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Daisy Ridley wasn’t surprised by backlash to Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Daisy Ridley, who stars as Rey in the upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, says that she wasn’t surprised by the online backlash to Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Star Wars: The Last Jedi received universal acclaim from critics upon release but there was a very loud contingent of fans who were not shy […]

Daisy Ridley says Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is “a brilliant end to the story”

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Although she’s recently ruled out the possibility of returning in the new Star Wars trilogies from Rian Johnson and Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, we do still have one more appearance from Daisy Ridley’s Rey to look forward to this December as J.J. Abrams brings the curtain down on the Sequel […]

Daisy Ridley horror movie Scrawl gets a new trailer, poster and images

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Originally shot back in 2014 and featuring a pre-Star Wars: The Force Awakens Daisy Ridley, the comic book-themed horror Scrawl has now received a U.S. DVD and VOD release courtesy of Wild Eye Releasing, and you can take a look at a poster, trailer and images for the film here… Simon Goodman (Liam Hughes) is […]

New poster for Ophelia starring Daisy Ridley

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Following last week’s trailer, a new poster has arrived online for Ophelia, director Claire McCarthy’s reimagining of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet featuring Star Wars star Daisy Ridley; take a look at the poster here… One of the world’s greatest dramas is turned on its head through a bold and new perspective in OPHELIA. Set in medieval […]

Chaos Walking was reportedly deemed “unreleasable” by Lionsgate

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Back in August of 2017, director Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) kicked off production on Chaos Walking, an adaptation of Patrick Ness’ dystopian novel of the same name starring Tom Holland (Avengers: Infinity War) and Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Last Jedi). The project was originally intended to arrive in March of this year, only […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s Daisy Ridley isn’t into the Rey/Kylo romance

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Daisy Ridley, the star of the upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker says that she “can’t really get behind” the Rey/Kylo romance. There are many things to look forward to when it comes to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, from the return of Palpatine to seeing how the film completes the nine-film saga. […]

Star Wars: Episode IX wraps filming as J.J. Abrams shares behind-the-scenes image

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Having returned to close out the Sequel Trilogy after launching things back in 2015 with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, director J.J. Abrams has announced that filming has now wrapped on December’s still-untitled Star Wars: Episode IX. “It feels impossible, but today wrapped photography on Episode IX. There is no adequate way to thank this […]

Daisy Ridley stars in first trailer for Ophelia

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A first trailer has arrived online for the director Claire McCarthy’s upcoming romantic drama Ophelia. A reimagining of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the film is based upon Lisa Klein’s book of the same name and stars Daisy Ridley in the title role alongside Naomi Watts, George MacKay, Clive Owen, Tom Felton, Devon Terrell, Daisy Head, Dominic […]

What on Earth (or in space) is going to happen in Star Wars: Episode IX?

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As Star Wars: Episode IX starts filming, Tom Beasley takes a look at what the conclusion of the Skywalker Saga has in store… It wasn’t that long ago really that Star Wars: The Last Jedi took the mostly fairly united fandom surrounding the galaxy far, far away and shook it up, creating a deep schism […]