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Movie Review – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens, 2015. Directed by J.J. Abrams. Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Tim Rose, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Gwendoline Christie, Lupita Nyong’o, Ken Leung, Miltos Yerolemou, Max von Sydow, Jessica Henwick, Christina Chong, Simon Pegg, Billie […]

Daisy Ridley comments on Rey being called a Mary Sue in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Last year when Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released, one character many fans new and old alike identified with was newcomer Rey, a young woman trapped on a desert planet who discovers she is Force sensitive. Rey could not only use the Force, but had an affinity for mechanics and was a talented pilot, much like Anakin […]

Daisy Ridley suggests we’ll learn the identity of Rey’s parents in Star Wars: Episode VIII

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It’s the burning question coming out of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and one that’s spawned many theories since the release of the first chapter of Disney’s Sequel Trilogy last December: just who are the parents of Daisy Ridley’s Rey? One such theory is that Felicity Jones’ Jyn Erso – the protagonist of the upcoming […]

Daisy Ridley and Mark Hamill announce that Star Wars: Episode VIII has wrapped production

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Ahead of this weekend’s Star Wars Celebration, Daisy Ridley (Rey) and Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) have taken to social media to announce that Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: Episode VIII has wrapped production. Ridley shared an image of her character Rey complete with lightsaber, while Hamill posted a photo from the wrap party… Meanwhile, Hamill also took […]

Daisy Ridley to star in Doug Liman’s Chaos Walking

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens star Daisy Ridley has added another project to her upcoming slate, with the British actress set to star in Chaos Walking, director Doug Liman’s (Edge of Tomorrow) upcoming adaptation of Patrick Ness’ YA series. Chaos Walking takes place in a world where there are no women and all living creatures […]

Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, Judi Dench and more board Murder on the Orient Express

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Yesterday we brought word that Johnny Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer were circling director Kenneth Branagh’s upcoming adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie mystery Murder on the Orient Express, and now 20th Century Fox has confirmed that both have officially boarded the project, along with Daisy Ridley, Judi Dench, Lucy Boynton, Tom Bateman, Derek Jacobi, Michael […]

Daisy Ridley to star in spy drama A Woman of No Importance

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens actress Daisy Ridley has put yet another project on her growing schedule, signing on to star in A Woman of No Importance. Per Deadline, this isn’t an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s play, but rather an adaptation of Sonia Purnell’s biography of Virginia Hall, an American heiress and spy. Before World War II, Hall […]

Daisy Ridley and Elizabeth Debicki join Sony’s Peter Rabbit movie

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Columbia Pictures and Frederick Warne & Co. have announced that Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Elizabeth Debicki (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2) have joined the upcoming live-action/CG hybrid Peter Rabbit movie, which is based upon the beloved book series by Beatrix Potter. The film is being directed by Will Gluck (Easy A) […]

William and Harry visit Star Wars: Episode VIII set at Pinewood

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Star Wars / British Monarchy fans everywhere were sent into a frenzy yesterday as pictures emerged of the Duke of Cambridge visiting the set of the eighth movie in the Star Wars saga alongside his brother Prince Harry at Pinewood Studios. The British Royal Family’s sovereign Princes William and Harry took time to visit the set […]