{"id":138442,"date":"2025-11-17T18:52:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/138442\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T18:52:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:52:14","slug":"daisy-ridley-to-lead-pierre-morels-action-thriller-the-good-samaritan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/138442\/","title":{"rendered":"Daisy Ridley to Lead Pierre Morel’s Action-Thriller The Good Samaritan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tDaisy Ridley<\/a> is set to take the lead in upcoming action-thriller \u201cThe Good Samaritan\u201d for \u201cTaken\u201d and \u201cPeppermint\u201d director Pierre Morel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tHighland Film Group<\/a> are handling International sales on the feature, with CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group co-representing U.S. domestic rights. Production is set to begin in spring 2026 in Brisbane, Australia on the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film, based on an original screenplay from \u201cRambo: Last Blood\u201d screenwriter Matthew Ian Cirulnick, sees \u201cStar Wars\u201d and \u201cThe Young Woman and the Sea\u201d star Ridley play successful entrepreneur Dr. Rosalind Carver. Together with her husband Mark, she rescues a wounded man drifting off the coast of Indonesia, believing she\u2019s saving a life \u2013 not stepping into a deadly conspiracy. Within hours, their yacht vanishes, Matt is abducted, and paradise turns into a trap. Hunted by pirates and imprisoned by corrupt officials, Rosalind\u2019s only hope lies in Sean Fuller, a private military contractor whose motives are as mysterious as his past. Together, they must navigate a maze of deceit and violence in a land where no one can be trusted.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Good Samaritan\u201d is produced by Mark Canton (\u201c300,\u201d \u201cPower,\u201d \u201cDen of Thieves\u201d) and Dorothy Canton (\u201cArthur The King,\u201d \u201cPower\u201d) of Canton Entertainment, Oakhurst Pictures (\u201cCanary Black,\u201d \u201cHotel Tehran\u201d), Renee Tab (\u201cFreelance,\u201d \u201cSound of Freedom\u201d) of Sentient Entertainment and David Hopwood (\u201cDen of Thieves\u201d). Executive producers include Morel, Matthew Ian Cirulnick, Ryan Winterstern, and Delphine Perrier and Arianne Fraser from Highland Film Group, with Canton Entertainment\u2019s Karley Ferlic serving as a co-producer. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhat I love about Matt\u2019s writing is the raw realism of the characters and their intense predicament, elevated by the Hitchcockian, noirish collision of two damaged souls from opposite worlds,\u201d said Morel. \u201cDaisy exudes such palpable intelligence, and poise under pressure; watching her navigate a foreign world where every element, nature, people and even fate seems stacked against her will be thrilling. I\u2019m excited about the cast coming together. It\u2019s going to be a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAdded Highland Film Group CEO Arianne Fraser: \u201cWhat a thrill to collaborate with a director of Pierre Morel\u2019s caliber who ranks among the world\u2019s top action directors. The prospect of working with Daisy Ridley on this high-stakes action thriller \u2013 where her character pushes past every limit \u2013 truly energizes us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe stars have aligned and I am absolutely delighted to be working with action maven Pierre Morel and the brilliant Daisy Ridley on this complex and electrifying thriller,\u201d said Mark Canton. \u201cThe Good Samaritan is such a smart and riveting story and we cannot wait for cameras to roll on this fantastic project.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daisy Ridley is set to take the lead in upcoming action-thriller \u201cThe Good Samaritan\u201d for \u201cTaken\u201d and \u201cPeppermint\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[59741,38556,146,85937,85,46,397,85938],"class_list":["post-138442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-afm","tag-daisy-ridley","tag-entertainment","tag-highland-film-group","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-movies","tag-pierre-morel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}