Manufacturing is ready to begin in April on a brand new movie that can characteristic two Star Wars franchise veterans in starring roles. Per Deadline, Daisy Ridley and Alden Ehrenreich will star in The Final Resort, directed by Donald Petrie and written by Karen McCullah.
Ridley is extensively identified for her portrayal of Rey within the Star Wars sequels, Star Wars: Episode VII – The Drive Awakens (2015), Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Final Jedi (2017), and Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Ehrenreich performed a younger Han Solo in 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, which was directed by Ron Howard.
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Caught Between Love and Responsibility
In The Final Resort, Brooke, performed by Ridley, is ready on proving herself worthy of operating the lodge empire owned by her father and travels to the Philippines to scout a location for a brand new resort. Whereas there, she meets Ben, performed by Ehrenreich, a pilot and expat, who, along with his charming methods, helps Brooke uncover how lovely the nation is. As she is torn between love and her obligation in her job, Brooke has to decide on between the life she has and the life that she has simply found.
The Final Resort is a romantic comedy that might be set within the Philippines and comes from director Petrie. Petrie is not any stranger to the rom-com style as he directed Miss Congeniality (2000), starring Sandra Bullock, in addition to 2003’s The right way to Lose a Man in 10 Days, which starred Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson. Petrie additionally directed Welcome to Mooseport (2004), a comedy that featured Gene Hackman in his last on-screen function.
The Final Resort’s author, McCullah, wrote the teenager traditional 10 Issues I Hate About You, starring Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles, in addition to 2008’s The Home Bunny, and 2009’s The Ugly Fact, starring Gerard Butler and Katherine Heigl. McCullah additionally wrote Legally Blonde (2001), the enduring Reese Witherspoon romantic comedy, and can also be penning the script for the upcoming Legally Blonde 3.
Manuel V. Pangilinan will govt produce The Final Resort and the film is being produced by Ernesto (Bong) Sta. Maria Jr. and Raja Collins. Simon Heo, Akshay Mehta, and Rick Dugdale will function co-producers.
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Ridley and Ehrenreich-led Star Wars Movies
Title | Yr Launched | Worldwide Field Workplace Earnings (per Field Workplace Mojo) |
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Drive Awakens | 2015 | $2 billion |
Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Final Jedi | 2017 | $1.3 billion |
Solo: A Star Wars Story | 2018 | $392.9 million |
Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker | 2019 | $1 billion |
Rey Skywalker will Return
Ridley is connected to a different Star Wars film titled New Jedi Order, the place she might be reprising her function as Rey Skywalker. She just lately opened as much as Backstage about returning to the character of Rey for the primary time since 2019. “The primary three movies, we did pretty shut collectively within the grand scheme of issues. So one of many issues is: Do I bear in mind how one can be Rey? It’s been some time and time has handed in (the Star Wars) world.”
The actress additionally touched on the matter that she’s going to probably be working with a completely totally different solid when New Jedi Order begins filming as John Boyega and Oscar Isaac, who performed Finn and Poe within the sequel movies, aren’t set to return for the following movie. “After which there’s the truth that I’ll be working with totally different actors and totally different filmmakers, which brings up various things. And that’s all the time progressive, I suppose as a result of it’s another person’s interpretation,” Ridley stated.
Ridley’s current credit embody Cleaner, We Bury the Useless, and Younger Girl and the Sea. Ehrenreich is at the moment engaged on the characteristic movie Switzerland with Helen Mirren and can subsequent star in Ironheart, a restricted collection within the Marvel Cinematic Universe which is a by-product of the Black Panther motion pictures. He additionally just lately starred in 2024’s Cocaine Bear and had an element in 2023’s Oscar-winning Christopher Nolan movie, Oppenheimer.
The Star Wars prequel movies and Solo: A Star Wars Story are streaming on Disney+.
Supply: Deadline
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