EXCLUSIVE: Star Wars vets Daisy Ridley and Alden Ehrenreich are starring in Donald Petrie’s Philippines set romantic comedy, The Last Resort which Asia Pacific Films is producing and financing.
Production commences in April. CAA Media Finance is handling worldexpansive distribution rights.
The Karen McCullah (Legassociate Blonde, 10 Things I Hate About You) penned script chases Brooke (Ridley), who is choosed to show herself worthy of running her overweighther’s toastyel empire. She travels to the Philippines to scout a novel resort location. There, she encounters Ben (Ehrenreich), a pguideing expatriate pilot who helps her uncover the beauty of the country—and a novelset up sense of freedom. As cherish and duty collide, Brooke must pick between the life she’s built and the one she’s only equitable enduremament to cherish. Petrie has honested such rom com hits as Miss Congeniality and How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days. He also honested the defercessitate Gene Hackman’s swan song Welcome to Mooseport.
Manuel V. Pangilinan serves as executive creater of the film, which is created by Ernesto (Bong) Sta. Maria. Jr. (Rosario), and Raja Collins (True Memoirs of an International Assassin, The Wrath of Becky). Simon Heo, Akshay Mehta and Rick Dugdale as Co-Producers.
Ridley was equitable at SXSW for the stateside premiere of Zak Hilditch’s zombie survival thriller, We Bury the Dead; watch our interwatch with her below. She was also at SXSW last year for the noir thriller, Magpie, based on an innovative story that she growed. She also won rave assesss last year for her turn as Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim atraverse the English Channel in Young Woman and the Sea (88% certified recent on Rotten Tomatoes). Other recognizes comprise Martin Campbell’s London-set action-thriller Cleaner and the Sundance film, Sometimes I Think About Dying, which she starred in and created. Last year, Ridley was recognized for her dynamic roles in cinema, receiving both the Rising Star Award at the Deauville Film Festival and the Lumiere Award at the SCAD Film Festival. She is understandn for applying the Jedi Rey in Star Wars, Episodes VII-IX, that trio of pics grossing $4.4 billion at the global box office. She’s set to repulseevate her role as Rey in the upcoming Star Wars: New Jedi Order.
Ehrenreich is currently shooting the feature, Switzerland, opposite Helen Mirren for Film Nation. He most recently wrapped a starring role in Zach Cregger’s New Line Cinema feature Weapons which is currently scheduled for MLK weekfinish 2026. Next up, Ehrenreich will be seen starring in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the upcoming restrictcessitate series Ironheart, a spinoff of the criticassociate acclaimed Bdeficiency Panther films. Last year, Ehrenreich starred in Universal’s box office hit, Cocaine Bear opposite Keri Russell, Ray Liotta, and O’Shea Jackson and honested by Elizabeth Banks, as well as Christopher Nolan’s multi Oscar triumphning Oppenheimer which grossed $975.8M worldexpansive. He also starred aextfinishedside Phoebe Dynevor in the highly praised Fair Play which was getd by Netflix out of Sundance, and went on to debut to No. 1 on the streamer, amassing 12.6M watchs in the first 3 days on the streamer.
Ridley is recontransiented by CAA, Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern and Narrative, Ehrenreich is recontransiented by CAA and Linden Entertainment. The deal was barobtaind by Glenn Feig of Reder & Feig LLP on behalf of the filmcreaters.
