Daisy Ridley and Catherine Zeta-Jones team up for a twisted thriller from the Don’t Worry Darling writers

Daisy Ridley seems to have taken quite a winding road since her days saving the galaxy. Most people still remember her mainly as Rey from the recent Star Wars trilogy — that was her big breakout in Episode VII - The Force Awakens, then carrying on in the not-quite-as-loved sequels. Since then, she’s been plugging away at all sorts: murder mysteries, dystopian sci-fi, and even the odd indie drama. Now, she’s about to get involved in a psychological thriller, and this one actually looks properly interesting.

Ridley’s latest gamble

First, a few quick detours since her time with the Jedi. Ridley did the Murder on the Orient Express reboot, tried out the YA dystopia thing with Chaos Walking, and has fantasy on the way with Ebenezer alongside Johnny Depp. Star Wars-wise, things are a bit of a mess: a supposed Rey-focused project was floated, but since they announced a brand new trilogy supposedly overseen by Jon Watts, frankly no one knows what's still on the table. She's rumoured (endlessly) to show up, but nothing official yet.

While the galaxy far, far away sorts itself out, Ridley’s been keeping busy. She recently signed on for a horror road movie titled Get Rid of It, and now she’s landed in something quite different: a psychological chiller called Cupid, this time starring opposite genuine screen royalty.

Cupid: the details

Deadline reports that Daisy Ridley will star alongside none other than Catherine Zeta-Jones (yes, proper Hollywood A-list, Oscar on the mantel sort of royalty) in director Tate Taylor’s new film, Cupid. The script is by Carey Van Dyke and Shane Van Dyke — yes, that’s the pair behind Don’t Worry Darling. Also on board are Darren Criss (if you remember Glee), Travis Fimmel (recently in Dune Prophecy), and Judy Greer (who always plays someone’s mate or mum in a comic book movie, recently Ant-Man).

• Cupid pairs Ridley and Criss as a married couple whose relationship is on the rocks.
• They agree to spend a tense weekend with an unusual marriage counsellor — Zeta-Jones, as it happens, who starts off helpful but quickly slides into frankly sadistic territory.
• What seems like an attempt to patch up their marriage turns positively nasty as her methods spiral out of control.

Shooting is already underway in Natchez, Mississippi.

Filming on Cupid began in Natchez, Mississippi, in 2026.

Zeta-Jones mounts a proper comeback

Now, Catherine Zeta-Jones hasn’t really been doing the big film thing for a while. She’s got an Oscar (for Chicago — “And all that jazz”, etc.), a whole run of classics on her CV (The Mask of Zorro, Traffic, High Fidelity). But her last big feature film was Dad's Army back in 2016 — since then, it’s mostly been TV: Queen America, plus a stint as Morticia Addams on Wednesday. Her latest project, Kill Jackie, just hit Prime Video on October 2, 2026.

Now, she’s very much back on the big screen, first with The Gallerist (sharing top billing with Natalie Portman and Jenna Ortega, coming December 4, 2026), and now with Cupid. Essentially, she’s set up for a genuine cinematic comeback, not just a cameo or two.

Back to Daisy Ridley: nothing she’s done since has really hit the “face of a franchise” status she got as Rey, but if Cupid turns out as twisted as it sounds, it’s at least proof she’s game for pretty much anything when it comes to picking projects these days.