EXCLUSIVE: Star Wars vets Daisy Ridley and Alden Ehrenreich are starring in Donald Petrie’s Philippines set romantic comedy, The Final Resort which Asia Pacific Movies is producing and financing.
Manufacturing begins in April. CAA Media Finance is dealing with worldwide distribution rights.
The Karen McCullah (Legally Blonde, 10 Issues I Hate About You) penned script follows Brooke (Ridley), who is decided to show herself worthy of working her father’s resort empire. She travels to the Philippines to scout a brand new resort location. There, she meets Ben (Ehrenreich), a captivating expatriate pilot who helps her uncover the fantastic thing about the nation—and a newfound sense of freedom. As love and obligation collide, Brooke should select between the life she’s constructed and the one she’s solely simply begun to like. Petrie has directed such rom com hits as Miss Congeniality and Tips on how to Lose a Man in Ten Days. He additionally directed the late Gene Hackman’s swan tune Welcome to Mooseport.
Manuel V. Pangilinan serves as Government Producer of the movie, which is produced by Ernesto (Bong) Sta. Maria. Jr. (Rosario), and Raja Collins (True Memoirs of an Worldwide Murderer, The Wrath of Becky). Simon Heo, Akshay Mehta and Rick Dugdale as Co-Producers.
Ridley was simply at SXSW for the stateside premiere of Zak Hilditch’s zombie survival thriller, We Bury the Useless; watch our interview together with her under. She was additionally at SXSW final 12 months for the noir thriller, Magpie, primarily based on an unique story that she developed. She additionally received rave evaluations final 12 months for her flip as Trudy Ederle, the primary lady to swim throughout the English Channel in Younger Lady and the Sea (88% licensed contemporary on Rotten Tomatoes). Different credit embrace Martin Campbell’s London-set action-thriller Cleaner and the Sundance movie, Typically I Assume About Dying, which she starred in and produced. Final 12 months, Ridley was acknowledged for her dynamic roles in cinema, receiving each the Rising Star Award on the Deauville Movie Pageant and the Lumiere Award on the SCAD Movie Pageant. She is understood for enjoying the Jedi Rey in Star Wars, Episodes VII-IX, that trio of pics grossing $4.4 billion on the world field workplace. She’s set to reprise her function as Rey within the upcoming Star Wars: New Jedi Order.
Ehrenreich is at present taking pictures the characteristic, Switzerland, reverse Helen Mirren for Movie Nation. He most not too long ago wrapped a starring function in Zach Cregger’s New Line Cinema characteristic Weapons which is at present scheduled for MLK weekend 2026. Subsequent up, Ehrenreich will likely be seen starring within the Marvel Cinematic Universe within the upcoming restricted collection Ironheart, a derivative of the critically acclaimed Black Panther movies. Final 12 months, Ehrenreich starred in Common’s field workplace hit, Cocaine Bear reverse Keri Russell, Ray Liotta, and O’Shea Jackson and directed by Elizabeth Banks, in addition to Christopher Nolan’s multi Oscar successful Oppenheimer which grossed $975.8M worldwide. He additionally starred alongside Phoebe Dynevor within the extremely praised Truthful Play which was acquired by Netflix out of Sundance, and went on to debut to No. 1 on the streamer, amassing 12.6M views within the first 3 days on the streamer.
Ridley is represented by CAA, Sloane, Provide, Weber & Dern and Narrative, Ehrenreich is represented by CAA and Linden Leisure. The deal was negotiated by Glenn Feig of Reder & Feig LLP on behalf of the filmmakers.
