Daisy Ridley of 'Star Wars' Joins New Sc-Fi Thriller ‘Mind Fall’

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Love sci-fi movies and hoping to land your next role? Here’s the scoop on “Mind Fall” a new science fiction film that could lead to a few casting opportunities in the future!

“Mind Fall” has cast its star. 

Present-day Earth is not big enough for Daisy Ridley. The “Star Wars” actor is back to exploring new timelines in the upcoming futuristic thriller “Mind Fall.” First reported by Deadline, Mathieu Kassovitz (“La Haine”) will direct from a script by “The Imitation Game” writer Graham Moore. Set in London not-so-far in the future, “Mind Fall” takes place in a world where “the most sought-after drug on the black market is memories, physically removed from one person’s brain and implanted into another’s using a new illegal technology, [and] top trafficker, Ardis Varnado (Ridley) battles her own addiction to the mems, often struggling to distinguish between the life she’s lived and the memories she’s implanted.” Studio 8 is the production house. No further casting has been announced at this time.

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