Punk Band Guitar Wolf Rocks Back Into Takeuchi Tetsuro’s ‘Wild Zero Overdrive’ at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market

Guitar Wolf, an international touring punk band, will headline *Wild Zero Overdrive*, Takeuchi Tetsuro’s follow-up to his 1999 film *Wild Zero*. The Japan-Canada project is being presented at Tokyo’s gap-financing market as its team seeks partners, making the event an opportunity to secure funding and distribution.

Takeuchi says the new film uses the original as a template while updating it for the present day, and aims to bring the raw energy of punk rock to an era shaped by AI. Casting is under way; Takeuchi is putting his own money towards the budget, while producers seek additional finance, distributors in Japan and overseas, and international sales agents. The Tokyo Gap-Financing Market takes place within TIFFCOM, the content market linked to the Tokyo International Film Festival.