film, with Netflix distributing. In April 2018, Jack Huston joined the cast of the film. In May 2018, Naoki Kobayashi joined the cast of the film, with production beginning that same month, in Tokyo.