Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley, who played the lead role of Rey in the sequel trilogy, has lined up her next project: A futuristic thriller from La Haine director Mathieu Kassovitz known as Mind Fall. Graham Moore (The Imitation Game) penned the script, and the project is being produced/distributed by Wild Bunch International and Jeff Robinov’s Studio 8.
The news broke at Deadline, and the trade has also shared a detailed synopsis.
"Mind Fall takes place in near-future London, 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. Top trafficker, Ardis Varnado (Ridley) removes reminiscences from those looking for a quick buck, and then resells them to “clients,” who pay top dollar for these “mems” that bind to their subconscious, effectively becoming indistinguishable from their natural memories.
Meanwhile, she battles her own addiction to the mems, often struggling to distinguish between the life she’s lived and the memories she’s implanted. So, when she’s accused of murdering one of her clients, Ardis’ instinct is to doubt her own mind. She decides to solve the crime herself, hoping to clear her name but questioning everything she’s ever thought to be real. And as she pulls back the layers, she realizes that she has every reason to do so."
This sounds very similar to any number of noirish, Philip K. Dick-inspired sci-fi flicks (most recently Warner Bros.' Reminiscence) out there, but with a filmmaker like Kassovitz at the helm, Mind Fall should be worth keeping an eye on.
Ridley most recently starred in Lionsgate's Chaos Walking, and is currently in post-production on Neil Burger’s The Marsh King’s Daughter.
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